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Princess Leia Yarn Wig

Today is May 4th… so to all your Star Wars fans: May the Fourth be with you! I made this quick and easy Princess Leia Yarn Wig for my daughter. You can whip one up today too! I’m sure most of you have the supplies at home. Here is the how-to:

Materials:
– One skein of brown yarn.
– One piece of brown felt
– Old socks (doesn’t really matter what color but it helps if its brown)
– Hot glue gun
– Scissors
– Measuring tape
– 2 rubberbands or ponytail holders

You can make this wig for any size head. You will need to measure from the front of your hairline all the way to back hairline by the neck (right down the center). My 8 month old daughters was about 10 inches.

Cut a piece of your felt 3 inches wide and the length you measured (so in my case 10 inches)

Now make strands of your yarn about 4 feet long. You will use your whole skein (I didn’t have a whole skein so my wig is a little bare). Lay the yarn over the felt strip. Your felt strip should be in the center of the yarn strands. Trim ends of felt like the picture below so you have the correct hairline in the front and back. Comb the yarn with your fingers and spread it out across the felt

Time to start hot gluing your yarn to your felt. I started at the front and glued small clumps down at a time. Just make sure all your strands get stuck to some glue. 
It should look like this when you are done gluing.
Trim your ends.
Now we are going to make the sock buns. Cut the elastic ends off your socks.
Make a pony tail on both sides of your wig. This is the spot where you will want the buns to end.
Slip sock ring over the end of your ponytail.
Fold end “hair” over and start rolling your sock ring over, causing the hair to push out from the center. This is the same technique you would use if you were making a real sock hair bun. See video tutorial HERE. 

Not perfect but it will do 🙂
Place wig on head and secure with bobby pins if needed.
Happy Star Wars Day! #Maythe4thBeWithYou
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  18. I just spent about half an hour and made a Leia wig for myself. Such a great tutorial!!Our office is having a staff meeting via Zoom tomorrow and we are supposed to have a May the 4h costume and now I do. I had a whole skein of brown wool yarn that was twisted into a loop. I undid the loop and spread it out along my strip of brown fabric cut for my head. I pinned a strip of newsprint paper on top of the yarn through it to the fabric underneath and used my sewing machine and walking foot to stitch down the center to attach the yarn to the fabric strip. The paper kept the yarn from shifting and from tangling with my sewing machine foot. The paper tore away along the stitching line. Then I followed your instructions on making the buns! Happy May the fourth! Thanks so much!

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  19. Thank you! I absolutely love this wig and instructions are super easy to follow. Your daughter is ADORABLE…but no doubt, much bigger by now! 🙂

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  22. Can you tell me about how many strands of 4 foot yarn you needed
    My granddaughter is about same size as your daughter
    Also how big of package of yarn did you use

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