I love the Minnie Mouse ear hand bands sold at the Disney Theme parks. I was thrilled when I saw there were some villain inspired ones, however, the evil queens ears (the apples on the wire) left a lot to be desired! I so wanted to like them too. I decided to try out my crafty-ness and make my own pair of Snow White inspired ears. I spent a bunch of time watching videos and reading how-to articles, but most of them were for children (really? Kids like these too? who knew!) and the ears were not like the plush versions you find in parks. So I came up with my own version. Here are my materials:
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| Here are the supplies needed: red and blue felt, yellow sequin ribbon, hot glue, thread (red and blue) and needle, foam sheet, fabric scissors, head bands (from Target) and batting (not shown). |
And this is the process I used:
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| First, I came up with a concept sketch. I wanted the headband itself to be yellow, but decided that that would no work well because the blue ears go around the headband. So I changed that right away. As you can see from the sketch, I meant the bow to be much smaller too. |
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| Every template I tried was much smaller than I wanted (I am measuring against a pair of real Minnie ears.) |
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| I ended up enlarging the template making a custom version. I traced that and cut out two of blue felt |
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| Next I stitched around the edges leaving a small area so I could stuff the ear. |
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| I turned the ear inside out and put in two foam circles. |
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| I cut out four of these foam circles, two for each ear. |
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| I put batting on both sides of the foam circles. |
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| Next I cut felt that was twice as large as the thickest part of my hair band. The felt sheets were not long enough to fit so I ended up using two pieces. |
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| Wrap and glue the felt around and then trim-off excess felt |
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| Next, slide ears into position and stitch the ears closed. |
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| Time to start with the red - cut out two pieces of red for bow. |
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| Cut a hole in the middle of the back and stitch around the entire bow |
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| Turn bow right side out through the hole in the back |
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| Make some gathering stitches and sew up the hole in the back (it will get covered - doesn't have to be pretty). Cut some more felt to make a band in the middle of the bow. I folded mine over to make it thicker and keep the edges pretty. |
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| I spent some time doodling the accents for the ears (inspired by Snow White's sleeves) |
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| Cut four out - two for each ear, being sure to flip one of them backwards. |
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| I used hot glue to attach the accents |
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| I also hot glued the yellow sequin ribbon onto each side of the head band |
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| And on the bow |
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| Attach the bow by stitching it to the area you sewed close on the ears |
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| And there it is...my finished product! |
I want to make a few changes in the next version. I feel the bow is too big and I got the ears just a little off center, but otherwise, I'm ready to rock my Disney side!
