Little Girl Hairdo perfect for the dance studio!
This one is in honor of all you moms who lovingly help their dearest darlings pull on tights and leotards 2 or 3 times a week and drive to the dance studio to watch their princesses bounce around to the best of Disney songs. And you do it all with pride and joy! Right? Right! I know, I do it for both of my gals, and I love every dancey dance minute of it. Nothing's cuter than when they put on those leotards and tights and ballet shoes.
SO, they need some cute-out-of-the-face-ballerina-hair that's fast and easy to match. This is what my littlest princess wears to her big 4 year old class:
It's SO easy and fast! Pull the hair back into a high ponytail, hair thoroughly damp.
Divide the ponytail evenly into two sections of hair.
Do 2 twist braids in the ponytail, and feel free to tie a big red ribbon around the ponytail. For the most part, just ignore the ribbon. It was purely experimental.
After your twist braids are finished, let me direct your attention to some fabulous hair tools: Mini Pins OR teeny tiny bobby pins that works superbly in little girl's hairstyles! Their hold is amazing, and just the right size for their little heads (see below). This is what I use to hold in her bun.
Take one of the twist braids and start wrapping it around the base of the ponytail.
Wrap the twist braid until the end,
and secure with a mini pin. It works better if you stick the bobby pin down INTO the bun, rather than placing it next to the bun, as I'm doing here.
Next, take the second twist braid and wrap it around the bun in the opposite direction that you wrapped the first braid.
And secure the ends in the same way. Use as many bobby pins as you need to around the base of the bun until it's secure.
If you've cleverly incorporated your ribbon in as I've done here, all you have to do is tie it! :) Otherwise wrap one around at the end, and she's all set!
Happy Dancing and enjoy this super cute little girl updo!
classy and sleek! I love it! I've done one very very similar to this on my own head! :D I found in on princess hairstyles, I think. anyway, it's the same twists, but then I knot them together and then pin it! I love the look the twists give the bun!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree about the mini pins, too. LOVE them!
Thanks for sharing this! and I will have to try the ribbon idea sometime too. Tho it might look silly on me....Oh how long I have to wait for my daughter's hair to grow!!! sigh... :)
So cute! I absolutely love those little pins! And her pouty face in the side profile shot is cracking me up. Oh, and thanks for joining my blog!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Neat idea.
ReplyDeleteI am having a hair bow give away at my blog!
ReplyDeleteCassia
When are you going to post who gets a free e-book?
ReplyDeleteAww I used to love wearing my hair like this when I was little! It made me feel like a ballerina princess. :-P
ReplyDeleteOh, that is so pretty! That would even work on my daughter's curly hair
ReplyDeleteI like this one. And even less time.
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LisaDay
Beautiful!!! Happy SITS day again!
ReplyDeleteI remember those days! My mom used to pin my hair up too, just not quite as artfully.
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS Day!
ReplyDeleteI love this style. I think I could even do this one when my little girl gets older and her hair's long enough.
just copied this today- loved how it looked- I posted on your FB page- thanks for the inspiration- I have 9 more days of buns to go- any more inspiration would be awesome!
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