How to make Korker Ribbon & Korker Bows

How to make korker ribbon

Have you ever wondered how to get grosgrain ribbon to twirl and stay twirled and make those cute funky bows with it? Well I always did and so I figured out what to do to make it and I am going to share with you the secret to korker ribbon! 
Tools needed to make korker ribbon:

• grosgrain ribbon in different colors
• wooden dowels
• wooden clothes pins
• cookie sheet
• oven
• ruler
• scissors
• hair clips

The first thing you will do is preheat the oven to 275.

Next take the grosgrain ribbon and wrap it a couple of times around the wooden dowel and secure it to the dowel using the clothes pin as pictured below:

next wrap the ribbon down the dowel until you get to the bottom. I then secured the ribbon with the other clothes pin and cut the ribbon (make sure that you don't overlap the ribbon when you are wrapping the dowel)

After you have wrapped all the dowels and secured the ribbon on the dowels with the clothes pins set them on the cookie sheet and put them in the oven at 275 for 25 minutes.

You might smell a funky smell as the ribbon heats up but don't be alarmed, that is normal. Just watch the ribbon and make sure that its not getting too hot. The ribbon will turn darker as it heats, don't worry it will go back to the original color when it cools.
 Take the cookie sheet out after 25 minutes and let the dowels cool. Once completely cooled take the clothes pin off one end and unravel the ribbon. The spiral should stay in place once taken off of the dowels. VIOLA! korker ribbon!!

How to make korker bows:

First measure out the korker ribbon to be about 3" long
Next lay out the cut ribbons that you want to use in your bow ontop of another flat ribbon in a coordinating color. You will want between 25-30 precut ribbons laying on top of each other like pictured below:

Next you will tie the flat ribbon together like you are tying a shoe lace. Tie it in a tight knot. Now you have your cute-n-crazy korker bow! Attach the hair clip of your choice on the underside of the bow by tying it on the clip with the extra ribbon you used. I also hot glue the bow onto the clip for extra strength. Snip the extra ribbon off and you have an adorable bow for your little girls hair!

You can use different widths of ribbon to make these bows. The pink and green korker is made with 3/8" grosgrain and the light pink and white grosgrain ribbon is 1/8". I like to use this size for baby bows.

 Get KORKEY & Have fun! -Alana