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DIY Pandacorn Headbands

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Create a cute pandacorn headband, or any horned creature like a unicorn, kittycorn, llamacorn or narwhal, with this free horn pattern and tutorial!

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DIY pandacorn headbands with handmade unicorn horns made from fabric and ribbon.

Hello Crafty Friends! Earlier this year I was challenged with making four pandacorn headbands. I ended up having a lot of fun making these sweet headbands and love the way they turned out. Today I’m sharing the step-by-step tutorial along with a horn pattern you can use to make your own!

This tutorial, and my free pattern, can be used to create a pandacorn headband but also a headband for any horned creature – mythical or real! Unicorn, puppycorn, kittycorn, llamacorn, narwhal – these are just a few that come to mind! 

A finished pandacorn headband is wrapped in purple ribbon with cute paper flowers at the base of the horn.

I created these headbands by purchasing a panda headband on Amazon. I could have made my own headbands, but these were so cute and purchasing the headbands meant I had more time to make the horns. 

The horns are made from fabric, ribbon and Poly-fil stuffing. For my project, the horns needed to be colorful and pastel. I found the perfect fabric but it was a plain cotton print that didn’t have any sparkle or shimmer to it. I added a piece of sheer, glimmer fabric over the piece of cotton and it was the perfect combination. The sheer fabric on it’s own would have been too flimsy, but backed with the cotton it became the perfect weight. 

Four pandacorn headbands made from colorful, shimmery and cute fabrics and ribbons.

DIY Pandacorn Headbands

Supplies Needed

  • Free printable horn pattern – grab the free file by filling out the purple form at the end of this post.
  • Panda headband
  • Fabric – I layered a piece of sheer shimmery fabric over a piece of cotton fabric, both from Joann Fabrics.
  • 3/8″ Ribbon
  • Polyfil stuffing
  • Ribbon or paper flowers
  • Hot glue
  • Sewing notions – pins, hand sewing needle, thread, scissors, pencil

Supplies including shimmer fabric, pastel rainbow fabric, panda ears, ribbon and paper flowers.

Cutting the Fabric

Step One: Trace the horn pattern onto the wrong side of your fabric. You will need two pieces for the front and back of the horn. If you layer your fabrics like I have, cut the top, sheer layer larger than your cotton layer. You will see this noted on the pattern. I usually do this because sheer fabric has a tendency to warp without you really noticing until the pieces are cut out. Cutting this layer slightly larger gives you more wiggle room when it is time to layer everything together.

The triangle pattern is traced onto two types of fabric.

The horn pieces are cut from sheer fabric and rainbow star fabric.

Sewing the Horn

Step Two: Layer the fabric so the sheer fabric pieces are laying on top of the cotton ones. You will then have two groups of fabric, one for each side of the horn. Cut a long piece of ribbon and pin one end of the ribbon to the top of horn side. Pin through all of the layers about 1/2″ down from the point of the horn. 

Layer the fabrics together, right sides together with the piece of ribbon sandwiched between. Machine stitch close to the edge, about 1/4″, along the two long sides of the horn leaving the bottom open. You will stitch over the end of the ribbon securing it to the horn. Flip the horn inside out. 

The sides of the triangles are stitched with a piece of ribbon placed at the top.

Step Three: Stuff the horn with Poly-fil stuffing until it is firm, then stitch the bottom of the horn closed with thread. I just used a simple whip stitch since the bottom of the horn will not be visible once it is attached to the headband.

The cone is stuffed with poly-fil stuffing then the bottom of the cone is stitched closed.

Step Four: Wrap the horn with ribbon creating the spiral design. Wrap the ribbon tightly around the horn until you reach the bottom. This will create a cool spiral effect! You will need to pull the ribbon tight as you wrap it to create the puffy sections of the horn. 

Wrap the ribbon until you reach the bottom of the horn then pin it into place. Use thread to stitch the ribbon in place not only at the bottom but along the ribbon all the way to the top. I used a simple, long running stitch and kept most of the stitching under the ribbon so very little thread was visible. This will hold the ribbon in place so it doesn’t slip down.

A thin purple ribbon is wrapped tightly around the stuffed cone.

The purple ribbon is sewn in place.

Attaching the Horn to the Headband

Step Five: Once the horn is complete it is time to attach it to the headband. I used thread and stitched the horn to my headband by looping the thread around the headband and stitching through the bottom of the horn. I did this a bunch of times until the horn was really secure. I found stitching the horn to the headband was stronger than hot glue, but that could be another option to attach the two together.

Collage of photos showing the horn being sewn to the top center of the panda headband.

Decorate the Horn

Step Six: Finally, add some cute flowers to the front of headband at the base of the horn. This helps to hide the place where the horn is attached and any stitches that may be visible. I used hot glue to adhere the flowers in place.’

A glue gun lays next to the pandacorn headband.

A finished pandacorn headband is wrapped in purple ribbon with cute paper flowers at the base of the horn.

A DIY pandacorn headband with a colorful, sparkly horn in the center of the headband.

Four pandacorn headbands made from colorful, shimmery and cute fabrics and ribbons.

The pandacorn headband is finished and ready to be worn! Whether you make this for a costume or for pretend play, it is a super cute accessory! I used different colored ribbons for each horn to help them match cute sequin skirts I found on Amazon. Using different ribbons also helped the girls know what horn was theirs.

If you’d like to check out my other DIY costume ideas, visit my Handmade Costume Page!

Happy Crafting! -Kim

Get the Free Pandacorn Headband Horn Pattern!

Fill out the purple form below with your first name and email address! The free file will be sent straight to your inbox! If you have already filled out the form below, don’t worry – you won’t be added to my list twice! This freebie is for personal use only. I hope you enjoy crafting something special. Please let me know if you have any questions :)

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