DIY Hair Accessories: 10 Easy Hair Bows, Clips & Scrunchies
Looking for easy DIY hair accessories to make? These beginner-friendly hair accessory ideas include hair bows, scrunchies, fabric flowers, ribbon clips, and decorative hair ties. Most projects use small pieces of fabric and ribbon, making them perfect for using up scraps while creating beautiful handmade accessories. Whether you want DIY hair clips for girls, cute fabric bows, or easy scrunchies, these simple projects take just a few minutes to make. Many include printable patterns and step-by-step tutorials.
DIY Hair Accessories (Quick Guide)
Here are 10 easy DIY hair accessories to make:
- Fabric yo-yo clips
- Ribbon-lined alligator clips
- Felt bow clips
- Bow hair ties
- Scrunchies
- Ribbon bows
- Fabric bows
- Felt bows
- Fabric flower clips
- Cloth flower accessories
DIY Hair Accessories Tutorial
Here are 10 Diy hair accessory ideas suitable for beginners. Click on the links to see the full tutorials. Many of these include videos as well. Making hair accessories is a quick sewing project and a great way to use up small pieces of fabric and ribbon in your craft room. In our past tutorials, I have shown you how to make fabric yo-yos and how to make buttons. This week we are going to combine them to make some pretty DIY hair clips.
Supplies
- Fabric scraps – Choose fabrics with small prints. You can also use felt, vinyl, or leather.
- Embellishments – Decorate your DIY hair accessories with buttons, lace, pearl buttons, tulle, pearl beads, feathers and crystals
- Sewing basics – Scissors, hand sewing needle, matching thread.
- Hair clips – Most of these handmade hair accessories are attached to elastics, hair pins, barrettes or hair clips.
DIY Hair Clips
Hair clips are quick and easy to customize with fabric flowers, felt bows, yo-yos, and ribbon bows. Lined alligator clips create a professional finish and make the perfect base for attaching embellishments.
Fabric YoYo Hair Clips
These DIY hair accessories use fabric yo-yos with a covered button in the center. They can be made in assorted sizes and attached to clips, elastics, or pins. And what a great way to use up your scraps. Make lots to match your favorite outfits.
Read the full tutorial → How to Make Fabric Yo Yos (Includes Video)
Lined Alligator Clips
Lined alligator clips are one of the easiest DIY hair accessories to make. Covering the clip with ribbon gives it a polished, professional finish while providing the perfect base for attaching bows, flowers, and other embellishments. For the best grip, line just the top of the clip so it stays securely in the hair without slipping.
Read the full tutorial → How to Line an Alligator Clip with Ribbon (Includes Video)
Felt Bow Hair Clips
These cute felt bows are quick to make and look especially striking in contrasting colors. Attach them to alligator clips, headbands, or larger barrettes to create stylish DIY hair accessories for girls and adults. Felt is inexpensive, easy to work with, and available in endless colors and textures.
Read the full tutorial → Felt Bow Printable Pattern (Includes Video)
DIY Hair Ties and Scrunchies
5. DIY Hair Accessories Bows
This is one of my most popular hair accessory tutorials. These cute little hair bows can be tied around any elastic. The tutorial includes a printable pattern for the DIY hair tie bow. I think they look nice with contrasting fabrics on the front and back for a pop of color. Small prints work the best.
Read the full tutorial → DIY Hair Tie Bow (Includes Video)
6. Scrunchies
Everyone loves learning how to make a scrunchie. As well as being a trendy DIY hair accessory, scrunchies protect your hair from splitting as there is no exposed elastic to snag. Scrunchies are made from a rectangle of fabric, and this tutorial will show you 2 different sizes. You can adjust the measurements to fit the thickness of your hair.
Read the full tutorial → How to Make a Scrunchie (Includes Video)
DIY Hair Bows
Hair bows are one of the most popular DIY hair accessories. Fabric bows, ribbon bows, and felt bows can be attached to clips, headbands, or elastics and customized with different fabrics and embellishments.
Ribbon Hair Bows
Double ribbon bows can be attached to lined alligator clips or even headbands. Best of all, these DIY hair accessories are so cheap to make you’ll wonder why you ever bought them. If you have a cheaper ribbon that frays, then read how to stop ribbon from fraying.
Read the full tutorial → How to Make Ribbon Bows (Includes Video)
Fabric Hair Bows
Fabric bows are great DIY hair accessories for sewers with lots of long scraps. If you don’t have a sewing machine, you could even hand-sew the edges with a backstitch.
Read the full tutorial → How to Make Fabric Bows (Includes Video)
Felt Bows (Smaller)
I’ve already shown you my oversized felt bows to use as DIY hair accessories. Well, here is a smaller DIY felt bow you can attach to medium-sized clips. This DIY hair pin has 3 layers, so these are ideal for layering colors and textures. These can even be made from felt, leather, or vinyl.
Read the full tutorial → How to Make DIY Felt Bows (Includes Video)
Flower DIY Hair Accessories
Fabric Flower Hair Clips
Fabric flowers make beautiful DIY hair accessories and are a wonderful way to use up fabric scraps. These simple flowers are made from fabric circles and can be attached to lined alligator clips, headbands, or hair elastics. Finish the center with a button, crystal, or covered button for a pretty handmade touch.
Read the full tutorial → DIY Fabric Flowers (Includes Video)
Cloth Flower Hair Accessories
Here are other fabric flower hair accessories that you can attach to a lined alligator clip. This cloth flower pattern has pointed petals and can be combined with rounded petal flowers.
Read the full tutorial → How to Make Cloth Flowers (Includes Video)
DIY Headbands
Stretch Fabric Headbands
Headbands are stylish and practical DIY hair accessories that can be sewn in different widths and styles. They are easy to customize with bows, flowers, and fabric combinations.
Read the full tutorial → How to Make a Headband (3 Styles Sewing Pattern)
DIY Hair Accessories FAQs
Scrunchies, fabric bows, and flower clips are among the easiest hair accessories for beginners. Most can be completed in under 10 minutes.
Cotton fabric, felt, ribbon, faux leather, and vinyl are all popular choices. Small prints work especially well for bows and scrunchies.
Yes. Many DIY hair accessories can be hand sewn or assembled with fabric glue or a hot glue gun.
Fabric scraps are ideal for making scrunchies, bows, flowers, yo-yos, and other handmade hair accessories.
Yes. Handmade hair accessories are quick to make and are perfect for party favors, stocking stuffers, craft fairs, and gifts for girls.
Scrunchies, fabric bows, ribbon clips, and fabric flowers are all simple projects that use basic sewing techniques.
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In Conclusion
Making DIY hair accessories is an easy and enjoyable way to transform fabric scraps, ribbon, and buttons into beautiful handmade creations. From scrunchies and hair ties to bows and decorative clips, these projects are beginner-friendly, inexpensive, and fun to customize. Try different colors, fabrics, and embellishments to create unique accessories that perfectly match your style.
Author - Luisa Clare
Luisa Clare is the founder of Treasurie, a sewing and crochet education platform offering step-by-step tutorials and printable patterns. With over 15 years of experience in dressmaking, pattern design, crochet, and craft education, she specialises in teaching beginners through clear, easy-to-follow lessons. Her tutorials and patterns are used by home sewists and crocheters worldwide to build practical skills and confidence. Learn more about Luisa and Treasurie.
