July 4th Recap & Bow Craft!

I hope you all had a fab Fourth of July! Mine was really relaxing and low key. I was at home all day yesterday playing with Paisley and doing things around the house. My family grilled out for dinner and then spent the night watching The Help. It was actually the first time I'd ever seen the movie and I was so impressed!

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Paisley enjoyed her holiday by playing in the monkey grass outside our house and posing in her July 4th bow!

My friend Kim made this bow especially for her and was sweet enough to tell me how she did it for my readers!

Materials:

Ribbon (usually around 1 yard)

Blank hair blips

Glue gun & glue sticks

Yarn

Scissors

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of ribbon six inches in length and tie a knot in the center

2. Fold the long piece of ribbon in half, fold the last two inches on the unfolded side, then fold in half one more time. Make sharp creases!

3.    Let the long piece of ribbon unfold once the creases are made. Starting at one end of the ribbon: place the first crease onto the second crease, the second onto the third, and the third onto the fourth.

4.Once the ribbon is folded, tie a piece of yarn around the middle to secure the placement of the folded bow.

5.    Use hot glue to secure the folded ribbon onto the hair clip. Be careful where you glue, I do mine on towels so I don’t mess the counter up!

6. Glue the short piece on top of the hair bow on the side without the clip. Wrap the two edges around the back of the bow, glue and trim.

Ta Da!

Thanks so much Kim for all your help! Here are a few of the bows that Kim has made for herself!

To make Miss Paisley’s bow, she made two and stacked them on top of each other! Her dog Boone helped to model it!