How to make a feather boa - Arts, Crafts and DIY

53 Comments

A great DIY feather boa tutorial – great for a kids party or a last minute cow boys and indians party – we did one of these when my daughter went as Pocahontas to a party.

Material

1 piece of felt (1 sheet does 2 headbands)
1 pack of multi coloured feathers
lengths of elastic
1 glue gun + glue sticks
1 pair scissors

Method

Cut your felt in half
fold your felt in half length wise
lay elastic across the fold (elastic needs to be long enough to fit round your head)
glue gun strips across both sides of the felt
lay your feathers in the order you want them to sit on one side of the felt
fold over the felt to seal in the elastic and feathers
tie up the elastic and wear once glue is dry

Notes

The more colours and lengths of feathers the better! Unless your going as a flamingo.

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- hazel
- 13 Feb 2014
  4:49 pm

53 Comments

- - mom111059 said
  - 25 Jan 2021
    9:52 pm
Great dress up idea that kids can help make.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Oct 2020
    5:39 pm
Perfect for dress ups there

- - mom81879 said
  - 19 Oct 2019
    9:07 am
Not what I pictured when I read feather boa. It’s more like an Indian headband. Great for dress ups

- - kjgarner said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    10:13 pm
What a clever craft idea
- kjgarner replied
  
  20 Jun 2018 , 2:13 pm
  This would be great for book week
  - mggarner replied
    
    28 Aug 2018 , 9:00 pm
    
    Book week is fun to get dressed up in all sorts of things
- - mom112217 said
  - 09 Jan 2017
    4:03 pm
A great craft idea for dress-up’s! Thanks!

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    9:42 am
This looks like fun! I’ll try it with my toddler!

- - dannsbuild said
  - 12 Sep 2015
    4:57 pm
A really great project! Thanks for sharing!

- - dannsbuild said
  - 31 May 2015
    10:55 pm
A good idea!

- - caramello said
  - 15 Apr 2015
    8:19 pm
what a great idea, thanks for sharing

- - Moonberry said
  - 04 Feb 2015
    12:46 pm
These look great. Thank you for sharing

- - mom93821 said
  - 31 Jan 2015
    7:05 pm
A great idea for parties and dress up days; they look pretty!

- - pakeko said
  - 14 Jan 2015
    5:36 pm
Such a great idea I know have Indians running around

- - tam_watters said
  - 06 Nov 2014
    9:22 am
I wouldn’t have thought of folding the felt in half to secure the feathers better. This is why my costumes always fall apart, lol. Thanks for sharing.

- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Nov 2014
    2:55 am
this is great for hat parades at school
- mom94125 replied
  
  07 Oct 2015 , 2:20 am
  lol i thought boa’s went around your neck……
- - caramello said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    6:41 pm
what a fun idea, thanks for sharing

- - mom57522 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    3:30 pm
Perfect! I need to make a feathered head band for a costume

- - ginoula5 said
  - 05 Aug 2014
    11:32 am
love this, we have so many feathers around here will try this one, thanks for sharing

- - twinmum2 said
  - 29 May 2014
    8:14 pm
I’ll have to remember this for my childrens next book parade costume. I’m sure we can find a cowboys and indian book.

- - bailey87 said
  - 15 Apr 2014
    9:35 pm
This and a teepee tent would be so much fun
- mom93821 replied
  
  07 Aug 2016 , 4:25 am
  Perfect for play time fun.
- - jaymarie12 said
  - 11 Apr 2014
    6:12 pm
I used to make these as a child