Toddler Braids and Ribbons

First start by pulling a small piece of hair across the front of her head and secure it on the side with an elastic. 

Then make a 2nd part and french braid this hair.  Pulling the first ponytail into the braid then secure with an elastic. 

Make a parallel 2nd french braid secure it with an elastic.

Take a piece of ribbon and start at the top weaving it in and out of the braid crossing the ribbon in the center of the 2 braids.

I wrapped the ends of the ribbon around both ponytails and tied the ribbon in a bow.

Ribbon Braids Headband

Start the french braid as you normally would but add a ribbon to 2 of the braid strands.  You are going to be making 2 braids along the face line.  Braid all the way to the ends.

 Do the same french braid with a ribbon on the other side along her face line. 

Braid all the way to the ends.

 Attach the braids together in the middle of her head (loosely)



FishTail Braids

This is a very simple and quick hairstyle. 

First make a part,  I made hers with a slight diagonal at the front of her head and curved it to the middle of her head going all the way down.  Then pull each side into a low ponytail. 

Once the ponytail is in place then fish tail braid it.  For those of you who don't know what a fish tail is you braid with 2 strands of hair instead of 3.

Fish tail braid both ponytails and then I took the new sports ribbon (you can use any ribbon you want or have already)  and I tied the ribbon around the front of her head as shown below.

Rockin Bobbie Pins Fancy Uphair

This is a fancy up style that we did for church.

Make a far lateral part and pull it towards her ear.  Secure with an elastic.  As shown below leave a small amount of hair out of the elastic along the face line.

On the opposite side make a part down to the ear and pull that hair forward out of the way as shown below.  Then put a ribbon along the part line.  Tie the ribbon together at the base if her head.

Make a part from ear to ear and pull it out of the way. 

Now take the hair you left out of the elastic and the hair in front of the ribbon and pull it to the center of her head and secure with an elastic.

Below is a side view of the hair over the ribbon.  I pull both sides back into this elastic to keep the ribbon in place.   If your daughter has fine hair then when pulling this hair back make a twist over the ribbon and if all else fells use a small bobby pin under the twist and over the ribbon.  This also helps keep the ribbon in place.

Make a messy bun with all the hair.

I made some fancy Rockin Bobbie Pins and pushed them into the messy bun.

Toddler Knot Ribbons

I hope I can explain this hairstyle in a way you can follow. 

First pull the front hair forward.  This is to place the ribbon around her head. Picture below gives a visual.

Once the ribbon is laying across her head you start tying knots.  Because of how thin her hair is I tied the knots across the ribbon and then pulled once side to the opposite knots elastic as shown below.

The picture below shows the knot being pulled to the opposite elastic.

I continued tying them along the front of her head 2 on the very top and 2 on each side.

Sponge Curlers

My new work schedule has changed a lot lately so our hairstyles have gotten really simple.  I bathed my daughter the other night and she asked for curlers put in her hair.  I use sponge curlers since I think they are easier to sleep in.

To get big curls I made large parts and wrapped them tightly around the curlers.

When she woke up the next morning I took a blow dryer to make sure all the hair was dry.

Shown below I took one curler out to show the large curls these made.

Take out all of the curlers

She asked for a ribbon headband.  Since we all know these don't stay in all day by themselves.  I took a small amount of hair just above each ear and singled it out.  Then place the ribbon behind that hair.  Pull the small amount of hair that was left out across the ribbon and take another small amount of hair on the opposite side of the ribbon and secure with an elastic. (SHOWN BELOW).

Take both sides of the hair and secure together at the base of her head.

Sprucing up Plain old Braids

The older my daughter is getting the more she keeps telling me she wants quick styles.  I get tired of plain things in order to compromise between the 2 of us.  This is the style we came up with.

This is as simple as making 2 french braids the only change is that I added a yellow ribbon. 

I made this really simple and took a yellow ribbon and folded it in half.  I added one side of the ribbon to one of the 3 pieces of hair and added another to 1 of the other pieces of hair.  The 3 strand of hair is by itself. 

Then frenchbraid to the end.  As the braid loosens through the day the ribbon shows more. 

Once the braids were done I tied them around the ponytail holders and made a bow.

Ribbon, Bun, Hair Fun

Take the front part of her hair and swoop it across to the side of her head just above the ear.

Secure it with an elastic.

Make random parts around her head and put the center hair into a ponytail.

Below is the left side of the random parts.

Then I took the hair I left down and pulled it up around the ponytail in different directions.

Below is the hair just above her ear I pulled it under the ponytail.

Below is the left side of her head pulling the hair back to the ponytail.

Last I pulled the hair from the elastic across the front of the ponytail.

To finish it off I weaved a pink ribbon in and out of the hair around her bun and tied it in a bow in the front.

Belwo is the side view.