Scrappy Accessories

I totally live vicariously through my girls' hair.  I've never been able to grow super-long hair but after three pregnancies it's difficult to grow it even to shoulder length.  Thankfully, I'm very comfortable in short hair.  It does, however, mean that I miss out on some of the cuter hair fads including these awesome scrunchies my oldest made over her winter break from school.  Honestly, they barely worked for me when I was her age and they were in fashion the first time around--my hair is just too thin.  Usually there was more scrunchie than hair.

However, now that she's making headbands, I fully intend to put the mom-guilt on her to get a few for myself.  After all, she is using fabric from MY stash so I think I'm entitled to at least one.  Hair accessories are such a great project when she needs a creative outlet but doesn't really want to dedicate a lot of time or effort:  they come together quickly and can be worn immediately. 

We found the scrunchie tutorial on YouTube and the headband tutorial was from Bluprint.  You can make a matching set from less than a half yard of fabric and we just used scraps of different colors of elastic since it doesn't show anyway.  A great scrappy yet totally practical project especially if you want something short,easy and satisfying.