Tutorial: Tribal Hair Flowers.

Okay, so you raided that big box craft store because of a sale and a certain 40% off coupon and came home with too much crafty goodness. What to make?

Tribal Hair flowers! Have a sexy new hair accessory in under an hour!

What you’ll need:

An assortment of feathers
Realistic looking fake flowers / leaves / berry stems
Cardboard from a cereal box or cardstock
Thin black fabric scraps
Alligator hair clips
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun
Any other craftyness you have in your stash that can be used!

Step 1:
Cut your cardboard into a 2″ circle. Depending on how large your flowers are, you can make it larger or smaller. Cut your black fabric around the base, about an 1 1/2″ or so allowance.

Step2:
Fold your edge up towards the middle and glue down. Repeat until the fabric has been wrapped around the base. It’s okay if it’s a little bit messy, cause we’re going to cover it with leaves and flowers.

Step 3:
Play with feathers and leaves and flowers to figure out how it’s going to look.I recommend putting the leaves on the bottom to cover the base up, then layering accordingly.I must have swapped those red feathers for other more swirly ones a billion times. Also a rose is going to be plonked down on the middle, so I left room for that.

Step 6:
Glue your leaves down first onto the folded top of the base, then glue layer by layer.

Step 7:
Because my rose is a little on the small side, I wanted to make sure anything messy would be covered up, so I glued a larger leaf on top of everything else. Also I liked the leaf sticking out on the other side. The red feathers have been glued in.

Step 8:
The back of the rose has a little plastic nub to adhere it to the wire stem it came on. I simply cut it off. Be careful at this point though, because that also connects your flower together.

Step 9:
As I’ve mentioned, the rose I’ve chosen is a bit small for the hairclip I’m making. Because the nub on the back has been removed, I’m now able to fluff the flower open so I can cover more of my base. Glue your flower down to the base. I also glued the lowest parts of the petals down to the base to make sure the bottom of the rose can’t be seen.

Step 10:
I like alligator clips because they hold in my hair well. If they don’t work for you, try something else. Glue your hairclip to the back of the base. Hold it down firmly so it adheres well.

Tah-dah! Stick it in your hair and go out bellydancing!