The Doctor said it. We agree. Whether you're looking for an easy, cheap, DIY party favor or an adorable addition to your wardrobe, look no further! These felt bow ties can be made faster than you can say Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.
What you need:
Felt
Hot glue gun
Glue sticks
Scissors
Barrettes and/or clips and/or headbands
Leftover Halloween candy
What to do:
If you're doing two-color bow ties like we did, you'll have the larger piece in one color, the smaller piece in the second color, and then the middle wrap-around-thingy piece in the same color as the larger piece.
As for the size of the pieces:
For the larger piece (maroon in our example), we cut a piece of felt into two hot dogs, then cut each of those hot dogs into 4 hamburgers.
For the smaller piece (blue in our example), we cut a piece of felt into three hot dogs, then cut each of those hot dogs into 4 hamburgers.
For the middle wrap-around-thingy, we took one of the maroon hamburgers and cut it into three tiny hot dogs.
Now to make your bow tie feast, put a blue hamburger on top of a maroon hamburger, and scrunch in the middle like a baby accordion. Take your maroon hot dog and wrap it around the middle, making sure that the end winds up on the back. Use hot glue to secure.
While glue is drying, eat some Halloween candy. It'll keep you from touching the glue too soon to check if it's dry and burning your hand.
Now decide which type of accessory you want! If you want it as a clip-on bow-tie, hot glue a clip to the back.
If you want it for your hair, hot glue the bow tie to a barrette or head band.
While glue is drying, eat some more Halloween candy.
You ate too much Halloween candy. Put the candy away.
For today's example, we used the Ilvermorny colors to have cute accessories for the Fantastic Beasts premiere next week! Also shown below are Hogwarts House-colored bow ties we made for a Harry Potter party we threw last year. A cute way to sort your guests into "Houses" is to have them draw their bow tie.
And voila! With your new bow ties, you'll look as cool as the Doctor and as wise as a wizard. Win win win.
