Today, I'm going to show you how to make really small decorative bows out of ribbon.
And were going to be using a fork to help us.
First place the ribbon across the prongs like this.
Then wrap it around the back, and hold it in place with your thumb.
Tuck the end through the middle of the prongs here.
Then bring it around over the top and back through the middle.
and feed it through the loop at the bottom to tie a knot.
So if i show you again, lay the ribbon across the prongs,
Wrap it around the back and hold it in place with your thumb,
Thread the end through the middle hole in the fork.
Bring it back over the top.
And thread it through the loop to tie a knot.
Pull it nice and tight.
And there's our bow complete.
Slide it off the fork.
And use some scissors to cut the ends down if you like.
And that's our bow!
Pretty cool, huh!
It works just the same with wider ribbon too.
And if you want to make a double bow, start off the exact same way.
Then thread the ribbon around to the back.
Bring it around.
And do exactly the same again.
So it looks like this.
Hold it in place.
Then tie it off in exactly the same way as the first one.
Thread it through the fork.
Bring it back round to the top.
And thread it through the loop.
Give it pull (nice and tight) to tie it off.
And use scissors to chop the ends to length.
Slide it off the fork.
And there's our mini double-bow.
You can use them for all sorts of craft projects.
You could decorate a present.
Or stick them onto a card
And if you want to make a coloured bow using two different colour ribbons,
you can just lay one on top of the other and do exactly the same.
It is a bit fiddly.
But it looks really neat
And if you want to make a slightly bigger bow,
you can use your fingers instead of a fork.
Wrap the ribbon around in exactly the same way.
And tie if off, just as before.
Don't do it too tight, or you might struggle to get it off your fingers.
But I prefer to do them on a fork.
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