A friend of mine recently asked for my recommendation for favorite baby girl bows. I happily obliged, taking a trip down memory lane when our girl was teeny tiny. Look at that sweet baby! I can barely stand it!
We loved bows for our baby girl and well through the toddler years. While it is easy to want all the bows, I found a preference for certain ones that we ended up wearing over and over.
For babies, I liked two headband bows that she wore constantly. They both are linen bows on nylon headbands.
Small size linen headband bows
And into the toddler years, I really liked similar style bows but in a clip.
For bows with clips, some come with alligator clips and others come with ribbon covering them so they can slide more easily and not pull on hair. I found that both were helpful in different stages. When she started being able to pull bows out, the ribbon covered ones would just come right out. I found that the exposed alligator clip allowed the bow to stay in longer when age appropriate.
Our daughter still wears bows now and I try to continue to do her hair, even when she refuses, so that we keep it as a regular habit. Currently at age three, she has a preference! We use vintage 80s 90s plastic barrettes that were mine growing up as well as ribbon for ponytails (this is the ribbon I purchased).
I also made a few bows using suede (like the one in the first picture of this post) and ribbon. Here is a quick tutorial on how I made them.
