This Party Hat Hair Clip is perfect for the birthday day girl at her party or for all kinds of parties like New Year’s Eve, Halloween, and more! Come see how to easily make this with ribbon! This post contains affiliate links.
updated 7/28/2022
The fun part is you can change up the color to match anything with this little party hat hair clip. Try polka dots or chevron or even stripes!
Black would look awesome for a witch! And, you can change up the patterns and tulle and add all kinds of different decorations for different festivities!
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What do you need to make a Party Hat Hair Clip?
- 1 Alligator hair clip
- 1/4 yd  of 2 to 2 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon
- 3 inches of 3/8 inch grosgrain ribbon
- 6 inch scrap of tulle
- 1-cm pompom ball
- Embellishments
- fray check (or a cigarette lighter)
- hot glue gun
- scissors
How do you make a Party Hat Hair Clip?
Cover your alligator clip with ribbon. You can use double-sided fillet tape. Or you can attach the ribbon with hot glue.
Cut a 2 1/4 inch piece of the 2 1/4 inch wide ribbon, or if using a 2-inch ribbon, use a 2 x 2 inch piece. Â Then, cut it into a rounded triangle like so. Â Use fray check or a lighter to seal the raw edges from unraveling.
Make it into a cone shape and hot glue it closed. Seal the edges at the bottom of the cone again with fray check or the lighter.
Take a 1 1/2 inch piece of the same 2 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon and round the edges into a circle. Seal the edges with the fray check or the lighter.
Take the 6 inch piece of tulle and cut it in half, so you’ll have two 3-inch pieces. Then, take each piece, and put a drop of hot glue in the middle and gather it in the middle.
The easiest way to do this is to scrunch the middle together, than roll it a little between your fingers.
Once you have gathered the middle of both pieces, then lay them on top of each other as shown, like an X, and hot glue together in the middle. Now you have a little “tulle bow.”
Glue the tulle bow to the center of the round ribbon piece.
Next add a thin layer of hot glue around the edge of the cone, then place the cone directly on top of the tulle bow.
Embellish your little party hat any way you’d like. I finished this one with a 1/2 inch size pompom for the very top, and a little polka dot ribbon bow at the base. But, feel free to go wild and add rhinestones, buttons, tiny pompoms, and more.
Hot glue along the top of the alligator clip and firmly attach it to the bottom of the circle to finish the clip.
Now you’re done! Let the glue harden, and then clip in that party hat to celebrate the new year!
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Party Hat Hair Cilp
Materials
- 1 Alligator hair clip
- 1/4 yd  of 2 to 2 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon
- 3 inches of 3/8 inch grosgrain ribbon
- 6 inch scrap of tulle
- 1-cm pompom ball
- Embellishments
- fray check (or a cigarette lighter)
Tools
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
Instructions
- Cut a 2 1/4 inch piece of the 2 1/4 inch wide ribbon, or if using a 2-inch ribbon, use a 2 x 2 inch piece. Then, cut it into a rounded triangle like so. Use fray check or a lighter to seal the raw edges from unraveling.
- Make it into a cone shape and hot glue it closed. Seal the edges at the bottom of the cone with fray check or the lighter.
- Take a 1 1/2 inch piece of the same 2 to 2 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon and round the edges into a circle. Seal the edges again with fray check or a lighter.
- Take the 6 inch piece of tulle and cut it in half, so you'll have two 3-inch pieces. Then, take each piece, and put a drop of hot glue in the middle and gather it in the middle. (I scrunch the middle together, than roll it a little between my fingers.)
- Once you have gathered the middle of both pieces, then lay them on top of each other as shown and hot glue together in the middle. Now you have a little "tulle bow."
- Glue your tulle bow to the center of the round ribbon piece.
- Next add glue around the edge of the cone, then place the cone directly on top of the tulle bow.
- Cover your alligator clip with ribbon. You can use double-sided fillet tape. Or you can attach the ribbon with hot glue.
- Embellish your little party hat any way you'd like. I finished this one with a 1-cm size pompom for the very top, and a little polka dot ribbon bow at the base. But, feel free to go wild and add rhinestones, buttons, tiny pompoms, and more.
- Hot glue along the top of the alligator clip and firmly attach it to the bottom of the circle to finish the clip.
- Now you're done! Let the glue harden before clipping into your hair!
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2 comments
These are absolutely adorable! My girls would love to use these for their tea parties! Gonna have to make some!!
Ah, that is so cute. I saw a few little hats at Halloween and thought they were way cute. Thanks for sharing your tut. I am pinning. Best wishes, Darlene