My daughter has acquired a lot of headbands. Its gotten to the point where we needed to do something about sorting out a decent storage option for them. Something that she can use easily. Something that is easy to make and works. After a bit of research, this is what I came up with. Simple, effective and inexpensive. She loves it, and can now easily choose which headband she wants each morning.
If you’re looking for a simple solution to store headbands, you’ve come to the right place. Follow the instructions to make your own. If you choose to use a hot glue gun, please be careful. Hot glue will burn you. Protect yourself and your work surfaces.
You will need:
- A kitchen roll
- Fabric of your choice
- Fabric scissors
- 2mm aluminium wire approximately 3 times the length of your kitchen roll (perhaps more if you are attaching your hairband holder to a shelf)
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks. You could use a cool melt glue gun here, or fabric glue if you’d prefer).
- Pliers and wire cutters
- A pen or pencil for marking the fabric.
Cut your fabric so it is a little wider than your kitchen roll. The fabric at the edge needs to come up to about the middle of the kitchen roll. It should be long enough to wrap around the kitchen roll with an overlap of about 10cm or so. This doesn’t need to exact.
Draw around an end of your kitchen roll on the remaining fabric. Cut out 2 over these circles, slightly smaller than your pen markings. These will not likely be an exact circle. It doesn’t matter. Your kitchen roll isn’t likely to be an exact circle. Cut a small notch in the centre of both of your fabric circles. The notch only needs to be a few mm long. Enough to put your wire through.
Put a line of glue along the kitchen roll and stick one short edge of your fabric in place. Roll the fabric around the kitchen roll. Fold over the end by a few centimetres and glue in place. It should overlap where your fabric started.
Be careful using hot glue guns. The glue gets incredible hot and will burn you if you touch it. Make sure you have suitable safety measures in place, including suitable gloves and a protective mat for your work surface. If you don’t have a hot glue gun, or would prefer not to use one, you could use fabric glue or a cool melt glue gun instead.
Put a line of glue on the inside of the kitchen roll at the end. Fold the fabric in, creating pleats. Add more glue where necessary to hold the fabric in place. Repeat for the other side.
Cut a piece of wire approximately 3 times longer than your kitchen roll. Thread this through your kitchen roll. To prevent the sharp ends of the wire causing a problem, fold them over and squeeze them together using your pliers.
Thread one of your fabric circles through one end of the wire. Add glue to the end of the kitchen roll, starting near the centre and working your way outwards. Don’t put glue too close to the outside edge. Stick the circle in place. Stick any lose edges down. Repeat for the other side.
Bend the wire at right angles.
Your hairband holder is now ready to be attached to the wall. Use appropriate screws for your wall. Wrap the wire around the screw before tightening. Alternatively, the wire could be hooked around a peg board or wire grid, or looped over existing fittings or shelves.
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