You’re going to need a headband, some ribbon, hot glue, a lighter, alligator clip, green felt, a bow, pipe cleaners, pompoms, and fabric adhesive. You can cut with scissors or Cricut, so you’ll need one of those too. How to Make this Felt Mistletoe Headband It doesn’t take long to make a DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband but it’s worth getting everything in plenty of time so you don’t have to rush. The glue will take a while to dry but you can speed up the drying process using a blow dryer. I’d still recommend not leaving it to the last minute though! More Ways to Accessorize Considering a headband for ugly Christmas sweater party? This DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband not only pairs with a Christmas sweater but it will give you more chance of winning the price for worst (best!) sweater! It is made with felt and ribbon and you can cut with scissors or Cricut. I was on a five-month residential training course and got a headband with plastic mistletoe on it because people said I was such a flirt! For about 30 seconds I was offended then realised they were right and proceeded to use it all day!’ A twerking game The ribbon makes it a bit slippery to wear so you can either glue some felt inside the headband to hold it in place, else spritz some hairspray on the inside so it grips better to your hair.

Craft stores carry all kinds of Christmas-themed things throughout the holidays so shop for these at the same time. Consider some festive leg-warmers and attach pompoms and felt mistletoe decorations. There are plenty of accessories made with felt and ribbon to think about.

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This fun headband made with felt and ribbon should stay in place regardless of how enthusiastically you’re dancing to the Christmas hits! Where to Get the Materials for This Experiencing a boom in recent years, headbands can work for multiple occasions. Adding instant polish to any capsule wardrobe look, you can easily update wardrobe essentials with hairbands in on-trend colors, prints and embellishments. Fashioned everywhere from work to weddings, it's all about learning how to wear headbands and the different types available. Adding a feminine finish to any outfit, a padded hairband with your best blazer immediately softens tailored ensembles. Got one of your best dresses on for an evening event? Opt for a jeweled hairband for a more regal feel.

I got four toilets rolls because I said so many Secret Santa gifts are plastic tat that end up in the bin, so we should get something useful instead…’ A fake Wii remote You will have some materials left over from making the headband for ugly Christmas sweater party and the sweater itself. Your crafting doesn’t have to stop there! My worst gift secret Santa gift was chocolate body paint from a male colleague – slightly embarrassing to say the least as a woman. He didn’t understand what all the fuss was about (he was from New Zealand, apparently it’s a totally normal gift to give there…). It was made worse by the fact my very Christian bosses were way more offended than I was and asked if I needed to talk to someone about how I felt…’ A neon pink unicorn head wall mount So you’ve made a DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband with felt mistletoe and you have an ugly sweater to match. How else are you going to make sure you stand out? Well, you already will, but there are always ways of taking your Christmas costume to the next level! I like to use 2 different shades of green along with white since green and white are Christmas colours and contrast nicely with the red bow.

So, what about making a bracelet by braiding some leftover ribbon and adding some little decorations? You can thread on some little bell ornaments or similar. The invention itself does not relate to Santa's traditional Christmas role, being an angled sunshade to admit winter sun but provide shade in summer. Although perhaps it is an example of Northern Hemisphere bias to say the technology is un-Christmassy; the application give's Santa's place of residence as New South Wales, Australia, where Christmas does of course come in the middle of summer. US Patent No. 7,591,569 - Spare Key for Santa Since you can cut with scissors or Cricut don’t worry if you don’t have a Cricut maker. Any cutting machine will do or a pair of sharp crafting scissors works just as well. If you already like crafting, I’m sure you already have at least one pair of good scissors for such projects. A guy in my friend’s office hooked up with three different women during the year and had developed a reputation as a ladies man. My friend got him for Secret Santa and bought him a red heart-shaped photo frame and put photos of all three women in and wrapped it up. Everyone was really embarrassed, except for my friend who found the whole thing hilarious!’ A mistletoe headband

So get ready to make your very own DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband. You’ll be the best-dressed person at a Christmas sweater party.

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Anyone who has shared the holiday period with children will know that their curiosity can sometimes present challenges, especially on the topic of Father Christmas. How does he have room for so many mince pies? How do his reindeer protect themselves from the heat generated by the enormous air resistance they face, given the speeds they must reach to visit so many homes on one night? Will he be able to get into the house even if there's no chimney? The festive season is, for many, a magical time of the year. And when magic is in the air, our imaginations are often encouraged to work a little harder - whether it's children listening for sleigh bells in the snow, or grown-ups trying to find a perfect gift for that difficult-to-buy-for person in their life. For some inventors, however, imaginations are focussed on how to solve problems that come but once a year, such as how to stop the angel at the top of the tree from sitting lop-sided, or how Father Christmas can get into a house with no chimneys. There's a certain kind of innovation which is special to the holiday season, and in this edition of Insight we explore some of the patents filed (and in some cases even granted) for Christmassy inventions. US Patent No. 4,488,316 - Mistletoe Supporting Headband I’d recommend a 1 inch (2½ cm) wide headband – a moulded type not one of those stretchy ones. Get the kind without the little spikes that help it stay in place, since they will be covered with ribbon anyway. Just a plain, cheap simple headband is ideal. Once you have all your DIY handmade Christmas mistletoe headband materials to hand, you can start making it. There are more detailed instructions below – this is just a glimpse of what you’ll be doing.

Enter the mistletoe-supporting headband. The subject of US Patent No. 4,488,316 is a headband with a cantilevered boom from which is mounted a replaceable mistletoe sprig, so as to dangle above the forehead of the wearer. Never again will an absence of mistletoe thwart the course of true love. I’d expect this gift from a laddish mate, but it came from my best friend of 10 years who knows that I am quite adamantly heterosexual.’ No presentIt was essentially a cardboard box with ping pong balls in it and a strap to attach it to yourself. I gave it to a colleague who said it would be great for her family party…’ A grow your own boyfriend kit