When I was a kid I kept a collection of glittery things. It was just a box filled with any glittery item I found – stickers, pencils, random pieces of plastic, it was all good as long as it had that wonderful sparkly gleam. I hit my 30’s, and surprise! nothing changed. I still admire glitter, and now I own a collection of craft glitter that only self-supported adults can afford.

With Purim coming this Thursday, I decided to use glitter for a DIY costume accessory. I liked the idea of costume headbands, like my previous spaghetti headband tutorial, so this time I went for a more girly craft – the magical unicorn headpiece!

I looked for examples online and found several DIY tutorials for making unicorn headpieces, each one a bit different than the other.
I wanted to make my own version, and also felt like adding rainbow-colored bangs to it. since there was no guarantee that the bangs will turn out well, I made one unicorn headband with bangs and two others without. I think it worked pretty nicely either way!

here is what you’ll need:
plain headbands
molding clay (I used Das)
sharp knife
scissors
fake flowers
glitter!
Mod Podge (or white glue)
ribbon
colorful hair extensions
fishing thread (or another solid color thread)
hot glue gun

Step 1
Start with molding the horns. Roll out two long pieces of clay and make them a bit pointy at the edges. Make them a bit longer than your desired horn length, as the next step will make them shrink.

Step 2:
Hold the two pieces together with the pointy edges facing the same direction, and twist them together to create a spiral shape. My Das became a bit dry and the pieces didn’t stick to each other, so I brushed them with a little bit of water and it did the trick.

Step 3:
Cut the bottom of the horn as straight as possible.

Step 4
Coat the horn with glitter.
Brush some Mod Podge \ white glue on the horn, small section at a time, and gently tap in some glitter. Keep going until the horn is covered. Once it’s dry, tap the horn to let any loose glitter fall off. If there are bold areas, cover them with more glitter.
When you are done and the glue is dry, coat the horn with mod podge \ white glue to seal the glitter.

(Don’t be fooled by the clean settings. earlier my desk looked as if I slaughtered three glittery unicorns and ripped their horns with a machete).

Step 5:
start covering the headband with the ribbon. Drizzle some white glue on the headband, one part at a time, and wrap the ribbon around it.
if your headband is dark, avoid light colored or very thin ribbon, as it might become see-through.

step6
Hot-glue the horn to the center of the headband.

Step7
Now comes the moment to choose whether you want to add bangs to your horn or not. If you do, skip to step 9. If you don’t, it’s flowers time!
I bought so many flowers… Still have a big bunch of them left.

Step 8
Hot-glue the flowers to your headband.

Step 9:
For bangs, I used these long hair extensions that I bought for less than a dollar each. Make sure sure the hair is nice and straight before using it. Comb a little if needed.

Step 10:
Tie each hair strand with fishing thread. The knot should be at the spot where the strand will be attached to the headband. The reason for the knot is to make the hair come out from one point, like bangs usually do.

Step 11:
Hot glue each bundle of hair to the bottom of the headband. Use glue to seal the strands and prevent them from sliding out of the bundle. Some hairs will slide out, but that’s fine, you can glue them again and add more hair to thinner areas.

Step 12:
When you are done, trim the back edges of your bangs, and then glue a ribbon along the hair line.

Step 13:
I put some more hot glue on the top of the bangs as well, just in case. It looks messy, but we will conceal it with flowers.

Step 14:
Mooorrree flowers~!
It is also a good time to trim the bangs into the length and shape you want it. Check that the hair is evenly spread along both sides of the horn. I verified it with the help of my lovely assistant.

And that’s all!
Here is my collection of unicorn headpieces. I shall now be magical and fair!