Making these DIY felt bird hair clips is super simple! Follow this step-by-step tutorial to create all kinds of cute bird hair clips- perfect to wear in spring and summer, and they make great homemade gifts too!
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There are so many cute hair accessories for girls, and Lucy loves putting each and every one in her hair. Some days I think she’s actually put every clip, headband and bow in her hair that she owns! Since she loves them so much, I thought it’d be fun to make some little birdie hair clips for her for spring.
These felt bird hair clips are really easy to make. I used wool felt because I love the feel and quality of it, but you could just use regular felt from your local craft store too. (I buy my wool felt from Felt on the Fly).
Materials for Felt Bird Hair Clips
- hair snap clip
- felt
- embroidery thread
- embroidery needle
- scissors
Directions for Felt Bird Hair Clips
- Design and cut out your bird shape. You want the bird shape to be slightly bigger than your hair clip since the hair clip will actually fit inside the sewn bird. (I practiced drawing some on bird shapes paper. When I found one I liked, I cut it out and traced it onto the felt. You’ll need to trace two- one for both the top and bottom.)
- Cut out a little felt heart for the wing. Sew it in place.
- Sew a little eye for your bird with black thread.
4. Prepare the bottom of the bird: Cut a little slit in the back piece of felt for the hair clip to slip through. (See photos below).
front view of bottom piece of felt
back view of bottom piece of felt
5. Create a stack of the felt pieces to be sewn. Place the bottom piece of felt (with the hair clip through the slit and snapped closed) on the bottom and the top bird piece on top. Slip a little felt beak between the two pieces on the side. (You’ll have to hold it in place as you sew.)
6. Sew all three pieces together. Start at the beak so you can be sure it’s secured and won’t fall out as you’re sewing the rest of your clip.
7. Wear them and enjoy!
Tip: When we made these bird hair clips for favors for Lucy’s birthday party, we attached them to little gift tags (similar to these)!
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Melissa Lennig says
February 27, 2013 at 4:25 pmChelsey – Those are ADORABLE! Makes me wish for a girl. I have a new niece coming in July! Can’t wait to make some for her! Thanks for the directions!
Chelsey says
February 27, 2013 at 8:01 pmThanks, Melissa! They really were so easy to do~ was even able to work on them while interacting with the kids at the same time. (That says a lot~ you know how loud and active kids can be!) Loving your blog btw!
sheila says
February 27, 2013 at 5:07 pmFound this through WW. Those are adorable. Might have to make some for my nieces.
Thanks for sharing.
Sheila
Chelsey says
February 27, 2013 at 8:00 pmThanks, Sheila! They were so easy!
Diana Rambles says
February 28, 2013 at 7:09 amSUPER CUTE! I would love you to come join my Pin Me Linky Party that starts Friday morning at 8am CST. I allow up to 3 links each week!
Sue {munchkin munchies} says
February 28, 2013 at 7:36 pmThese are darling, and I LOVE the colors!
Julie says
March 1, 2013 at 11:33 amThose are darling. My two girls will enjoy making them. – Thanks Julie
Kelly says
March 1, 2013 at 5:27 pmVery cute – thanks for sharing!
Ana says
March 2, 2013 at 6:17 amSo cute! I love the colors too!
Jessica @ Play Trains! says
March 3, 2013 at 1:04 amThose birds are so cute! My son would probably have fun playing with them as “Happy Birds” (Angry Birds who have gotten their eggs back and taught the pigs to share!).
Chelsey says
March 4, 2013 at 9:20 pmI love the happy birds idea! So cute! 🙂
Heather {Upside Down Homeschooling} says
March 3, 2013 at 4:40 pmAdorable!!!
Thanks so much for linking up to the Hearts for Home Blog Hop! Blessings!!
Jessica Mitchell-Stoddard says
March 3, 2013 at 6:08 pmWhat a fabulous project! This would make great Easter gifts for the girls and nanny as well as my 4-year-old niece! Thank you so much for sharing!
Laurie @ Simply Creating Home says
March 3, 2013 at 9:41 pmHow sweet! With their bright and fun colors, they are so cute for spring!
Chelsey says
March 4, 2013 at 9:18 pmI love seeing them all together~ wonder how many I could fit in Lucy’s hair at once? 😉
Laura says
March 4, 2013 at 5:30 amThese are so sweet!
🙂
Ginger says
March 5, 2013 at 5:35 amYou have been featured on Gingerly Made! Thanks for linking up.
http://www.gingerlymade.com/2013/03/show-tell-features.html
Annette says
March 5, 2013 at 10:32 pmI can’t wait to make some of these for Molly– maybe for Easter?
Thank you for visiting Waldorf Wednesday. Hope to see you back this week!
http://ourseasonsofjoy.com/waldorf-wednesday-link-up/waldorf-wednesday-25/
Natalie says
March 6, 2013 at 7:59 amADORABLE!!!
Pity my girls are all grown up!
Thanks for sharing this on Tutorial Thursdays 🙂
Your post is my pick of the week and I will be featuring it tomorrow on my blog, and your image will also be pinned and added to my Facebook Page Album of the same name.
Please do come by to grab your button.
I would love it it you would visit again this week 🙂
x
Natalie
http://www.marigoldsloft.blogspot.com
Chelsey says
March 7, 2013 at 9:56 pmThank you so much, Natalie! So thrilled to be featured!!
Rachel says
March 6, 2013 at 7:36 pmMy gosh, these are PRECIOUS!!!! Just LOVE the things you are doing over here at Buggy & Buddy! So many fun ideas! Thanks for sharing again over at Sun Scholars. I am featuring you AGAIN over at this week’s For the Kids Friday link party. Yippee!!! Thanks for such a cute project!!
Chelsey says
March 7, 2013 at 9:54 pmThank you so much, Rachel! So excited to be featured!!
Carrie says
March 8, 2013 at 4:17 pmWhat a wonderful tutorial!! I am definitely going to be making some of these. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
Randi - Dukes and Duchesses says
March 12, 2013 at 5:47 amThose are just precious! I’m thinking that my girls could even try stitching those as a fun project … I pinned it! Thanks so much for linking up at Project Inspire{d}!
annie @ montanasolarcreations says
March 22, 2013 at 7:00 pmI just pinned this so I can make some! My daughter is only 18 months old and her hair is too baby fine to keep a clip in but when she gets a little bigger these will be so much fun to make!
Chelsey says
March 24, 2013 at 7:41 pmThey would be so cute in little girl hair! Thank you for pinning!
Jennifer@heylittlemother.com says
July 21, 2013 at 3:58 amThese hairclips are adorable! Thanks for showing me how to secure the clips inside the birds- that’s exactly what I needed to know! I better get to work before my littlest starts pre-k in September 🙂
Jen says
January 17, 2014 at 8:35 amAdorable! Can you tell me how you finish the running stitch off? Do you knot it in the back?
Chelsey says
January 17, 2014 at 9:09 amThanks, Jen! Yes, I just cut off the thread and knotted it. Hope that helps! Have fun! 🙂