So it is now going on week 5 (..?) of the “Stay at Home” quarantine due to COVID-19. During this time, a lot of people are looking for projects to do at home, either to entertain themselves or their children.
This has become highly noticeable and my good friend, Kristen who is the Associate Curator at Paul Robeson Galleries here in NJ reached out to me for some DIY projects that I could share to be on their Activities Blog.
Obviously, I love to create things so a lot of ideas came to mind initially, but I wanted to share something that can be easily done at home, especially for the many people who do not know how to sew or don’t have sewing machines at home. Also, I wanted to share something that was useful, but also fun and stylish. Thus came the idea of the hair scrunchie. This can be made with no sewing and takes literally minutes.
Being that I have slightly big curly hair, I’ve always love scrunchies, and I am pleased that the then 80’s trend is coming back. To me, it is easier to were than a headband (those give me headaches sometimes) and adds a little playfulness to your hair styles.
I also love to up-cycle and I have A LOT of old clothes. Combining these aspects, I came up with up-cycling these old clothes I had laying around by using it to make a new, stylish scrunchie.
I found an old denim shirt, grabbed a basic elastic hair tie, liquid stitch glue, and a candle (don’t be confused- you’ll see what it’s for) and made this easy to follow tutorial which is featured currently on Paul Robeson Galleries website.
DIY Scrunchie
Made from an Up-cycled Denim Shirt
Please go check it out and make use of your old clothing, scarfs, bed sheets, etc.
Up-cycling is a great alternative to throwing away old clothing and textile items that you find while your spring cleaning and since most of us have nothing but time these days, why not make yourself (or someone else) a something cute for when we get out of this situation.
Enjoy!
A