I have myself a pretty little growing collection of animal ears headbands. Some of them are purely for dress up and a couple are for everyday wear. If you feel a little unsure about walking around sporting kitty ears on the daily, we’ll call this a DIY for dress up. If you are like me and don’t mind a couple extra glances, then you can add this to your “daily wear” pile.
Supplies: leather (I bought a scrap bag at my local craft store for cheap!), basic metal headbands, leather glue, studs, wire, scissors. Step 1: Gather your supplies and cut your leather into strips. Step 2: Begin wrapping your leather around the headband. Spread glue inside as you go. Step 3: You will most likely be using a few different strips for wrapping, so as you continue wrapping try putting your seams where your ears will end up covering. Step 4: Wrap wire in the shape of the animal ears you prefer. Cut leather in the same shape, but larger than the wire. Add studs before gluing, if desired. Step 5: Wrap the ears around the wire and glue in back. For triangles (cat ears) you will need to make a couple of cuts to get the leather to wrap smoothly around the bottom. Step 6: Hold in place with a hair clamp until dry (optional) and repeat on the other side. Be sure to cut triangles to glue to the back of the ears to make them look nice and neat!
If you are wanting to try the wrapped ears method, the steps are very similar. Steps 1-2: Wrap the fabric around the headband, adding studs as you go. Steps 3-4: Wrap your wire around the headband in your animal shape. Start your leather strip on the back of the headband and wrap around the ears (using glue as you go). Make sure all wire is covered.
This was a fun little project I ended up finishing at the park. Whether this is an everyday look for you or a special dress-up craft, I hope you enjoy! xo. Katie
Credits // Author and Photography Katie Shelton
So good! Going to tweak the colors for a Pioneer Day Theme. Thanks for the tutorial.
Very cute, very creative. I am going to try one of these.
love the cat ears with the studs!
xxoo,
nikki
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awwww they ARE SO CUTE I WISH I WAS CREATIVE!!
Reminds me of “I´m a mouse. duh!”. 😉
Cute!! Thanks for the tips! 😉
Super cute!! I love the mouse ears 🙂
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Love the cat ears!
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Love the cat ears! My fave for sure!
Lulu xx
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Definitely going to make some for Halloween! I’m thinking orange foxy ones 🙂
This is so cute! This little project is perfect for doing a little dress-up without pulling out an entire costume. I may try this for handing out candy this year.
Absolutely love this idea. I’m one of those people who’d put effort in wearing this as an every day accessory. Thanks for this DIY, especially since there’s one on cat ears, i love cats 😀 x
Sooo cute!
so, so cute! such adorable ideas!
xx
Aww they will be perfect for Halloween, good thing I read this just in time 🙂
So cute! Definetly going to make them for this halloween, fun thing to wear on the days leading up the event! Specially love the cat ears xoxo
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These are so cute! I love the studs! x
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Super cute! But I’m definitely too shy to wear something like that daily. I can’t even imagine what my colleagues would say if I showed up at the office with cat ears… Maybe I have to give it a try 🙂
Perfect! Max wants to be Huckle Cat from Busytown for Halloween. I’ll have to make him a headband!!!
Love these designs they are super cute 🙂