We've put together this super quick and easy tutorial to make your own doll-sized scrunchie! This adorable hair accessory is perfect for recreating your favorite '80s look or capturing the cool-girl look with modern styling.
Scrunchie Making Supplies:
- One 5-inch piece of 1/8" Wide elastic
- One piece of knit or woven fabric, cut to 1.5" x 15"
- Matching thread
- Safety pins, or your preferred loop turning tool
Step 1: Cut out your strip of fabric to the above measurements. Press the fabric if needed.
Step 2: Fold the strip in half lengthwise and pin.
Step 3: Sew along the length of the fabric with 1/4" seam allowance. Trim seam allowance close to stitching line being very careful not to clip through the stitching.
Step 4: To turn the strip right-sides-out, pin a safety pin to one edge and feed it through the tube of fabric. When the safety pin reaches the other end of the tube, the fabric can be pulled right-sides-out.
Step 5: Now that the scrunchie fabric is right-sides-out, attach a safety pin to one end of the 5-inch piece of elastic.
Step 6: Use the safety pin the feed the elastic through the fabric tube. Be sure to pin the end of the elastic to the fabric edge so it doesn't get lost inside.
Step 7: Pull both ends of the elastic and tie in a knot. (The pins in the above photo are simply holding things in place for visibility.)
Step 8: Feed the tied elastic back into the fabric. At the fabric opening, pull one edge of the fabric over the other, letting the raw edge of the fabric roll or fold over itself to create a clean edge. Sew a straight line over this fabric opening to secure.
Step 8: Feed the tied elastic back into the fabric. At the fabric opening, pull one edge of the fabric over the other, letting the raw edge of the fabric roll or fold over itself to create a clean edge. Sew a straight line over this fabric opening to secure.
We'd love to hear from you. Leave a comment and tell us - What's your favorite hair accessory?
Thanks, everyone!
The Pixie Faire Team
329 Comments
I love using headbands. It keeps the hair out of the way, and they can be dressed up in so many ways. I wish you would do a tutorial on making “hard” headbands by remolding little girl’s plastic headbands, or molding wooden sticks.I know it can be done by dropping materials in hot water, but so far i haven’t been very successful.
For myself ‘whatever works’! For my beautiful dolls ~ endless amounts of possibilities, but I like the scrunchy! Thanks for the tutorial, which I had thought was terrific!
My favorite hair accessories depends on who is wearing it. I love big hair bows for little girls, but hair ties and scrunchies are what I prefer for my hair….for dolls, I like bonnets and hats that match their outfits.
I love sparkling barrettes!
Bandanna or big floppy straw hat. Bandannas because I have fond memories of my aunts wearing them to keep their hair back when they visited in the summer months. Big floppy straw hats are so fun to decorate with fancy pins and ribbons but are also so functional to keep the sun out of my eyes when working in the yard . . . my granddaughter loves scrunchies and hair ties (even tho I bought here a pretty pink straw hat and let her choose the pin to put on it)- go figure!