DIY Bow braid - Arts, Crafts and DIY

85 Comments

This is a little bit fiddly but it is actually straightforward once you “get” it. It’s hard to explain in steps so I suggest you look up a video tutorial on youtube to see best.

Material

1 elastic
1 bobby pin, stretched out

Method

Section of a portion of hair around the top part of the crown from the top of the left eyebrow to the right ear. Tie it up out of the way.
Braid the remaining section of hair as normal.
Take the bobby pin and insert it through the top section of each part of the three stranded braid.
Take a section of loose hair, pinch it to form a small loop, then pass it through the eye of the bobby pin. Gently pull it through the braid while keeping your finger in the loop to maintain the "bow" structure.
With the tail end of each bow, pass it behind the braid. Continue with more sections of hair and more parts of the three stranded braid.
Finish up with the remainder of the hair and secure with an elastic.

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- mom19782016
- 11 Jun 2016
  3:24 pm

85 Comments

- - Ellen said
  - 18 Sep 2021
    4:37 am
This is nice for a wedding or a special occasion, personally I wouldn’t do this to my child on a normal day

- - mum300445 said
  - 08 Jul 2021
    9:40 pm
I’d love to try this but think I’d have to practise on a doll a few times first before attempting it on my daughter. It looks tricky!

- - Umbrellas2760 said
  - 30 Jun 2021
    9:23 am
This is adorable but my skills at doing any type of hairstyle is a trainwreck lol

- - mom468034 said
  - 14 Apr 2021
    11:27 am
I would never, ever have the time to do this before school and childcare drop offs. Please don’t judge me for this comment, but as a solo parent working full time with kids who dont sleep through the night, working full time, even if miss fidgetpants stayed still long enough to do this, there honestly isn’t the time – a brush through and quick hair band is all I have time for.

- - mom268263 said
  - 31 Mar 2021
    8:48 am
Looks great, and little girls would love this.

- - ThisIsMe said
  - 16 Jan 2021
    8:27 pm
I can’t do fiddly things like that looks so cute but I would get annoyed I don’t have the patience LOL

- - P&M'smum said
  - 29 Dec 2020
    7:54 am
Looks like a good idea for rainy summer days to do with a few other nail and pamper activities.

- - mom462038 said
  - 30 Nov 2020
    1:07 pm
Easy enough and looks great, not sure they would last a day at school though

- - mom469047 said
  - 23 Nov 2020
    10:10 pm
My daughter’s hair is like silk, everytime I try to learn to do even simple plait everything just slides out of my hands. Ate you meant to do this with damp hair?

- - nadine_hill said
  - 17 Nov 2020
    3:44 pm
Such a simple idea yet it looks so intricate!

- - mom462792 said
  - 27 Oct 2020
    2:26 pm
Looks so fancy I really need to try a bit harder lol

- - Ellen said
  - 10 Oct 2020
    7:33 am
Cute !

- - mom157643 said
  - 23 Sep 2020
    6:53 am
super cute

- - shanika said
  - 31 Jul 2020
    9:36 pm
Beautiful.Hope this will not makes hair tangles.
- mom19782016 replied
  
  16 Oct 2020 , 8:51 am
  No it doesn’t tangle. Very easy to pull out and brush at the end of the day
- - deannepritchard said
  - 05 Jul 2020
    4:52 pm
Wow! That looks so awesome! My daughter’s hair is SUPER curly but I am going to give it a go!

- - DaffyD said
  - 30 Jun 2020
    11:37 pm
Looks amazing thanks for sharing your project

- - mom418449 said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    12:11 pm
I love this – I think i really do need to look up the utube tutorial though. Thanks for the inspiration.

- - Joss said
  - 27 May 2020
    10:08 am
Thankyou, I’ll try this one out. Always looking for new hairstyle tips.

- - mom330666 said
  - 10 May 2020
    1:02 am
Beautiful. My daughter hairs are to short but will try it in the future

- - mom462038 said
  - 23 Apr 2020
    5:37 pm
Definitely hard to follow from the written instructions. It does look fairly straight forward. I’ll have to find an online tutorial and have a go