No Sew Fabric Bows

I don't want to be the household that people stress to come over too. Meaning: their child is allowed to play with anything out and reachable, they are free to eat their snacks in the living room, change their diapers anywhere, and of course nurse at their convenience. I tend to tell people when they come over with their babies and toddlers that "There are no rules at this house!" 

However, I do take that back... With Madison, I am pretty consistent with one rule: "We always wear a bow!" Unless we are camping, swimming, or sleeping, Madi has worn a bow basically every day since the day she was born. I started early in hopes she wouldn't refuse to wear them when she could pull them out. So far, it has been quite successful.

Madison with her bows throughout these 7 1/2 months!

Before Madison was born, I received a gift of a ton of fabric bows and a few different sizes of headbands that I could clip them on to. I have loved this gift and decided to make a set for a friend who is having a baby girl. We have talked about how she wants this baby to be willing to wear bows and she is going to be better about putting them on consistently. (This is her second little girl).

These bows are so easy! I made eleven of them during one afternoon nap a couple of days ago. They take hardly any fabric and I didn't even have to take out my sewing machine.

Materials:
Fabric (Any cute scraps you have)
Alligator clips
Glue gun
Iron
Scissors

Start with desired fabric. Different sizes make different sizes of bows (obviously). If you want a bow that measures 4"x 2" you want to start with fabric that measure 8"x4".

Fold fabric in half towards horizontal center. Glue. (You don't need a lot)

Fold in half again towards vertical center. Glue.

Next, make the middle wrap. Take about an inch and half wide fabric by about 4 inches. You will trim it in the end. Fold both ends towards center and glue.

Take bow and scrunch the middle together with fingers. Apply glue in between creases.

Wrap and glue middle around bow.

Make sure you can clip the alligator clip in the back.

For the headband, I just use elastic (the softer headband kind), glued the ends together, and then created a loop for the bow to go through.

Yay for bows!!