Sweet Hair Clips and Decorative Jar

As I was browsing the new items in the Japanese Crafts area of Mapunapuna HM Ben Franklin Crafts store, I spied some cute and whimsical plastic charms that I thought would look adorable as hair clips.  Not only were the pastel colors super sweet, the charms had flat backs and no holes....perfect!  After purchasing two bags of charms (about 12 in a bag), I headed to Daiso to find some plain hair clips.  I found just what I needed... polka dotted pastel colored clips with four different colors in a pack for only $1.75!  I purchased two packs so that I could fashion four sets. It was easy peasy to use Fabri-Tac to glue the plastic charms to the clips.  I like Fabri-tac because it has a good consistency and doesn't dry too quickly so there is time to adjust the placement of the charm.  To add extra strength to the hair clips, I added a little Padico resin on the back around the charm and set the resin with a UV light.  

After pairing up all the charms for hair clip sets, I decided to the extras on to a Daiso glass jar with a wooden lid.  As with the hair clips, I used FabriTac glue first and then applied Padico UV light resin once I was satisfied with the arrangement of the charms.  (The little plastic hearts are beads from Daiso.)

I think any little girl would love a decorated jar like this filled with sweet pastel colored hair clips.  The jar would also be great for holding candy, cosmetics, hair ribbons, etc.  The next time you need a gift or party favors, I know that you can easily and quickly craft some sweet and charming girlie-girl pretties like these. Give it a try!