Day 5: A Flower Ring - a diy girls' ring tutorial

Okay - I know I said the button hair bands were easy, but this one is even easier.  I mean really easy.  I love it though.  This one is all about the button you use. Cute ones can be found so many places these days.  I sometimes take buttons from Allie's old clothes - always keeping my eyes out for treasures.  She has these beautiful crystal ones on a yellow sweater that she is just getting too big for.  The sweater is so well-loved (read stained everywhere) that I won't even feel bad pilfering the buttons.  This ring uses part of a hair elastic for the ring part–simple.  The elastic makes it easy to fit, too. 

Materials:
Cute button (I think these stars would be great.  I also got the flower at Joann's)
Needle
Thread or embroidery floss
Elastic headband

Time: 5-10 minutes

Cut a piece of the elastic headband to fit your child's finger.  Use an existing ring or ye olde yarn around the finger trick to get a measurement.  My daughters' elastic piece was 2 1/4".  Make sure its big enough to not cut off circulation (i.e. it shouldn't need to be stretched a lot to be put on).

 Sew the piece of headband elastic into a ring with needle and thread.

 Do a number of stitches to make sure it is secure - make sure you are stitching through the elastic part.

Tie it off underneath.

 Sew on that pretty little button.

Tie it off underneath.

Finis! And, yes, I made myself a matching little number below.  Its okay you can tell me, I dress like a girl.

Tomorrow comes that awesome little pearl cuff pictured in my first post, so don't miss it!