all right i'm gonna show you guys how to lace an allocator kit what you need is a four inch of 3 8 ribbon it's four inches you need your alligator clip i like these ones they work pretty good for me they're from sally's they're 5.39 very cheap and you get 100 in a box instead of buying them from michaels or hobby lobbies or joanne's they're very expensive buy them by the bunch also i get these from they're really good to work with um cut your four eight inch four inches ribbon this is three eighths you're gonna take your alligator clip make sure you got your glue gun on hot you need your glue gun okay you wanna put the dotted side downwards and the blank upwards even it up because this is going to be the top see that's how it's going to look and what you're going to do is you're going to fill all this right here with some glue and then fold it down and go down the minute it's on there take your your ribbon fold it down and apply pressure and then you want to push it through the inside too like that just keep rubbing it down see and then right here at this part you're just gonna take the ribbon and make sure it's okay make sure it folds down so you're gonna apply a little bit of glue right here take your glue gun put some glue and then just take your ribbon and fold it down there you go that's how you do an alligator clip lace them now you can just do a bow like this add a little button here buttons down it or however you like or just use it plain like that but it's a very simple way to lace an alligator clip