MAKE YOUR OWN SCRUNCHIE
PLEASE READ OUR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

As the school year winds down, hot summer days are ahead. What better way to
spend some of those long summer days than making a scrunchie? If you thought that
scrunchies were just for girls with long hair, you'd be wrong.  Scrunchie's can be used
in a variety of ways including:

•        Flower bouquet decoration
•        Gift package tie
•        Card deck holder
•        Glass condensation catcher
•        Preserve jar decoration
•        Flower pot decoration
•        Bracelet
•        Anklet
•        Curtain tiebacks
•        Pencil stack holder
•        Door knob decoration
•        Bookmark band
•        Lamp decoration
•        Light fixture chain decoration
•        Bottle decorations  

What You Will Need: (these measurements are not metric)

So how do you begin a project like this?  

Well, first you need materials! Below is a list of things you will need in order to start.

•        Fabric Rectangle 16 ½" x 5"
•        Elastic: 10" of ¼"
•        1 Large Safety Pin
•        1 Small Safety Pin
•        Needle and thread-unless there is a sewing machine available

Once you have your materials, make sure you have a parent or guardian present as
needles are sharp objects and you could get hurt.

Directions:

Okay now you're ready to begin work on a scrunchie! Although the instructions look
difficult, don't worry, the project isn't as hard as it sounds! Follow the directions below
to create your own homemade scrunchie.

  1. Fold the fabric along the long sides together to make a long tube-16 ½" by 2"
  2. Stitch the long edge together about ½" from the edge. Turn the tube right side
    out.
  3. Use the small safety pin to pin one end of the elastic to the scrunchie at one end
    of the tube. This will keep you from losing the elastic as you thread it through.
  4. Pin the large safety pin to the other end of the elastic and then use it to thread
    the elastic through the scrunchie.
  5. Take both ends of the elastic and tie a knot, leaving 2" of elastic sticking out
    past the knot when you are done.
  6. Now tuck the raw edges of the tube in, tuck the elastic ends in, and sew the two
    sides together, finishing the tube.

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