How To Make Christmas Gift Bows
If you're anything like me, you've always wished you could make Christmas gifts look extra-special by making fancy, beautiful bows to place on top of each present. I always thought it would be beyond my ability to make my own bows, so I always bought a package of the store-bought kind, which frankly, aren't all that attractive. But they were certainly better than anything I'd attempted create on my own! Then I found these awesome video tutorials, and now I'll never buy those cheesy store-bought bows again. I bet you won't either. The videos below show how to make different styles of ribbon bows, but all are really easy to do. Pick the one (or ones) you like best, and start making your Christmas gifts super-special by making your own bows!
How To Make Beautiful Bows from Recycled Paper or Magazine Pages
Not only can you make gorgeous bows, simply and cheaply, but you can consider this your Christmas "green" eco-friendly project as well! The key is to use pages from magazines that you will cut up and recycle for your bows. Awesome!
How To Make Easy, Looped Bows
This type of bow is elegant, but simple to make. The key here is to purchase exquisite, lacy ribbon. The steps to turn that ribbon into a perfect bow is almost too easy to believe.
How To Create the Long, Horizontal, Triple-Loop Bow
If you want to create a bow that creates a different look than most, you can make a long, horizontal triple-loop bow, and like all the rest, it's super easy to do.
How To Make The Mom Bow
I call this last bow, the Mom bow. This is the type of bow I'd see my Mom make when I was a kid. She would make them so quickly, it looked as though her fingers were flying. And of course, because she was so speedy, I could never understand exactly what she was doing, so I always assumed it was difficult to do. Now that I've seen this technique videotaped at a slower pace, I realize it wasn't really hard at all. Now I can make the Mom bow, and you can too.
As you've seen, bows are really easy to make once you know how, and there's nothing better than a video to make sure the instructions are easy to understand. My suggestion: Go to fabric store clearance sales months before the holidays begin and stock up on ribbon ahead of time. Then, by the time Christmas rolls around, you'll have everything you need to turn your Christmas presents into beautiful gifts of love.
