If you have a little girl, chances are, you need to figure out how to turn her into a unicorn!
Unicorns are a huge part of our daily lives around here, so I’ve been trying to find the best way to make a headband with cute little ears, and a horn that sits lower on the forehead. The kind that have the ears and the horn all lined up straight across the top of a kid’s head just look silly!
Luckily, I came across the My Little Pony Wizard-Mama! She has a full 12 day tutorial on how to sew a beautiful costume, with accessories, for a variety of the Ponies. I am so impressed with Toni’s attention to detail, check her out at Sugar Tart Crafts.
How to Make a Unicorn Headband
You will need:
- Small amount of felt or fleece and coordinating thread
- Pattern pieces and directions (see links below)
- Headband (I used a metal headband with attached ribbon, won’t break!)
- Yarn
- Hot Glue
I was in a hurry, and didn’t feel like re-creating the wheel, so I used Toni’s patterns and methods for making the ears and the horn. I found that if I added a little tab, about 1 inch wide and 3 inches long, to the “horn base” pattern piece, I could rest the horn lower on the forehead.
I positioned the tab in the center of the headband, then wrapped the tab under about 1 inch. I used hot glue, so that when it dried it would be nice and stiff. I glued the ears on, so the center of the ear was on the headband. This seems like more “realistic” positioning to me. Now to cover that tab…
Most unicorns have a forelock (bangs), right? I cut a piece of matching felt the length of the distance between the ears and slightly wider than twice the width of the headband. On one half of the felt, I glued two rows of looped yarn that would be long enough to cover the horn-tab. I applied a bead of glue to the yarn loops and held the piece to the top of the headband until it set. I added more glue to the other half of the felt piece and wrapped it under the headband.
That is it! Folding the felt under gives it a finished look,and makes it pretty comfortable to wear… just ask the two four-yeards who received them as birthday gifts last weekend.
