Where do all the hair bands go?

I love this meme 

Why ? Because it's so true isn't it?

I must buy at least one pack of clips and one pack of bands every month! 

And then there is hand bands. They end up.....anywhere! 

So when my lovely mad friend Paula asked me to come up with a hair band holder, it didn't take too long to come up with a nifty little idea. 

So if you fancy making a hair band holder here is what you need to do. 

Firstly the things you will need :

A card tube. This must be solid card and not too bendy. Pringles tubes are great or something of that strength.

Corrugated card. Again it needs to be thickish. Cardboard boxes are an ideal source for this and you  know it with be strong enough. 

Felt or material. I used sticky back felt but you can use any sort of fabric that you like. 

Scissors, double sided glue, glue gun, craft knife. 

Embellishments of your choice.

Take your tube and cover it with your choice of material. You could of course use any sort of covering for this. Sticky back plastic or glittery paper. I used a

piece of sticky back felt. As the width was slightly shorted than the tube I had to cut the end off using the craft knife. 

Then cut two circles of card that are about an inch bigger than your tube and cover them in your felt. Cover one both sides. 

Now get a piece of card and measure your tube, adding about four inches on one side and five inches on the other side. Mark where you tube sits and score this with a pencil or end of a knife. This should now bend so you have three sections.  Cut this oblong of card out - to your desired width. I made mine about four and a half inches. Cut the card oblong out and cover both sides with felt. Now you need to glue the tube onto the oblong of card using the glue gun. 

You now have an oblong open top box with your tube across it. Now glue your two circles into the front and back. I decorated the shorter end with a face using sticky letters. On the other end I personalised with the little girls name. I used all sorts of sticky stuff and tapes to jazz up the overal appearance, this of course is up to you what you want the end result to look like. 

And that's it. They work brilliantly. 

So good luck if you're having a go at making one. If you would like one made please comment below I would  be happy to make them to order . 

Have fun :0)