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Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Snowman Hair Clip Tutorial

I have been waiting for this for WEEKS!  I recently stumbled across this adorable shop and HAD to buy my girls matching Halloween spider clips…Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorialEEK! Aren’t they cute?  Both the spiders and the girls?!Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

After receiving this creative goodness in the mail, I ran to my computer and practically begged for a tutorial.  Kyla from Funky Polka Dot Giraffe agreed to show us how to make the cutest ribbon snowman hair clip ever.  {You. Are. Welcome.} 😉  -These can easily be adapted as ornaments for the tree.

Take it away Kyla!

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What you’ll need:
3/8″ grosgrain ribbon in white, black, red, brown, and orange
scissors
lighter
black craft paint
pearl topped straight pin
ribbon covered hair clip
glue gun

Step One:
Cut your ribbon into the following lengths.
Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Two:
Using your lighter, heat seal all of your cut edges to prevent fraying. You can also use a wood burning tool, but I don’t have one. Every time I go to Joann’s I mean to use my 40% coupon to buy one and I always forget and buy something else I *need*.Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Three:
 3a: Slightly overlap the edges of the 2.75″ ribbon piece for the body to create a circle.

3b: Repeat with the 2.5″ body pieces so you’ll have 3 circles. (I make the second 2.5″ piece slightly smaller than the first, so that they will fit snugly inside of each other in the next step).

Step Four:
4: Take the larger of your 2.5″ body pieces and slide it into the 2.75″ circle body piece, matching the seams. Secure with a dab of hot glue in the back at the seams and in the front by slightly pulling the 2.5″ circle out, dabbing with glue, and slipping back into place.

Step Five:
Step 5: Insert the smaller 2.5″ body piece into the two-stacked body and secure with glue the same way.

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Now you have your body! Onto the head!

Step Six:
Repeat what you did in Step Three and make the two pieces for the head into circles – roughly the same size. Then, slightly flatten them, careful not to crease the edges and slip them inside of one another – forming an “X”.
Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Seven:
7a: Secure with glue on both sides of your “X” where they “cross” one another.

7b: And now you have your head! If you were careful not to crease your edges when forming your “X” – it should pop up like this.

Now we’ll give that headless little snowman body his head.

Step Eight:
8a: Set the snowman head on top of the body. I like the “inside” circle to face forward and be my face, but you can place it however you think looks best.
Now secure with glue in the back where the seams of the body are by put a dab of glue at the top of the body seams and holding the head there until it cools.
8b: Then flip it up and place glue where the arrows in the following photo indicate. Then gently press the head down and hold until the glue cools.

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Nine:

9a & 9b: Take your 1.5″ black piece from the hear muffs, and clip closely to the seam, so that you have a piece that is about 1/16″ wide. Heat seal the cut edge.
(insert photos 13 and 14)

Step Ten:

10a: With your 1″ red pieces, create two similarly sized tubes for the ear muffs. I like to use one of my wooden dowels from korker making to keep the edge in place while I glue it together. And it helps keep them the same size.

10b: Now you have all the pieces for your tiny snowman ear muffs!

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Eleven:

11a: About half way down the side of the head, secure one piece of the headband portion of the ear muffs with a dab of glue.
11b: Repeat with the second side.

Step Twelve:

12a: With the back of your snowman facing you, so you can see the seams, take one ear muff and position it so that the seam is coming toward you and the body seams. Secure the ear muff with a dab of glue so the ear muff seam is slightly more toward the back than the front.

12b: Repeat process with the second ear muff.

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Thirteen:

13a: Now, just like you did in Step Nine, take your 2″ brown piece and clip closely to the seam for a 1/16″ to an 1/8″ wide piece, but do it on both edges, so that you have two pieces. Heat seal the cut edges.
13b: Then clip two 1/2″ pieces from one of the 2″ pieces, heat seal the cut edges.

Step Fourteen:

14: Position the 1/2″ pieces at opposite ends of the 2″ arm piece – making little snowman stick hands – and secure with dabs of hot glue.

Step Fifteen:

15: With the back of the snowman facing you, put a dab of hot glue on the top body section and secure the arms to the back. I like the “hands” to point up.

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Now our little snowman just needs his face!
Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Sixteen:

16a: Take your 1″ orange piece and fold it in half, securing it with a dab of glue along the open, heat sealed edges.

16b: Then, cut down the 1″ piece, about a 1/3 of the way over from the edge and heat seal the cut edge.

