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How do you make a hair bow?

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Michael Henderson

Published Mar 02, 2026

How do you make a hair bow?

Creating a Layered Hair Bow Make a boutique style layered bow. Cut your cardboard template. Wrap your ribbon around the length of the cardboard twice. Hold your wrapped ribbon in place. Slide the ribbon off of the template. Crease your bow with thread. Glue your bow on your desired hair accessory.

How to make a hair bow?

Make a Tailored Hair bow. Fold the edges of the long side of the fabric 1/4 inches to the back of the fabric. Press in place.

  • Simple&easy to make ribbon bow. If you are using ribbon to make the bows the advantage is that the side edges are already finished.
  • Ribbon Bow – double layered. This bow is similar to the earlier ribbon bow but with more layers.
  • Loopy bow or Pageant style hair bow. To make this cute bow Cut many ribbon pieces about 8- 10 inches long. You can take any width ribbon.
  • Cheerleading Bows. This is also known as a Boutique bow – it has the look of a tied sash bow.
  • Corker bows ( Curled ribbon bow) Any ribbon you have can be turned to such curls with a simple trick – microwave it wrapped on a pencil.
  • Easy baby bow. To make this baby bow cut out 10 inches long ribbon.
  • Gathered bow. To make the gathered bow take a long piece of ribbon ( I tool 15 inch ) and attach lace to both the long ends.
  • Yoyo fabric bow. This is a cute rounded bow made with fabric. To make this bow Cut out a 10 inch or bigger circle of fabric.
  • Medallian Bow. Bring the ends of the ribbons to the center and glue them there. Stack these ribbon loops in a flower shape.
  • How to make a hair bow out of ribbon?

    Start by cutting a strip of ribbon double the width you want your hair bow to be.

  • Overlap the two ends and glue to form a loop.
  • Wrap the center with a piece of thread. This helps form a more natural cinch in the center.
  • Cut a little strip of ribbon,and use it to wrap the center to finalize a faux bow.
  • How do you put a bow in your hair?

    How to Wear Bows in your Hair: Half up. The first one is simple, just twist one side of the hair back and pin, then the other side back and secure with the bow clip. You can use bobby pins for both sides and then put the bow over it, but either way it’s basically just twist and pin.