Nativity Animal Headbands

How to Make

HOW TO MAKE – CAMEL HEADBAND

1. Print out the template and cut out the pieces.
2. Draw around the camel’s face template on a piece of yellow card and cut out.
3. Draw around the camel’s eye templates on black card and cut out.
4. Draw around the camel’s nose, upper-lips and lower-lip templates on orange self-adhesive felt and cut out.
5. Draw around the camel’s eyelashes on black self-adhesive felt and cut out.
6. Peel and stick the camel’s nose to the centre of the face, with the top of the nose touching the top of the face.
7. Peel and stick the camel’s lower lip to the centre of the face, at the bottom.
8. Peel and stick the two upper-lip pieces between the nose and lower-lip.
9. Use Super Tacky Glue to stick on the camel’s eyes, either side of the lips. Make them droop down slightly towards the edges of the face.
10. Peel and stick the eyelashes on to the eyes, again drooping them slightly towards the edges of the face.
11. Cut small pieces of yellow wool and stick them to the edges of the ears with Super Tacky Glue.
12. Stick some more small pieces to the top of the head using Super Tacky Glue and leave to dry.
13. With a ruler, measure two long strips from the yellow card, 5cms wide. Cut out with scissors.
14. Apply double-sided tape to the end of a strip and stick the end of the other strip over it, overlapping by a 1 or 2cms to make 1 long strip.
15. Stick the camel’s face to the centre of the long strip using Super Tacky Glue.
16. Finally, apply a piece of double-side tape to one end of the strip. When the glue from the camel’s face and headband is thoroughly dry, try on the headband and stick the other end to the double-side tape to fit correctly.

HOW TO MAKE – DONKEY HEADBAND

1. Print out the template and cut out the pieces.
2. Draw around the donkey’s ear template pieces on both brown card and brown self-adhesive felt. Cut out and stick together.
3. Peel and stick the brown self-adhesive felt ears to the card ears.
4. Draw around the donkey’s inner ear templates on pink self-adhesive felt and stick to the middle of the brown ears. Line up with the bottom of the ear.
5. Draw around the hair template on both yellow card and yellow self-adhesive felt. Cut out and stick together.
6. With a ruler, measure two long strips from the brown card, 5cms wide. Cut out with scissors.
7. Apply double-sided tape to the end of a strip and stick the end of the other strip over it, overlapping by a 1 or 2cms to make 1 long strip.
8. Leaving a 3cm gap between them, stick the camel’s ears to the centre of the long strip using Super Tacky Glue.
9. Stick the hair in between the ears using Super Tacky Glue.
10. Finally, apply a piece of double-side tape to one end of the long brown strip. When the glue is thoroughly dry, try on the headband and stick the other end to the double-side tape to fit correctly.

HOW TO MAKE – SHEEP HEADBAND

1. Print out the template and cut out the pieces.
2. Draw around the sheep’s face template pieces on black card and cut out.
3. Draw around the sheep’s nose template on pink self-adhesive felt. Cut it out, peel and stick to the bottom centre of the sheep’s face.
4. Stick 2 wiggle eyes to the sheep’s face.
5. With a ruler, measure two long strips from the black card, 5cms wide. Cut out with scissors.
6. Apply double-sided tape to the end of a strip and stick the end of the other strip over it, overlapping by a 1 or 2cms to make 1 long strip.
7. Apply Super Tacky Glue generously to stick pom poms at the top of the sheep’s head and across the headband. Leave a gap at one end of the headband as you will need this later. Allow to dry thoroughly.

Top Tip

Make sure to stick your animal face high up on the band so that it doesn’t cover your eyes.

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