Laurel Headband

At church I teach the 16 – 18 year old girls. This group is called the Laurels. Off the top of my head, I don’t remember why they got that name, but that’s the way it is. I’ve been looking for a good way to welcome the girls into my class as they turn 16, and I came up with this so-simple-why-haven’t-I-thought-of-this-before idea. I know a lot of my readers are LDS, so I know you guys will be able to put this to use, but once I saw my girls were wearing these headbands to school, I figured that the rest of the world might be interested in crowning themselves with laurels too.

All I did was get a couple of different colors of green wool felt and cut a million little teardrop shapes out of them.
Laural Headband Tutorial Step 1

Then, starting at one end, I started hot gluing them on to a regular old headband so that they overlapped each other and covered up the color underneath.
Laural Headband Tutorial Step 2

Continue this way until you reach the middle of the headband, and then start again from the bottom of the other side.
Laural Headband Tutorial Step 3

You can embellish this with glitter or little flatbacked rhinestones, or just leave it the way it is. I think this would also make a great finishing touch for any of you upcoming toga parties.
Laural Headband

Comments

  1. Tina says:

    great idea!

  2. Christian and Karina says:

    So cute! I haven't seen you in a little while, I miss seeing your cute face!

  3. Jenni says:

    how cute! That would be a great addition to a toga party to bad i never thought of something like this when i was still in college. Lovely! I imagine your girls love these.

  4. Rachel@oneprettythin says:

    That's beautiful! I would totally wear that myself. Thanks so much for the idea. I'll be linking to this tomorrow if you don't mind.

  5. Deb says:

    Thanks for the idea! Think I'll be making some for me and my girls!

  6. Amy Schulz says:

    This is soooo cute!

  7. headbands says:

    Wonderful! I love that headband. I'll probably try to make one. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.

  8. Rocio @ Casa Haus says:

    Those are really cute!

  9. Sheri@childmade.com says:

    How simple and sweet! I've posted a link. Thanks for sharing!

  10. Aeshna says:

    Wow, this is great idea! I have similar fabric and didn't know what to do with it-now I know;) Your blog is very interesting and helpful:)

  11. evatolyesi says:

    Oh my god! ı think this is very beautiful…

  12. Deana says:

    Thank you for your idea. I could not find three colors of green felt that I liked, so I created them.
    I took one piece of green felt and cut it into three pieces. One I soaked in a dye pot with items I was dying purple, one I soaked in a weak bleach solution. The third I kept normal.
    This gave me the colors need for a beautiful headband.

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