Turkey Time!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  My daughter was building turkeys out of pipe cleaners for our napkin rings for dinner and we decided to try a turkey in her hair.  As I was getting ready to upload the pictures I saw this one over at Babes in Hairland.  It's almost exactly the same turkey was too funny!  I like how hers has braids though.

We started by pulling some hair from the top half of the head back into a small elastic and creating an Odango Bun.  The are simply made by twisting a section of hair tightly and then wrapping it around itself until the bun starts to grow tall. 

Now Pull the rest of the hair up into a ponytail and create a bun using a bun mold.  Braid the excess hair and wrap it around the mold and then secure it with bobby pins. 

I also bobby pinned the Odango Bun to the bun mold so that it looks like a head on top of a body.

Choose as many different colors of pipe cleaners as you like and cut them in half for the feathers.  Also cut some yellow or orange for the legs and beak.

Spread them out above the head and body and just poke the ends of the pipe cleaners into the head and they will hold.  We hope you all have a great Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

Thanksgiving Fun

So this really isn't a Thanksgiving hairstyle but I wanted to at least honor the holiday.  :)  My original idea was to try and create a cornucopia and it just didn't turn out right so we went with this instead.

Begin by parting the hair right down the middle and then creating a parallel part on both sides. 

You should end up with 4 vertical sections. 

Tie each off with an elastic right in the middle and create a Corkscrew out of each.  Secure your Corkscrews at the ends with elastics. 

 Now, in no particular pattern, wrap the Corkscrews in and around each other until it creates a long bun.  Bobby pin the Corkscrews into place and have your ends coming out through the middle. 

Get your ends really wet and curl them out around your fingers to fan them out a bit.  Spray the hair with some hairspray and it will hold all day long. 

Now the only part of this hairstyle that has anything to do with Thanksgiving is the pilgrim clips underneath.  :)  

Barrel Roll Bun

This one is a really pretty one that is so simple. 

 Begin with the hair wet and tightly gather it into a high ponytail.  Now divide the ponytail into as many equal sections as you would like.  We've done 7 sections on this bun. 

To create a Barrel Roll you'll want to comb out a section until it is nice and smooth and then wrap it around your two index fingers and roll the fingers over themselves which will roll the hair down toward the head. 

Once you have a roll, secure it to the head with bobby pins. 

Do this with every one of your sections and you can have your Barrel Rolls facing any direction you like. 

When all of them have been pinned, spray the bun really well with hairspray. 

 We've finished ours off with some little jewels on spirals that we've just twisted into the rolls so they look like they're floating.  We've also added some jeweled bobby pins around the base of the bun. 

Worm Mohawk

This was the hairstyle that we used in our "Cemetery" post but I realized that we never originally posted the hairstyle itself.  Better late than never! 

 First I sectioned off her hair into 4 equal sections going horizontally across her head. 

 I secured each section with an elastic right in the middle. 

 Now make sure the 4 ponytails are really wet and divide each one into 3 pieces. 

Twist each piece as tightly as you can and let them wrap themselves up and create a "Worm". 

Secure the end of the Worm into the hair with a bobby pin. 

Do this with every piece from every ponytail until you have lots of little worms.

Princess Pentagon

This hairstyle will be easiest right after washing the hair because then it's nice and wet and easy to work with. 

 Grab your rat-tail come and section out a pentagon shape right in the middle of the head.  Make sure all five sides are equal and have straight lines and then tie the hair inside the pentagon into a ponytail.

 

 Now from each corner of the pentagon you'll make a part straight out to the hairline.  Do this on ever corner and you will end up with 5 individual sections. 

Tie each off with an elastic close to the pentagon shape. 

 Create two braids out of each of the elastics and then pull the braids all up into the center ponytail and combine it all with another elastic. 

 You'll now have one single ponytail and you'll want to brush it all out until it's smooth.  Now make a Messy Bun with the ponytail and spray it all with hairspray. 

Just add a ribbon to finish it off.

Accessories and Kissy Lips

I was at Hobby Lobby the other day doing a bit of shopping and I came across these awesome little accessories.

