DIY Winter Headbands and Hats with Home and Family

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 This is the time of year that can be gray and boring.  We wore all of our fun fall and winter dark colors, but now that the holidays are over all we can think about is Spring.  We still have a few more months of the cold weather so why not make the best out of it?  I love dark colored winter hats, but I wanted to dress them up a bit to be more stylish.  When I was shopping over the holidays I saw so many jeweled hats and headbands.  They were in high end stores and I thought I could try and make these at home! I had a few plain hats that I decorated with different jewels AND I figured out a way to use the sleeves of an old sweater to make a cute headband.

jewel hats

jewel hats

DIY Winter Headbands and Hats 

plain winter hats and/or headband

jewels and/or brooches you can find at the craft supply store

Industrial Strength Glue Adhesive or needle and thread if you have jewels/brooches that can be sewn on

tweezers; optional

toothpicks; optional

Instructions for hat/headband

*Make sure you are working in a well ventilated area if you are using the glue

*Place the hat/headband on a table covered with a newspaper or magazine so that you don't risk getting glue on the table

*Place a folded piece of a magazine in the hat so that the glue won't seep through to the other side

*Place the jewels on the hat in the design you like

*One by one glue them on by applying a small amount of the glue onto the back of the jewel and attaching it to the hat in the predetermined design

*If you are using small jewels it may help to use tweezers to place the jewels

*If your jewels are very small you can pour some of the glue onto a paper plate and use a toothpick to pick up a small amount of glue and apply it to the back of the jewel

*Allow to dry completely

Instructions for the headband made from a sweater:

*Use a pair of scissors to cut the arms off of the sweater

*Make a U shape out of each arm of the sweater

*Make the two U shapes intertwine so that the bottom of both U shapes are together and the ends are pointing in separate directions; pull slightly

*Wrap it around your head in order to know where to glue or sew the ends together

*If they aren't long enough you can try stretching the material out and depending on what it is that may work; you can check before cutting by holding the arm of the sleeve up to your head

*Depending on the material, and what you are comfortable with, you can glue or sew the bottom ends of the sweater together; this is very strong glue so it usually works well

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