Rose hair ties

Supplies needed to make your own DIY rose hair ties:

• Pipe Cleaners in the color of your choice for the rose (I used Pink)
• Green Pipe Cleaners
• Elastic Hair Ties

Line up six colored pipe cleaners and place the hair tie in the center.

Twist the piper cleaners around the elastic band twice.

Take the end of each pipe cleaner and bend slightly.

Continue to bend and roll each of the 6 (now 12) pipe cleaner strands until they meet in the center.

You will end up with something like the image below.

Now, you will want to shape your rose. I usually start with two rolled petals and put them in the center, then I work outwards, overlapping the petals.

Attach the  green pipe cleaner to the bottom of the rose.  Twist twice to secure.

Bend the end of the green pipe cleaner over about 1.5 cm.  Roll the pipe cleaner and pinch the end to create a leaf shape.

And there you have it. Easy pipe cleaner rose hair ties!