How to Make a Paper Bow

How to Make a Paper Bow by Raychel Kennedy

So yall already know that I want Jaxson's baby shower to be all handmade decorations etc..

I am now make Paper Bows for the top of the Prize Boxes.

It's very simple to do... just follow along...

(remember everybody makes these a different way)

-Cut 8 strips - 1 inch wide 6 inches long

-Cut 1 strip - 1 inch wide 3 inches long I don't know what this is called, but everybody knows how to do this. -Do this "twisty thing" to all of the 8 strips (1in x 6in). -Hot glue or use double sided tape to attach the ends together. It should look like this.

-Get the 1in x 3in strip and wrap the ends together.

-Hot glue or use double sided tape to secure ends

This will be the center piece of your bow.

- Cut a 1 in x 1 in Square to use as the bow base.

- Start adding the first layer of the bow (4 strips per layer).

-Glue in place one by one.

(I use the middle of the square-base to keep all the sides even) -Repeat with the next 2 layers.

It should look like this.

-Glue the middle piece in the center of your bow.

You just made your first Paper Bow!

You can use ANY type of paper for this project.

I prefer double sided scrapbook paper,

but for this project I used card stock because I wanted it to be stiff.

On the brown card stock I glued a ribbon to it.

The bow on the far right is double sided paper which looks awesome.

Now, I just glued my Handmade Paper Bow to my Handmade Prize Box.