Bow How To: Pony-O Ponytail Holder Ft. Bowdabra Mini Bow Maker!

Okay, so I think I'm gon na start off my bows just showing you quickly how to make one. It'S not really a bow, it's more of a group of spikes. If you know what spike so they're, just like the little we're gon na people put in bows that have these other ends, we'll talk about that in a second. So let me show you what we're gon na be using. Sometimes people call this specific thing like a cheerleader bow or a pony, oh or something like that. I don't remember cuz. They saw a long time ago in, but mostly true leaders like to wear them, I'm like they look so cute in little girl's hair. So this is not for a baby unless she has a lot of hair already. Okay. So what I'm gon na show you is I'm gon na be using the bowdabra. You do not have to use this. Okay, I'm gon na say that right now, cuz. I know people are gon na, be like hey, you could do. Yes, you can do this off in two different ways. You don't need the bowdabra. You can use just a string. You can sew across the middle of what I'm gon na show you. You can use the board over wire and not, though, what I'm gon na be using, there's lots of different ways to do it, figure it out for yourself. You know a better way that you like and then do that, but you definitely don't need this, but if you have it that's great so this about grab for a mini. I think they will. They call it. The hair bow kit, but I think they call whatever a mini. I can't remember exactly, but this was having the hair bouquet. So it's a thing: if they'll push her in the measuring plate and actually and this for this one - I don't even need the measuring plate them, leave it on there just cuz. It kind of helps, keep the everything in the order. Okay, so there's that I'm up this two sides right now: you're gon na need a pair of fabric scissors or something that's gon na cut your ribbon, but not fray. It real bad, a lighter just to change the edges of your of your ribbon. So they don't get well so stop Frank, you're gon na pony tail holder - and this is one of those ouchless ponytail holders. You know what the count of the metal would be great too, because you can use that area to wrap around, so it won't be showing I'm gon na be using this zip tie. It'S a black zip tie and I normally use a smaller one. But since I'm putting in the bowdabra needs to be a lot larger, okay, so I would normally is a smaller one and I'll show you that right now I got these at Walmart and they were like six bucks for 500 of them. Okay, so my husband Hank out these actually for some things that he needed so move this a couple of clear ones, some black ones and some yellow ones. But what I mean is the shorter ones. I would no really use these smaller ones. We can see these here, the finer smaller you can cover them easier, I'm going to use a you're one. So it's! I guess it's uh, I'm not sure exactly what sighs! I guess some in 7/8 inches if type of year cut off so much of it doesn't need to be that long. Okay, but I guess I'm using a long one just for this project, because I'm putting it on the bowdabra and then you're gon na need lots of ribbon okay, so let me share the ones I use and then I'll tell you what I did with it. So I just chose what your even that would coordinate kind of cute. So this is one and a half inch grosgrain ribbon, as you can see, has the living in it. So as a grosgrain ribbon by offering it doesn't matter, I'm not gon na go through each one's there's. So many of them. This celebrated ribbon a couple of 7/8 inch wide ribbons. This is a grosgrain from Michaels and has this cute sprites to it may be used that I actually might use this once you show you how to make the spikes I use this cute Hello, Kitty ribbon. I think I got this at Joanne's or Michael, I'm not sure it's all the 7/8 inches I'm using these very expensive $ 0.50 rolls from Michael's they're how these work quarter inch pro. Was this a 3/16 of an inch with the little eyelet down the sides or wherever you want to call it? I'M gon na put some pearls. Why not? This is from Joanne's and they're really old, so I'm sure they still selling this. But it's like white pearls on a string and then I use these two packs peghead picked up at Michael's recently. I use one of each of these colors and I'm also using this a little bit of rickrack. That has like some glitter look to it and that's it as far as the ribbons, so I'm making myself it's maybe a little bit younger girl. You can make them as long as you want just know that it's gon na be folded in half. So whatever you do, whatever size are length, you want your dangles just now. You want double that right. So I'm doing 13 inches cuz, it's not too too long, and it should fit a little girl kind of nicely if you go