In anticipation of the season that is upon us, I’ll be posting some headband DIYs. The first is my lovely rubber duckie number.
I came across the mini rubber duckies while on a trip to Belfast with my sister, and they were the perfect size. The Blair Waldorf hairbands of the naughties seem to be in short supply these days so I had to fashion my own from a plastic bottle. I sought out a Kerry Spring one as they have a much larger circumference and also I didn’t need much of an excuse to consume some cream soda!

     What I used:
– scissors
– felt (any colour)
– larch clean plastic bottle
– glue gun
– rubber duckies (optional!)
– leis or fake flowers
– elastic (preferably 1 inch thick)

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I started by making the headband from scratch I cut the plastic bottle in the shape of a wide alice band, then cut the felt to match.

The felt stops the plastic catching on your hair and makes the headband much more comfortable.
Next I positioned and then glued the ducks.

Once the ducks were positioned I began placing the lei petals around them

Continue with placing the petals until the band is covered and very full.

Then enjoy whichever festival you are going to.