One Mans Trash...

So there comes a time (hopefully a few times) in every woman's (or man's) life that getting rid of some clothes is a must.  There is nothing that will make you appreciate living in your parents house than seeing the closet that you get in your first apartment.  In any case, the paring down of my closet has taken about a year, but it's almost done (almost). I had a bunch of stuff to get rid of, but I pulled a few old tee shirts out of the pile because I figured I could use them as shirts to paint in or clean with bleach in.  Little did I know that just a Pinterest search away I could find TONS of stuff to do with old tee-shirts! While looking at DIY projects I came across this site that has about 10 ideas of what to do with an old tee-shirt.  I decided on the headband because I had seen the project before, and it looked fun.  Plus, these headbands would be awesome for anything they can dress up or dress down, and are a suitable replacement for the festival bandana as long as you are using a shirt that is 100% cotton.  Not to mention they take about 30 mins to make, so if you are just starting off your weekend with a bad hair day, not to worry, this quick project will save ya! I also tried the scarf, but didn't have enough tee-shirt to finish it, so when I do a finished one I will post about that.

What you will need:
Scissors
Tee-shirt (any size will do)
Tape (strong ish)

Instructions (I'm writing out the beginning of the instructions, but for the braid follow the picture or else you will get very confused):
Lay shirt flat on a surface, and cut off the hem of the shirt.
Next, about an inch from the newly cut bottom of the shirt, make a small cut in the side of the shirt.
Use that cut to tear long circular strips (if you are using a small or medium sized shirt you will need 1 circle to make one string if you are using a large or x-large shirt then each circle can make two strings).
If you are using a small or medium shirt cut/tear 5 circles. If you are using a large/x-large shirt tear/cut 3 circles.
When you are done with the circles, cut the circles at one point so that they make strings (if you are using a large or x-large shirt cut the strings in half).
You should have 5 strings.
Line them up and tape them as you would a friendship bracelet (if you are unclear see picture 2).
Now for the braiding.  (I did it slightly different from the picture, but I actually like the messiness of it, but the neater braid would obviously be better if you were trying to dress it up) Essentially, you are taking the string on the far left, and going over the second string, under the third string, pausing (while you pause move the string all the way to the right aka the last string over the second string) after you have moved the last string to be the second to last string place the string you started with over the second to last string.
Repeat.
When you are finished tie one string from one end to a string from the other end, and continue to do the rest until all strings are tied together.
Cut the ends.