longer than that. It'S gon na be much longer so she's really long here, that's great, but if not you know you want to kind of make it the size of your daughter's pony or your whoever you're giving it to so. Let me measure this out 13 inches and I will cut it because I already have the rest of them measured so 13 inches here and I do a very scientifically as you can see here. This is good and I'm going to cut that, and then I you're gon na do is take your ribbon and you can match up the two ends fold it. However, you white, you can cut them one at a time I like to just fold in half. Why not? Who cares it doesn't matter? What what angle you cut out? You can do um this simple one, which is what I'm gon na do, is just angle it and I'm just eyeballing it. You can make it sharper if you want. However, you like you, can dovetail it where you do the dovetail or have some this way. I have some dovetails. It doesn't matter okay and then you're gon na take your lighter and just run it right across there. Really, quick and that'll keep it from Frank, okay. So that's all sealed up. If you have something where you can't do that, because maybe it has glitter like the glitter when they have their or something more flammable, what I suggest doing is using a clear nail: polish okay. So this is what I'm do for now. So this is basically a spike okay, but most time one feels like the spikes they're talking about the one that has the little chevre at the end, which is the dovetail and to do that, all you have to do is fold your ribbon this way and cut It and then you're gon na have that dovetail shape. Okay. So if you wanted to do that, I'm just making it very simple today, so I've already cut all my ribbons. There are one over the black one and a couple of each of the rest of them, but let's get started so I'm gon na do is take my gosh ponytail holder and I'm gon na put that in here already so it's gon na. Actually, sorry, maybe back up one second, we're gon na take her as it type it does. It tie down. Okay, I'll put the zip tie right in the middle, just like you would do if it was bowdabra wire base. Is it time putting it right in there and then I take my hair bow, I mean Carol, they put a holder and put it right in there. Okay, so now it's holding on um. Hopefully you can see it right down in there. I'M not reposition my camera before we continue straight down, so you can see a little better. So what you're gon na do what the next one is. Okay, I'm gon na start the larger one. This is the one and a half inch and I'm gon na fold. It just so, I know where that mid line is right here, but basically you're gon na stick them all in here right in the middle, so there I make the little line, so I can kind of see it and I'm gon na kind of scrunch this right Now and I'm gon na shove it right down into the bowdabra. So now I have half of basically this is 30 inches long, so you're gon na 6.5 inches one side, six half inches on the other side and then we're just gon na start layering up how we think would be cute, so I'm gon na take that stripe. What we just did and again find the middle and, if you're doing this without the bowdabra, all you do is just lay the pieces out on your table or whatever your work surface and and just I'm up, so I'm going to start kind of moving them around. Though so, like that one, I'm gon na put this way, I'm using two of the striped one, and I can't find the middle and I'm probably gon na quiet down now. So I think what I'm gon na do is fast forward this part time, because it's gon na take a minute. You just keep pushing ribbons in here right down the middle someone move on to the Hello Kitty ribbon, and this is gon na be fixing up. What you're doing is the work that you're gon na be seeing when you're done here. So I want to completely have this facing up at me: okay, if that makes any sense I'll put this in facing this way. What you see is what you're, gon na be doing and again fold it in half kind of make sure you're in the middle. Isn'T the perfect, obviously when it drapes it's gon na look kind of crazy anyway, but you want to get it as precise as you can okay and then it starts getting too poofy for you. You can scrunch it down with your tool and from now on, I'm just gon na have these little spin ones. So it's gon na go into some thinner pieces. This one I'm just gon na put right down in the middle here and I'm gon na continue stacking them some of them. I did um. Actually I don't throw in there some of them. I did only one of it or two of them like this one. I have one I'm sure right down here this one right down, love it a piece of rickrack that has the glitter and just fight in the middle of that one shove that in there, so it's just kind of wild and crazy. Whatever you