  This one is a black vinyl flower that we've clipped in her hair but it also has a pin clasp on the back so you can use it on clothes.

Here's another one we bought that we pinned to her jacket but it can also be used as a hair clip.  I think that' such a smart idea to have both options on the back of the flowers.  I think I'm going to start doing that with some of our accessories from now on.

To show off her new flower we did a Kissy Lips Messy Bun.  These are really easy but you want to have your elastics handy.  Start with a regular ponytail.  Now grab another elastic and wind it like a ponytail until the last time around when you're only going to pull the hair through the elastic slightly.  Now this will give you a little poof.  Grab another elastic and go around the entire poof and the extra hair until the last time around when you will pull the entire poof through but only a little bit of the extra hair.  This will give you your second poof.   

Rough it up a big with your fingers and don't be afraid to pull at it a bit to give it that messy look. 

Our church had a fun little activity day (Super Saturday) where we made these fun bow holders. 

This was a perfect craft for us because my princess is a dancer and has TONS of hair accessories! 

 Cute huh!

Ribbon Bun

This one turned out really pretty and I don't think the pictures do it justice.

Begin by sectioning out a bit of hair in front and create a small Pull-Through on one side.  Now you can either leave your Pull-Through straight or braid it like we've done here.

Wet the hair down and pull all of it back into a ponytail, being sure to include your Pull-Through as well.

Now separate the ponytail into as many small sections as you like - we've done 12 here.  Add a strand of ribbon to each section by tucking it through the elastic holding the ponytail.  (You will have ends of the ribbon sticking out but it will all be hidden when your bun is completed.)

Divide each small section into two pieces and, using the ribbon as your third piece, create a 3-strand braid.  Secure the end with an elastic.  Go ahead and do this with all of your small sections. 

Now that you have all your braids, just roll them up into the head once or twice (depending on the length of hair) and bobby pin it down.  Let the little wispy ends of the braid stick out wherever you like.  Continue doing this with all the braids making sure that the are evenly pinned around the original elastic. We've also added some little flowers that are glued to hair pins and just tucked them in and around the bun for some more detail.   

Angel Halo

This hairstyle will work out best if you start with completely wet hair. 

Make a small 1 inch part slightly off-center in the front of the hair.  This is where you're going to begin your French Twist. 

 Grab a small bit of hair from right next to the part and divide it into two small pieces.  Pull the outside piece up over the inside piece - make sure you always repeat this pattern throughout the entire hairstyle.  Now add a little bit of hair to each little piece and repeat the twist, outside piece up over the inside piece.  Add some more hair to each strand and repeat.

  Continue doing this all the way around the head.  It does take some practice to get it to stay nice and tight so don't get frustrated if it's not perfect right in the beginning.  Keep your comb handy too because you will need to comb out your two pieces that you're working with often just to make sure they don't get lumps in them. 

 When you've gathered all the hair and your twist is almost the whole way around the head, tie it off with an elastic.

  Now grab another elastic and create a Messy bun on the side.  Add your favorite clip in the hair and you're all set!

Halloween Hairdos: Kitty Cat

We found these cute little clips at our local craft store and thought they would be fun to incorporate in a hairstyle. 

My princess has really been wanting to try a Faux-Hawk hairstyle so we used it for these clips. 

Start by dividing the hair into 4 parallel sections horizontally across the head.  Gather each section up into it's own ponytail in the very center.  This will give you a row of 4 ponytails. 

Now you're going to wet them down really well and Barrel Roll them.  To Barrel Roll you will comb the ponytail straight up into the air and then wrap the ends around your two index fingers.  Now roll your index fingers over each other down towards the scalp.  This will roll the hair nice and evenly for you.  Secure your Barrel Roll down into the hair with a bobby in on each side creating an "X" inside the roll.

  Do this with your 3 other ponytails as well.  You will end up with a Mohawk look going down the head. 

 Now add your little clips up at the top and you have a kitty cat.

   Or you can also have a devil as well. 

We also have these little kitty cat ears from a while back.  They are just two simple brown pipe cleaners that we've wrapped her hair around.  We started with a small section of hair by each ear and then secured them in the middle of the head with a little barrette.