TA-DA!!

Kiahna’s Patriotic Hair-Do is done!! 

 

64 Yarn Braid Extensions.

8 hours.

Triangle parts.

Star Beads and Big Giant Hair Ballies from Steph at SNAPAHOLICS.

Notice the baseball beads?? 

Last time we did 140 yarn braids.  They lasted between 3 and 7 weeks.  Some I redid after 3 weeks (the outside edges).  It took 15 hours. 

I hope to get 2-3 weeks out of this style. 

My 11 year old daughter, Leah, wanted to learn to do these braids.  So she did a few with me this time!

We even did braids in the van, in the rain, at the campground…

Because this is what it was doing outside…

There was hail, down pour, and lightening… we left…

And the sun came out… but the kids were tired, and it would have been a muddy disaster to let the two little ones loose in that mud!

This was too cute… Jadon wanted me to take pictures of his hair too…

Back to Kiahna’s hair…. the baseball beads.  I got these beads at Walmart.  After thinking about it, I realized that it would be cute to put in the beads, but I wouldn’t want them in all the time.  This is what I came up with to do.

I braided 3 strands of yarn and then put 2 baseballs on the braid.  I knotted both ends and slid the baseball to each end.  Then I took the long braid and looped it around the pony tail holder so that it hung evenly on both ends. 

The original braid looked like this…

I've done the baseballs, basketballs, (above) and footballs...

Kind of fun, and she can wear them to her brother's games without having them permanently in her hair for weeks!

A relief to have her hair done again!  Now, a week of preparation for our week long vacation at the lake with my family!