How Do You Weave Military Braids For Homecoming Mums?

In parts of Texas and Oklahoma, girls wear football homecoming mums to show their school spirit. Many high school girls view football homecoming mums as fashion statements. Military braids, which adorn mums, are one of the most popular braids for football homecoming mums.

Buy 5/8-inch wide ribbon in your school's colors. The final length of your braid will be one third the original starting length, so multiply by 3 to ensure you get enough ribbon. Cut equal amounts of ribbon for each color.

Pick a color to be the primary color and designate it color 1. Use the other color as color 2. Lay color 1 down and position color 2 on top of it at a 90-degree angle.

Use a staple to secure the ribbons together. The technique you use hides the staples. Take color 1 and make a 5/8-inch loop around color 2.

Use the width of your index and middle fingers pressed together as a quick way to make consistent size loops. Staple the loop in place. Loop color 2 through the loop created by color 1.

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In parts of Texas and Oklahoma, football homecoming mums adorn girls to show their school spirit. With homecoming mums, the larger, the better; it's fairly common for mums to weigh 12 lbs. The adornments on a mum include bells, whistles, braids, charms and lights.

Weaving diamondback braids is an easy way to add some character to football homecoming mums. Get ribbon in your school's colors. Most schools have two predominant colors, if you aren't sure, go with the colors on the football uniform.

Make sure you buy enough ribbon by multiplying the intended length by 3.5. Find a core to wrap the ribbon around. You may want to use a thin dowel, which you can cut to the required length. If you use a thick core, plan to use extra ribbon.

Once you master the technique, you can make diamondback braids without a core. Measure the amount of ribbon and cut two equal sections, one from each color ribbon. For a diamondback braid, you drape the ribbon over the top of the core and adjust so you have ... more.

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