Patriotic Headband Craft
Show your red, white, and blue spirit with this fun Patriotic Headband Craft. Kids can hand weave a colorful headband to wear for the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, or even to cheer on Team USA during the Olympic Games. This is a creative project that also helps build fine motor skills and patience. You can even swap the colors to match another country’s flag.
Supplies
- Pot holder weaving loops, about 12 blue, 20 white, and 20 red
- 3 white stars
- Needle and thread
- Fingers
Instructions
- Wrap the first loop around your pinky finger. Twist it a half turn and loop it around your ring finger. Twist again and loop it around your middle finger. Twist one more time and loop it around your index finger.
- Repeat the same steps with the second loop.
- Starting with your pinky, lift the bottom loop up and over the top loop, then pull it to the back of your finger.
- Repeat this step on your ring finger, middle finger, and index finger.
- Keep adding new loops and weaving in the same way. As you continue, the headband will begin to grow down the back of your hand.
- If you need to stop for a break, slide a pencil or pen through the working loops before taking them off your fingers.
- When the headband is long enough, bring the ends together and carefully interweave the end loops through the beginning loops.
- Tie the loops together securely with a double knot.
- Sew three white stars onto the blue sections of the headband using a needle and thread.
Patterns, Templates and Printables
This craft does not require a printable template. Gather your weaving loops and stars, then follow the instructions above to create your headband.
Teacher Friendly Educational Extension
This patriotic craft can be used as a fun classroom activity for holidays or international events. Teachers can invite children to talk about the colors of the American flag and what the stars and stripes represent. For a broader social studies connection, students can also create headbands using the colors of other countries and compare flag designs from around the world.
This is a cute idea only you did not inform us what you are using here for the headband itself. Are these the loops for making pot holders or hot pads that come with children’s looms? How many do we need of each color approximately?.
Yes, they are the pot holder loops. About 12 blue and about 20 each of white and red. Thanks for the comment, I’ll update the information.