Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read
Twilight Sparkle Halloween Bat Bling DIY Pipe Cleaner Tiara
Create a dazzling Halloween hair accessory with this Pipe Cleaner Bling Bat DIY Tiara tutorial! Learn step-by-step how to twist pipe cleaners, add sparkly bat details, and craft a tiara that’s perfect for DIY Halloween costumes, parties, or festive photos. It’s easy, fun, budget-friendly, and full of bling to catch the spooky moonlight on Halloween night.
I love Fazit designs!
The Crafty Inspiration
I love my Fazit Twilight speckles. The little black bats among silver sparkles spoke to me creatively, so I made a tiara to match. My DIY hair accessories have been popular crafts on my social media pages, so I thought I’d add this cute bat inspired headband tiara to my collection. I also thought about the movie Twilight when crafting this, as the vampires had “diamond” skin that glittered like the bling I used in this craft.
I found this actual vintage dress at a thrift store
Styling Ideas
This tiara will look cute with a fun sparkly dress like my vintage prom dress I’m wearing in the images, with a bat-themed DIY costume, or just with any of your regular clothes. Pairing a few Halloween accessories with clothes from your own closet make for the perfect Halloween costume with regular clothes. I have more ideas for last minute costumes using regular clothes here.
I love the pink and black!
More Easy Pipe Cleaner Crafts
Pair this batty bling tiara with matching pipe cleaner accessories. You can make a simple tiara out of cookie cutters and pipe cleaners (see my tutorial for that here) and you can make a wand to match. You can make a magical curly Color Changing Pipe Cleaner crown too using my easy tutorial too! Pipe cleaners, especially when sparkly, make cute inexpensive and wearable accessories perfect for you or kiddos!
See my EASY pipe cleaner magic wand tutorial here or above in my one-minute YouTube video via my channel @carolynjbraden.
My spooky completed tiara
The Tutorial
Here’s how to make a Twilight Sparkle Halloween Bat Bling DIY Pipe Cleaner Tiara. All links go out to either Walmart, Amazon, Temu or Target. No, you don’t have to make yours just like mine! Experiment with other colors and see what you can come up with.
Check out my 1-minute video tutorial for this project on my TikTok now or coming soon here and to my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden!
Supplies:
Pipe Cleaners (My black sparkly ones are from Amazon and get the pink and silver ones in this set I bought on Amazon and also Temu has a nice sparkly set for under $6)
Bat set (get them here on Amazon or you can also purchase a similar set from Walmart)
Heart rhinestones (I picked out mine from set from Temu OR you can get similar ones on Amazon)
Metallic Rhinestones (my set is from Amazon)
Silver Acrylic Bullet Cone Studs (Amazon)
Google eyes (I have this set from Amazon or get them for $5 at Target)
Headband (I LOVE making crafts with these adjustable headbands from Walmart as they stretch and can be molded to all heads, making them very comfortable, or Target or use these from Amazon)
Hot Glue (I LOVE my cordless and rechargeable hot glue gun set from Amazon)
My supplies for the pipe cleaner tiara
How To:
Gather two pipe cleaners of your color scheme choice. I started with two black pipe cleaners. Place them under the headband, pull until they will be even and fold in half around the headband.
Twisting on the pipe cleaners
Twist them together (around the headband) several times until they are tightly held onto the headband.
Twist tight to secure
I repeated this process with the black pipe cleaners, then added single silver or pink pipe cleaners and alternated until I had twisted enough on the top of the headband.
Adding some pipe cleaners along the sides
I then wrapped black pipe cleaners around the sides and down the headband until it was concealed. I left the parts around the “ear pieces” without pipe cleaners so it wouldn’t irritate my skin or ears.
Adding the spikes
I then used a hot glue gun to add spikes to the headband base.
Gluing on the bats
I hot glued on some bats. They are plastic, so the glue can warp them a bit, and that’s why I added the rhinestones to cover this.
I used hot glue to add the heart rhinestones to the bat’s body.
Adding the heart rhinestones
I hot glued on some google eyes and spikes randomly to the pipe cleaners.
Adding the google eyes
Then I added some rhinestones to the bat’s wings using a wax tip pencil and Liquid Fusion glue. I let it dry overnight.
Adding the rhinestones
I encourage you to try the project with your own creative twists and share your creations on your social accounts! If you tag me using @carolynsbloomingcreations or @carolynjbraden, I’ll see it! Or tell me about it in the comments below.
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Carolyn J. Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.