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How to Make a Large Bow with Ribbon

How to Make a Large Bow with Ribbon for Gift Wrapping Large Presents

Just face it… not every gift you give someone fits perfectly into a box that can be easily wrapped.  Sometimes you have to get creative and come up with an alternative to cardboard boxes and wrapping paper.  I recently purchased a gift for my brother and had to do just that… come up with a creative alternative.  I decided to wrap his small gifts and put them inside his large gift and simply make a bow to go on top. With that said, here is my tutorial on how to make a large bow with ribbon.

Note these measurements are for a bow approximately one foot in diameter.

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Materials:

  • Ribbon
  • Scissors
  • Stapler
  • Yard stick or measuring tape

Instructions:

For this bow, you need to cut seven strips as follows:

  • Two 24” strips
  • Two 22” strips
  • Two 18” strips
  • One 10” strip

One strip at a time, fold down one end over meeting in the center as shown.

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Fold up the other end as shown.

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Staple the center, securing it together.

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Repeat this for the other five longest pieces. For the 10” strip, simply fold it over to make a hoop and staple it.

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Start layering each piece one by one, with the largest pieces on the bottom.

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Using a stapler, staple all the layers together to secure the entire bow.

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Here is an AFTER photo.

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You can play around with the dimensions, depending on the size of the bow you need.  As I mentioned above, these measurements ill make a bow approximately 11-12 inches in diameter. Try making these with different materials.  I made a bow like this out of recycled book pages in the past for smaller gifts.

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