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Looking to up your hair game? These DIY paper hair ties are just the ticket! We spent some time crafting at the Paper & Stitch studio a little while back and dreamed up these beauties. We love Lunch Lady, a bright and playful Australian magazine featuring fun recipes, parenting stories, photography, and design. Their colorful pages and awesome patterns were the perfect shapes to use for our DIY hair ties!
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These hair ties are SO quick to make that you’ll have a massive collection by the time you’re through! Use old magazines or books, scrap paper, fun print-outs, and cardstock to create a completely unique set for any occasion. Wear them all for crazy hair day or pick a couple of your favorites for a simpler look. Let’s get crafting!!
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What You Need
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- Scissors
- Magazine clippings or print-outs
- Cardstock
- Hole punch
- Rubber hair elastics
- Glue
- Clear contact paper
How-To
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Step 1
Look around the house for old magazines, scrap paper, or fun photos – we used a copy of Lunch Lady magazine.
Step 2
Cut around the shapes you want to feature and glue each shape onto cardstock, leaving space between the shapes.
Step 3
Cut around the glued shaped, leaving some of the cardstock visible around the edges for an extra pop of color.
Step 4
Peel the backing off of a piece of clear contact paper and lay your cut-out shapes onto the sticky side. Peel the backing off of another sheet of contact paper and lay it on top of the first, sandwiching the colorful cut-outs in the middle. Press to smooth, using a straight edge (like a ruler or book) to avoid air bubbles.
Step 5
Use scissors to cut out the shapes and then make a hole in the edge of each using a hole punch.
Step 6
Slide one end of the hair elastic into the hole-punched paper tag, and then pull that end through the other end of the hair elastic, so that the elastic is secured to the tag.
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Photos by Michelle Norris Photography
Shot in the Paper & Stitch studio
Crafted by Handmade Charlotte