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 rocked the 80s hair! Thick curly hair….and then a perm on top if that! So glad those days are gone. I was huge fan of banana clips, these days my go to is a headband …or dollar store cheater glasses!
My favorite hair accessory is the fabric band that certainly wasn’t available in the 80s. They come in multiple colors and don’t pull hair. Both my youngest granddaughter and I have waist length hair so this is important.
I was a teenager in the 1980s and have loved scrunchies ever since; I still wear them! I can’t wait to make the scrunchie for dolls. I always like to add matching or coordinating hats or hair accessories to the doll dresses I make. I also love the yarn hair ties and the ones with the plastic baubles at the ends that were so popular in the 1970s. My mom used to do my very long hair in a ponytail, 2 pigtails or long braids and she always finished the look with the yarn ties or the bauble ties. Who would have thought hair ties could conjure up such sweet memories!
Perfect for my favorite doll
I liked the banana clip in the 80’s but my hair has always been baby fine so i could never wear it. i did wear the hair bows that were popular in the mid 80s as well as the tied bandanna look.