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Easy Curly Bows
Love those ready-made curly bows, but hate to spend $$ for them? Keep reading to learn how to make these curly, fluffy bows easily at home so that you can save your pretty pennies for other things… like more craft supplies!
Supplies & Tools:
- Curling ribbon
- Scissors
- Stapler
- Cardstock
Wrapped Up With Curls
Directions:
- Choose color(s) of ribbon. The length of ribbon largely depends on the size of the present you are wrapping. This present is about the size of a shirt box. When we cut the ribbon, we roughly measure it, meaning about 2 arm spans (~10 feet).
- Wrap the ribbon around the box and tie a knot.
- Curl each piece of ribbon. See how it’s bare around the knot and how the ribbon just falls?
- Very gently tie a bow with curled ribbon. The curls will bunch up beautifully over the knot, covering it (yay!) and some curls cascade down, giving the bow a nice shape.
- Now your curly ribbon is done. Pretty!
Stand Alone Curls
Directions:
- Cut several pieces of curling ribbon that range in length from 24"–36".
- Curl each piece of ribbon.
- Gather ribbons near the center and staple to a small piece of cardstock (about a 1.5" square).
- If your ribbon cluster looks a little bare in the middle, then cut additional pieces of ribbon, curl, and staple them onto the cluster.
- If the cardstock has a sticky back, you can just peel the paper and stick onto your gift. Otherwise, use tape (or hot glue) to stick it onto your gift.
Shredded Curls
Directions:
- Cut several pieces of wide curling ribbon around 12" long. Our ribbon is 1/2" wide, and we're using 6 pieces of ribbon to make the curly bow.
- Curl each piece of ribbon.
- Gather all the pieces of ribbon near the middle and staple to a small piece of cardstock (about a 1.5" square).
- Now split each ribbon in half or thirds.
Note: Try using a fork to split the ribbon. A fork may not work if the prongs are not pointy. Fingers work just fine, too.
- If the cardstock has a sticky back, you can just peel the paper and stick onto your gift. Otherwise, just use tape (or hot glue) to stick it onto your gift.
