Hey there! Welcome to Decorate and More with Tip! Here on my blog I share tips on how you can decorate your home on a budget by creating it from scratch, revamping, re-purposing or giving it a makeover with easy tutorials. I hope I inspire you to create something beautiful for your home. 🙂
I wanted to make something for my followers who would love to make a bow an easier way. I think I have something simple for you to make a beautiful designer bow each and every time. I am sharing today my tutorial on a bow board.
The items you will need to make one are:
Materials:
- 5″ x 22″ x ½” MDF board
- ½’ dowel rod cut into three 8″ pieces
- wood glue
- black sharpie
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Round Self-Stick Adhesive Furniture Gripper Pads
Tools:
- circular saw
- drill with drill bit
- hand sander
- mallet
- tape measurer
- ruler
I am taking a scrap piece of MDF left over from my workstation project for my base. I cut my board to the size of 22″ x 5″. I sanded all the edges to round them off.
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Taking the 1/2″ dowel rod cutting into 3 pieces of 8″. Sanded all the ends to a more rounded edge.
To make the ribbon spool holder I placed a mark in the center of one end of the board and measured 1″ from the edge, marked.
Taking the drill and a drill bit a little smaller than the dowel rod and drill a hole on the mark. Make sure not to drill all the way through the board. Drill about a third way through.
Measuring from the mark 10½” placing another mark in the center.
Taking a zip tie and place it on the mark. This will provide the space I need for the two dowel rods to place in the center. Drill the two marks as steps above.
To add the dowel rods to the drilled holes, I added some wood glue into the drilled holes and tapped in the dowel rods. Removing off any excess glue.
To protect the area I will be working on I applied furniture pads to the bottom corners of the board.
To make it easy to keep the loops of the bow even on each side I marked spaces on each side of the two dowel rods. Solid lines for 1″ space and broken lines for ½”. I wrote numbers to represent total inches.
That’s it!
If you want a bow maker and can not make one here are a few I found for you to purchase.
Now let’s make a pretty bow. 🙂
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Decorating our home on a budget is my thrill. I think a home can look beautiful without breaking the bank. Your home should bring the best out of you and make you feel happy. You should smile every time you enter your home. 🙂
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Now that I got the items to make it, how do you make a now with it?
Angie I have a video on how you can make a bow. Here is the link. I hope you make one, it’s a great thing to have during the holiday season.
Another great one you can purchase is the ProBowTheHand 4 in 1 Bowmaker.
Clever idea! Back in the day when I was making a wreath for each season and holiday, this would have been handy.
Wondering if I could talk my brother-in-law into whipping up one of these for me. Such a handy gadget. Thank you for sharing. Your bows are perfection!!
Leslie, if he is like my brother all you have to do is give him a hug and ask real nice like. I hope you get him to make one for you.
This is brilliant! I still tie all my bows by hand, but this is a great and easy to make tool for anyone who needs an extra hand!
Chloe I still do my bow making by hand as well, but this would be so easy when you have to make a lot of bows and your fingers get tired. ha!
So clever! This looks like it would work much better than the ones I’ve seen!
This is so clever, my friend!! I struggle often with making bows so this will be so helpful!! Have a great weekend!
You did a fabulous job, always amaze me. I need this section if your brain. Truly DIY Queen
Cindy