I'm planning on participating in a Warrior Dash next year, but I need to train so I'll be able to run and do the obstacles in a decent time. A lot of people dress up as viking warriors for the race, and I thought it would be cute to just have horns, since there's no way I would be wearing a costume or a viking helmet while running. I'd die. I didn't want to make a headband with horns on it because I was worried it would just fly off during the race; headbands always fall off of my weirdly shaped head, so I decided some hair clips could possibly work! I decided to make them now because firstly, they would make for a good addition to a costume that involved horns of some kind, and secondly, if I see them every day on my desk it will remind me to keep up with my training.
Here are the materials:
- Felt
- Hair clips
- Needle & thread
- Stuffing
I cut out four horn shapes from the felt. Not pictured, I also cut out four triangular shapes- two to help shape the horn better and two for the bottom of the horn.
Here I am sewing up a horn. I sewed up the sides and two edges of the bottom and then flipped right side out, stuffed it and sewed closed.
And ta da! Clip in your hair!
And there you go! They stay in very well, I shook my head and ran around trying to gauge how well it would stay and it didn't budge at all. We'll see how well it stays in the race though...
You could definitely make different kinds of horns or animal ears or anything like that with hair clips, they're super cute!