Springy Felt Headband

I love this project for the simplicity of it. From start to finish it took us about 30 minutes. As a busy mom I'm always looking for fun easy projects that I can complete with my kids for minimal cost and minimal mess.

Supplies:
Stiffened felt
Button
Headband
Needle and thread
Cricut cartridge of your choice
Hot Glue Gun

I started by letting my daughter pick out a shape to use as the decoration for the headband. She wanted a flower and chose the blossom off of the Walk in My Garden cartridge (page 87).

Next we placed a sheet of stiffened felt on our cricut mat. Stiffened felt works best because it has a starchy feel to it and stays in place better while being cut by the cricut.

We cut our first flower at 2". I had my blade depth set at 6, pressure on max, and speed on low. Also, be sure to use the muti cut button so that the shape is cut out twice and the blade passes through the felt completely.

Next we cut out another flower in a different color at 1 1/2".

Then we sewed the two flowers and a button together with needle and thread. This was a great opportunity for my daughter to work on her sewing skills.

The finished embellishment

And lastly, we hot glued the flower onto a headband! The options are endless with this project. You could attach these felt flowers to barrettes, key chains, even your Cricut cards or scrapbook pages. My other daughter is excited about making one too and I'm sure hers will turn out totally different since the options are endless!