I LOVED these! Also, not mentioned, was that often beads were attached to the ends. My mom made me green and white ones to match my favourite outfit. I must have been in 1st or 2nd grade. I also had pink and blue store-bought ones. I still have them, too! A good friend of mine had a huge boxful her mom made for her.

I used to have a bunch of those during Jr. High. They were fun to make!

Oh my God! I loved these and was hoping to find these on this website. I hope one day to make these for my future daughter. What memories these photos evoke.

I loved those things!! I envied my sister for knowing how to make them.

We used to make these and my little sister wore hers so much that her hair broke off in the back where she clipped them.

We made these all the time..I just wish I remembered how to make them..they are actually coming back in style!!!

I have one-it's purple and white. I'm 39 years old but I still wear it! Why not?

I remember these were so popular! Shoot, if they're coming back in style, I'll wear 'em again, and I'm 36!

My friends & I made these! So did my cheerleading squad; in school colors, of course.

I loved these barrettes! I think I had them in every color to match all my outfits!

I got these at a craft fair a couple of years ago.

I dont remember the barettes but I do the ribbons. They came in a bag all colors. My mom made me wear these on my pigtails. B/c she thought if I wore my hair down Id get bugs.

Mine were turquoise and white.

My GOD! I remember sitting around at sleep-overs with my friends, watching The Lost Boys on vhs, and making these and friendship bracelettes...and those little safety pins with beads on them for our Keds!

I actually still have one of mine with my school colors: blue and white.

Here is a link to instructions on how to make the barrettes. http://www.wrights.com/wrights/class/kidscrafts/braidbarrett/braidbarrett.htm If it won't take you right there (I had that problem) then go to the Wrights site, then Classroom link, then Kids link, and the barrette instructions are in the middle column down towards the bottom. Have fun making them!!!!

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I remember these and i loved making them! Takes me back in time, Friday night sleepovers right before Friday Night Videos came on,me and my friends would sit in the floor for hours making them.

My twin sister and I had these in the 2nd grade. I would love to find out how to make them, so I can make them for my girls.

I remember making these and wearing them, I had short hair so never looked quit the same in my hair.

oh yeah barrettes were very big the younger girls used to wear many in patterns in their hair in florescent colors green, pink, yellow, orange and they had like 4 red beads on them. they were mainly for keeping long hair out of your face i think some of them wore them on their lapels as pins,and shirts as decoration to

My mother made ribbon and bead barrettes!

My mother made me every color combination possible.

I had one in every color

Oh I can't stop smiling! I had so many of these! I remember going to Drug Emporium with my mom and "if I was good while she was shopping" I would get to pick a pack of these. I would follow behind my mom in the store as silent as can be and not make a peep LoL. Weren't these by the company called "Goody" or "Goodie"? On some of the strings we would add one bead a the bottom to give the ribbon some weight at the bottom so if it was windy at recess the ribbons would stay straight down and not get lost in my hair. My mom would be weaving the ribbons after dinner at our kitchen table so I could wear my new one to school the next day.