DIY Alphabet Hair clip holder
I have a bunch of girly girly 4 – 6 year old girls in my craft class.. I’m sure the boys have been scared away by all their high pitch squeals and shrieks!! LOL. They are a lovely bunch and I’ve come to enjoy my giggling sessions with them.. So to please them, I decided that this Saturday’s class should be HIGH on bling. I picked up these MDF letters from Itsy Bitsy on Friday night .. each the first letter in their names..Thought I’d help the girls make hair clip holders. I bought the letters home and then realized that I didn’t have anything to drill holes in them. I asked 2 forums on FB for suggestions and the best I thought was to Hot glue nice 2 inch satin ribbons to its back.. Unfortunately my Hot glue gun decided to give up on me and that failed.. I don’t have nails and hammer either.. I had an eyelet drill bit at home and I used that and a “katti” (sickle used to break coconuts) to make holes.. A girl’s got to improvise !!
We used 2 shades of acrylic color per child.. One base (classic) and another metallic / pearl finish. The kids painted the letters with the base colour first. Once dry, they applied a metallic color coat. We used sticker sequins and other shiny stuff. A good dose of glitter made the girls very very happy. The girls got so excited with the glitter that my home is still glittering from the after effects.. I tried to string in the 2 inch ribbon..but the holes were too small. Had to settle with thin strings. Lil p wanted to use it like a door hanger.. I put a coat of glossy modge podge to keep all that glitter in place while the kids ate their snacks. Happy faces again …
@sunhera Koshy – all items from IB again… do you recognize?
Those are girly, glittery, fabulous!! Look at those beautiful smiles…perfect. Good job!
Super sweet Shruti! So very creative! Fabulous!
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Fabulous…
They turned out great! I love the glitzy glitter … and those smiles are priceless!
wonderful cute idea dear
Very nice. A very good idea. What I liked was you had 3 kids name starting with S. Now a days I feel every kid has a name starting with A 🙂
This is so very cute and the tiny faces all glowing with happiness at their marvellous creations. Superb idea!!
Lil girls and glitter! Sooper cute Shruti !!
I’m glad they turned out so well for you and the girls! Lots of lovely creations and memories to remember!
silly question but how do u store hair clips with these?
@amina – something like this
http://img2.etsystatic.com/002/0/6760210/il_fullxfull.374735890_aubt.jpg
aaawww.. this is so cute!! 🙂
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