{Tutorial} Hideaway Headband Holder ($1)

I obsessed  thought and thought and thought about how I was going to fix the headband situation in my kids' bathroom.  The situation was, my daughter has a heap of headbands in the bathroom drawer.  And when you open the drawer, they jam it up because they are going wild in there! 

So, I researched solutions.  I saw so.many.ways to make different headband holders but I just wasn't sure if they would work for me.  

My criteria was simple:  easy for a 4-yr old,  out of sight,  fast to make,  solves problem,  and cheap is always good!

My solution:  Hide the headbands inside the cabinet...

How to make this Hideaway Headband Holder:

You will need:

Paper Towel Holder ~from the dollar store (complete with screws)

Roll of paper towels (not a double roll, or use some up first)

Fabric (check your scraps!)

Hot Glue                               Did I really need to type that out?  Pretty self explanatory, I think.  You see where I'm going with this?

Step 1:  Attach the paper towel holder to the inside of a cabinet door.  MAKE sure that you can close the door with a roll of paper towels on the holder!  Also do not screw through your nice doors.  I pre-drilled halfway to get a good start and then tightened the screws by hand.  By the way, this is the hardest step.

Step 2:  Hot glue fabric to paper towels.  Fold/glue your raw edge over to make it look neat.  Tuck the ends right into the tube.  Seriously, that is what I did.

Step 3:  Put roll on the holder, seam side down.  Too easy!

I let my daughter pick the fabric from my stash.  I was surprised, but happy, that she chose this Anna Maria Horner print.  Since my daughter *only* wears headbands, this craft was devised out of sheer necessity, not craftiness.  But I am pretty sure I am going to make one for me...out of sheer craftiness!

And heck, if anything, I now have a roll of paper towels in my bathroom cabinet.  I can think of a hundred reasons I need that.

Hope this solves any of your headband troubles!

MY Headband Holder!

**UPDATE:  I just made one of these headband holders for me!  I even painted the paper towel holder...click here.









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