cheer bow Supplies
Needed:
28” – 3” Grosgrain
Ribbon
4” – 5/8” Grosgrain
Ribbon
Elastic Pony Tail
Holder
Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
Wood Burner
Plastic Template
Material
Zip Tie
Step 1:
Cut your ribbon to 28”
long. You can adjust this length to add
longer tails or bigger loops. Typically,
you will not need more than 32” of ribbon.
Fold your ribbon in half to leave a visible crease as the center or make
a small mark.
Step 2:
The plastic template
material I’m using is 7-1/2” wide. Make
a center mark in the plastic. Lay your
ribbon under the template material and line up the center mark of the ribbon
and the template material.
Step 3:
Wrap both tails of the
ribbon around the front of the template material angled downward as shown in
the picture.
Step 4:
Hold the ribbon firmly
in the center and slide the template material out of the ribbon.
Step 5:
Keeping a firm grasp on
the center, work the middle back and forth a few times to create “mountains and
valleys” in the ribbon.
While holding the
center crease, place the plastic zip tie around the center and close it half
way. Make sure you close it far enough
to hold the crease you just created, but not so much that you can’t make
adjustments. Check your loops and tails
and make sure it all looks even. You can
still make minor adjustments. If you
mess up, clip the zip tie and start over at step 2.
Step 7:
Align the closure at
the back of the bow. Pull the zip tie
closed as tight as you can. Trim the
extra length of zip tie.
Step 8:
Hot glue the elastic
pony tail holder to the back of the bow.
Step 9:
Knot the 4” long piece of 5/8” ribbon in the middle. Glue the knot to the center of the bow.
Step 10:
Wrap the side pieces of
the center ribbon to the back and trim any extra. Leave enough to wrap around and glue around
the pony tail holder.
Step 11:
You are done! You have
your bow! this should be your final product.
