DIY Handmade Christmas Mistletoe Headband

Considering a headband for ugly Christmas sweater party? This DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband not only pairs with a Christmas sweater but it will give you more chance of winning the price for worst (best!) sweater! It is made with felt and ribbon and you can cut with scissors or Cricut.

This super-cute Christmas mistletoe headband is really easy to make and it’s fun to make as well! Celebrate Christmas with your own homemade Xmas headband.

If you want tasty Christmas snacks to munch and sips to enjoy while you work on your festive headband, consider Grinch heart cookies, pink peppermint jello shots or stained glass Christmas cookies. Tiramisu cheesecake trifles are amazing too!

If you’re going to a Christmas party this cute headband made with felt and ribbon is going to be the envy of everyone else. I made it to go with my handmade tacky Christmas sweater mistletoe costume.

You’re going to need a headband, some ribbon, hot glue, a lighter, alligator clip, green felt, a bow, pipe cleaners, pompoms, and fabric adhesive. You can cut with scissors or Cricut, so you’ll need one of those too.

How to Make this Felt Mistletoe Headband

Once you have all your DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband materials to hand, you can start making it. There are more detailed instructions below – this is just a glimpse of what you’ll be doing.

Cut the ribbons into lengths and use a lighter to seal the ends. You will then wrap the ribbons around the headband, gluing them in place. This isn’t tricky at all. Think of it like braiding your hair!

I like to use 2 different shades of green along with white since green and white are Christmas colours and contrast nicely with the red bow.

Next up you need 3 sizes of leaves and you can cut with scissors or Cricut. Layer the felt mistletoe leaves together. Now you can add the pompoms and ribbon. Twist your pipe cleaners and glue the leaves on the end. Let your headband for ugly Christmas sweater party dry and then head to your party!

Mistletoe PDF Template Download to use with Scissors

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Mistletoe SVG Template Download to use with Cricut

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What Kind of Headband Works Best?

I’d recommend a 1 inch (2½ cm) wide headband – a moulded type not one of those stretchy ones. Get the kind without the little spikes that help it stay in place, since they will be covered with ribbon anyway. Just a plain, cheap simple headband is ideal.

Since the whole headband is going to be covered with ribbon it doesn’t make much difference what colour the headband is. You can pick one up cheaply enough if you don’t have one lying around.

The ribbon makes it a bit slippery to wear so you can either glue some felt inside the headband to hold it in place, else spritz some hairspray on the inside so it grips better to your hair.

This fun headband made with felt and ribbon should stay in place regardless of how enthusiastically you’re dancing to the Christmas hits!

Where to Get the Materials for This

You can simply head to your local craft store and find most of the items you need in there. They should have the felt, bow, pompoms and ribbons anyway. The headband you can get from any drugstore or even a well-stocked grocery store.

• 1 inch headband
• ⅜” Ribbon (used green,, green and white), cut 40” inches in length  (white can be cut to 80”) 
• Hot glue + hot glue gun
• Lighter
• Alligator clip
• Felt (I used 100% Polyester in these colours):
  • Kelly Green 9”x12” – 2  –
  • Pirate 9”x12” – 1
  • Apple Green 9”x12” – 1
• 1 Red Bows
• Pipe cleaners (1 white and 1 green)     
• ⅜ inch white pom poms  
• Transfer tape (optional. See FAQ’s)
• Wax paper (optional)
• Aleene’s Fabric Fusion Permanent Fabric Adhesive
• Mistletoe SVG / PDF
• Paper scissors sharp fabric scissors OR Cricut Maker
• Rotary Blade
• Standard Grip Mat* (see FAQ’s)

Since you can cut with scissors or Cricut don’t worry if you don’t have a Cricut maker. Any cutting machine will do or a pair of sharp crafting scissors works just as well. If you already like crafting, I’m sure you already have at least one pair of good scissors for such projects.

It doesn’t take long to make a DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband but it’s worth getting everything in plenty of time so you don’t have to rush. The glue will take a while to dry but you can speed up the drying process using a blow dryer. I’d still recommend not leaving it to the last minute though!

More Ways to Accessorize

So you’ve made a DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband with felt mistletoe and you have an ugly sweater to match. How else are you going to make sure you stand out? Well, you already will, but there are always ways of taking your Christmas costume to the next level!

You will have some materials left over from making the headband for ugly Christmas sweater party and the sweater itself. Your crafting doesn’t have to stop there!

So, what about making a bracelet by braiding some leftover ribbon and adding some little decorations? You can thread on some little bell ornaments or similar.

Craft stores carry all kinds of Christmas-themed things throughout the holidays so shop for these at the same time. Consider some festive leg-warmers and attach pompoms and felt mistletoe decorations. There are plenty of accessories made with felt and ribbon to think about. 

You can even buy (or make!) festive earrings. Stick to shades of green, red and white so they match your sweater and DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband.

So get ready to make your very own DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband. You’ll be the best-dressed person at a Christmas sweater party.

If you like this DIY handband for Christmas, you might also like Tiramisu Cheesecake Mini Trifles in Moose Mugs, Christmas Pink Peppermint Jello Shots with Vodka and Schnapps, or Grinch Heart Cookies – Stained Glass Window.

DIY Handmade Christmas Mistletoe Headband

Even if you’re not going to a sweater party you can still wear all your DIY crafted clothes and accessories. Christmas only comes once a year so it’s worth going all-out and what better way to shine than make your own Christmas sweater and matching headband?