16c: Put a dab of hot glue on the edge of the nose and position on the face.

16d: Now he needs eyes! You can use googly eyes – like I do on my turkeys – but I prefer painting on the eyes for the snowman. Take your black craft paint, a piece of paper (or paper plate) and your straight pin and get ready to paint some eyes!

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Step Seventeen:

17a: Pour a teensy amount of black paint out onto a piece of paper, and dab your the pearl end of your pin into the glue. I then dab once onto the paper and then onto the snowman – creating an eye. Repeat the process for the second eye.

17b: Now your snowman has a face! Holla!
Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

Now at this point you can turn him into a pin, an ornament or a hair clip. We’re going to make him into a hair clip today.

Step Eighteen:

18a: Take your ribbon covered hair clip and put a line of glue from the end that opens, right up to the point where the clip bends. Don’t glue where you pinch to open the clip.

18b: Then secure your snowman to the clip with the bottom of the snowman butting up to bottom edge of your line of glue.

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

He’s done! Now if you want him to have a girlfriend, just make a bow instead of the ear muffs!
Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

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Ah! I could scream at how cute these little guys are.  Let’s learn a little more about the creator of Funky Polka Dot Giraffe:

I asked Kyla to send me a picture, and this is what I got!  I love her already!

5 Random Facts about Kyla:

1. I was a telephone operator in college and it was one of my most favorite things about college. It took about a year after I quit to stop answering the phone, “BYU Operator” or ending a phone conversation with “and I’ll connect”.

2. I’m the oldest of 6 kids and my little sister is 12 years old. I remember standing in my dorm kitchen listening to my other sister tell me that my mom was pregnant and that she was calling because my mom was afraid to tell me. I thought it was RAD!

3. I love to shout random phrases like “Holla!” and “Shake it like a polaroid picture” at my kids and see what they do. It’s awesome.

4. My secret dream is to either be an LDS pop star or perform on Broadway. Weirdness, I know.

5. I break into song quite often and relate almost everything in my day to one song or the other. I’m like a random juke box. Again, weirdness.

Super Hero Power Wanted:

If I could have a super power I’d have the ability to FREEZE TIME. Then, I could keep my babies little, get everything done during naptime, and get a good 8-10 hours of sleep every night. Hey, a girl can dream, right?

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Kyla, thank you for letting us get to know you better and for teaching us your snowman secret.  You Rock!

The Fun Stuff!

Kyla must have gone ‘snowman wild’ while making her tutorial because she has graciously offered to give 3 snowman clips away to 3 lucky HowDoesShe readers.  Whoo hoo!  This giveaway is only open today, so hop on over to Funky Polka Dot Giraffe and let us know your favorite creation. –A side note from ME,… notice how inexpensive her prices are.  Um,… as wonderful as this tutorial is, if I weren’t making them in bulk, I would probably decide it is more cost effective to buy them.  Hurry before she decides to raise her prices {crazy girl}! 😉 I’m thinking these would be PERFECT stocking stuffers.

Don’t forget, simply leave a comment below.  I will contact 3 winners tomorrow morning.

*** UPDATED. THIS GIVEAWAY IS OVER. CONGRATULATIONS TO Kelley, Janice, and Teddi.  We just e-mailed you! 🙂 ***

As for the rest of you,…go get yourself one! 😉  You can’t beat the price.

Ribbon Snowman Hair Clip tutorial

About Shelley

Shelley is one of the three founding editors of How Does She. She’s a spunky wife & mother of five, an interior design guru, and a party throwing queen. She loves cooking for crowds, eating good food, and dressing up like a girly girl.

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  2. Darla says

    I love the sunflower daisy flower hair clip. My three year old daughter is always picking flowers from our garden. This hair clip is a great reminder of all of those beautiful flowers that my daughter has given to me.

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  7. Michelle C says

    Wow, there are some super cute items in that shop! I think my favorite is the
    Grinchy Holiday Piggy Korker Bows Set of 2 or the Thanksgiving Turkey Hair Clip! Thanks for the chance to win!
    mrsmchappell at gmail dot com

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  9. conniemelancon says

    These are so cute!! I will definitely be making some of these for my 6 granddaughters….so winning 3 would be awesome! Off to check out her page. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  18. Allegra Elliott says

    Like I could pick a favorite…With a two year old little girl running around my house there are hair bows galore. You can never have too many hair bows.

