DIY - No Sew POW! Headband. 15 minute make.

I love all things nerdy, as you may have noticed. With the new batman films getting darker in tone, it makes me crave those days of the Adam West Batman TV show, where you waited the whole episode for a fight scene because it was all about that POW! BAM! ZAP!

Inspired by this epic level of awesomeness, I bring you my latest creation, in colour!

You will need: 3 sheets of felt (1 black, the other 2 in your choice of colours), scissors, glue, A thick black marker pen, and enough elastic to go around your head. (I used an old headband here, but a piece of elastic would work just fine.

Step 1: Choose your first piece of felt (in my case, the yellow), and write out your letters with your marker pen. I went for POW! but anything would work as long as you use nice big capital letters and an explanation point at the end.

You don't need to worry about the "holes" in the letters, such as the middle of the O or P, at this stage as we will be dealing with that later, and trying to cut them out with scissors is likely to make a messy end result.

If you want to, you could make a paper template of the letters first. I didn't because I like to live dangerously, and, as a result, I lost half a sheet of felt due to making the letters too big. Lesson learned.

Step 2: Cut out your letters, ensuring you leave the thick black line around the edges.

Step 3: With your second colour of felt, cut out the insides of the letters and glue them into place. Again, remember to keep your thick black line for the comic book effect.

Step 4: Apply glue to the back of each letter and arrange them onto your second colour of felt. Leave a good distance from the edges so that you can cut out your shape around them.

Step 5: When the glue is dry, draw a nice big starburst shape around your letters and cut it out.

Step 6: Glue this to your black felt. Then cut around it, leaving a thick black border.

Step 7: Turn it over and glue your elastic to the back.

Wait to dry, then fly your nerd flag with pride.

The possibilities for this one are never ending! You could make any word, in any colour. Like a particular hero logo? Easy! Want a princess crown? No sweat! Play with shapes and colours and words. Of course, it doesn't even have to be a headband. How about a hair slide? Or mix with THIS TECHNIQUE to make shoe clips. Use your imagination.

Total cost - could easily make 2 for 50p
Total time spent - 15 minutes plus drying time.

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