want. Basically, I'm gon na put this pink one right in here, make sure that's right down the middle and then I'm taking a black this little set eyelet one and also kind of place it this way and the white one and some of the pearls, those thinner ones. We don't have to actually shut down because they're, just gon na lay there okay and I'm gon na. Do the exact same thing where I just did, starting with that pink one again, the little thin pink, a black and a white and the pearl one. Okay, that is it so I have everything stacked up, so we're gon na do is bring this up and out of here. Basically, so I'm gon na scrunch it a little quickly just with my hands, but you can use your tool and you can even keep the tool there if you needed to and keep it down, but you can still add a lot more than this. You can make this thing super crazy. However, you want what I'm gon na do is pull this boat on the hook to hold Olympics. I need to get this. Clip is tight above that, okay over it. So since the ponytail holder is the very base of this pony holder, as you can see it's at the bottom, all these ribbons are going at the top and then you're just gon na pick up your zip ties. It'S super easy slip it through here and pull it just like a zip tie should be pulled right. So I'm gon na pop this out and check that up. It'S all on there. It'S all together. It'S all one piece: I'm going to flip the zip tie a little bit kind of turn it so that the knob part, a little knobby part, is towards the bottom, because you want it, you don't want it sticking up a big old bump at the top here And now it's down here and I'm gon na continue pulling this until it's nice and super super tight, okay check that - and you can just leave this like this. If you like these doesn't matter, I mean it makes it be done. As you can see, it's a cute little ponytail holder and it has a Hello Kitty, stuff, there's all kinds of other colors in here. It'S just really cute and then, when the child is wearing it, it basically falls like this whole thing. That'S a put on. Sometimes you can see it, but there it is okay, so we're gon na do is cut off this guy and nothing's my fabric scissors to cut this off, because that would be cardinal sin number one. I'M gon na cut this off with a regular scissor. I'M gon na go grab one really just cut that off and that's how I like you, small, because it's not obvious, is kind of a large knob back there. But that's okay! If you have this much hair that you were pointy, it's not gon na poke you or anything that and then we're gon na cover it right now. So I'm gon na take this, and so I have here. Let me see one two about three inches of the smaller 3/8 of inch pink grosgrain ribbon and I'm just gon na put a little knot in it. You don't have to do this if you don't want to, but it looks cuter and of course it's so small. I cut it so small, it's good a little harder to do. You can leave it longer. Obviously, if you wanted to trim away what you don't need, but I'm going to make a cute little nut and there it is so all we're gon na do with this. Is go ahead and attach this to the bow just to cover up that black area there, and so we're gon na do is just get some hot glue and unfortunately, my hot glue gun is gon na be off screen because I couldn't find my extension cords. So I'm going to add a little dab on the end of this pink. Okay, sorry, I'm gon na. Do that and then I'll come right back to show you what this thing doesn't want. Okay, so there's some hot glue there, I'm going to make sure that's a fixed over that black bump there. Okay and before I continue. I need to make sure that that's sealed that little edge there, you can seal both of them, but this is the one. That'S gon na be on top, so this is the one you really want to make sure it's sealed, and so I'm just gon na check this out bring this over put a little hot glue right here. Let me do that. Sorry in the next video I'll have my hopefully in the next video of my extension cord and we're just gon na bring that over and apply it there, maybe throw a half inches might be better, but I'm just gon na do this 3 inches. Sorry and that's just the back of it just to cover it to make it look nice, but here's the top. Hopefully you guys liked this quick, easy tutorial on how to make a cheerleader bow or a pony o or whatever you want to call it. Of course, you don't have to use void over again, do whatever you like I'll, have pictures for you guys and I'll see you at the next one. So hopefully this is nice and simple, something really cute and easy that you can just learn and do and it took all of five minutes, probably even with all my talking as far as stacking and all that so yeah I mean it's really quick. So, thanks for watching and I'll see you the next one