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  28. Natalie says

    Seriously, the turkey made me laugh. My daughter would just love that (she’s big into anything with googly eyes!). Thanks for the tute and giveaway!

    Reply

  31. kayleigh says

    My daughter would LOVE Tinkerbell!
    The snowman is adorable – thanks for the tute and the giveaway.
    forkayleigh at gmail dot com

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  33. Amanda says

    These are adorable and so creative! I love the cupcake and princess clips! Can’t wait till my baby grows some hair to hold them in!

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  36. Rhonda says

    I dont’ have girls so what I’m thinking is I like the Coral Pink and Brown Camera Strap, but if I had to choose a ribbon…which it was hard, I like the chocolate bunny and the spider…and of course I’d probably try to win one of the princesses for my Great-Nice Mady. Cupcakes are really cute too!

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  37. Alli says

    i absolutely love these! my baby just turned two and i know she would love having these in her hair! i might actually DO her hair now!!!
    thanks for sharing!
    Alli

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  38. Bree says

    WOW! I love all the cute clips…especially the festive fall and Christmas designs!! And how cute are those princesses?!?! I definitely think it is more cost and time effective to buy them! Bookmarking her shop for future use!!

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  39. Stacia says

    After having two boys, we just found out last week that a little girl will be joining our family. So where did I go? Hobby Lobby for bow making supplies! LOVE the snowman!

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  55. Kim in sunny AZ says

    Wow – such a fun find for this mommy of three. That site may become addicting. Luckily, my 5 year old was not in the room as I was looking or all she’d want for Christmas are the princess clips – especially Cinderella. I also love the flowers – so fun!! I’d love a chance to win!

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  56. Arliss says

    Hey – Oh yeah…those look just like my husbands glasses….from 20 years ago, but seriously….sadly enough, they are still his back up pair!

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  59. Mollie says

    That is seriously the cutest dang thing I have ever seen! I love the Ariel clip. Wish I had time to order it…we are heading to Disneyland on Friday and my little 3 year old is obsessed with Ariel. She wants a mermaid birthday, dressed up as a mermaid for Halloween, and the lucky little lady gets to dine with Ariel in Disneyland for an early birthday present:o)

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  62. cindy says

    WOW!!! I love all of the bow creations! Especially the Tink, and all of the princess, and the monkey is adorable and the cupcakes! Wow it is like oragomi with bows! I am amazed! thank you for sharing!

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  65. Teddi says

    So, so, SO cute! I love all the princess hair clips – with two, 5-year old girls and different ‘favorite’ princesses, I love the Aurora and Jasmine clips the most! Thanks for sharing such a wonderfully talented artist!

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  66. Summer Wood says

    Oh my goodness! How do you choose?! I love the spider you have but also love the christmas tree, turkey, and MONKEY! SO cute. I’m so glad to know about this gold mine of cuteness!

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  67. Malissa M says

    Oh. My. Goodness. Her stuff is soooo cute!! My girls would flip over the Tinkerbell and Snow White clips. And $6.50?? How cute for a stocking stuffer!

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  73. Kristina says

    These are so cute, and I am always looking for new ideas since I have 12 nieces and I have 1 son. He probably wouldn’t appreciate one, lol, but I guess that’s why my sister’s had so many girls for me play dress up with.

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  75. Kendra Bauman says

    I couldn’t believe it when I saw all the things that could be done with ribbon! How fun! I loved the cupcakes and I think that I am going to have to get one for my cute little girl!

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  78. Janice says

    These clips are adorable. I’ve already submitted a purchase for Tinkerbelle and SnowWhite @ Kyla’s etsy shop.

    The time and care you took to share instructions for the snowmen clips is unbelievable. Thank you so much for such detailed, photographed instructions. I might just be able to get the hang of it.

    janice

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  79. Jen M says

    These are so cute and what a GREAT tutorial. Thanks! I Love the turkey clip. My twins were born Thanksgiving eve so I have an extra love of that holiday now.

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  81. Holly D says

    Wow–just checked out her site. All of them are so creative and pretty. I like anything-turkey-thanksgiving the best right now. Well, and the sunflower. I, too, break into song at the drop of a hat, so I like her already :O)

    Reply

  100. Jamie Z says

    My daughter would look so adorable in the funky monkey and cupcake clip but I think the snow man with a bow is way cute:)

    Reply
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