I played basketball and softball in high school. When our team traveled to away games we would braid each other's hair. I was the only girl on the bus who didn't know how to braid. I would get my hair braided, but could not return the favor. No one seemed to mind. I didn't considered braiding a life skill, so I never learned how to do it.
Flash forward to today. My four year old comes to me with a comb and hair ties. She wants me to braid her hair. Suddenly braiding is a life skill.
My first attempt was a simple braid starting at the nape of her neck. The braid was rejected immediately. Belle wants her braid to start at the top of her head.
Like a French braid.
Yikes!
This is serious level two braiding we are talking about here. I can't tell my four year old that I don't know how to braid hair. So I sucked it up; tried to remember how my softball buddies preformed this complicated task; and went for it.
I was pretty impressed with the results.
I was pretty impressed with the results.Belle was not.
She wanted the pony tail on the top of her head to be braided.
Like this:
Hey, I'm getting pretty good at this. Now all I need is one of those doll heads to practice on.
Like this:
Hey, I'm getting pretty good at this. Now all I need is one of those doll heads to practice on.
20 comments:
lol! I learned to french braid my own hair (as in behind my own head) before I could french braid anyone else's hair :) But my hair is waist-length too, so I had to learn out of survival.
I was a a braid failure. You are doing just fine. I had wild curly unmade bed hair and braids weren't in my cards. Then I got a blond staight haired girl who wanted all manner of braids and hairdos. It was like playing dolls only way harder.
Yours look pretty good from here....
I think you did a great job. I cannot braid at all either, I dread the day when I have to do it to Katelyn!
isn't that ironic! here I am the master braider and my daughter wants nothing to do with them. I braided barbie hair, people hair, dog hair, whatever I could get my fingers on as a kid. I also crimped my barbie's hair, but that didn't go so well....
practice makes perfect!
Cute pics of Belle. No, she doesn't look pleased with the first version. I can just imagine the whine....
You are totally stressing me out. I have no idea how to braid, either. Okay, I figure I have a year or two to learn, right? How can I be so smart at some things and so darn clueless in others? If you saw my own hair you would probably understand.
I think it looks lovely.
How sweet are those pictures? I miss my daughter being little and getting to braid her hair, lucky you!
Yup. I obviously did not read that chapter in "Raising a Daughter" and have no idea how to braid.
You did a great job! :)
Once again, the universe has reminded me of another reason I am thankful I have boys. I can't braid, either!
I thought your efforts turned out rather well, actually! :)
HAHA! I am in the same boat with you! But four girls, you would think I would know how to do some hair by now! Luckily my oldest is quite a whiz with it, so I just delegate down. American Girl Library has a really cute Hair book with step by step instructions. You should get it, it's a lot of fun.
Oh I'm with you here girlfriend! I just cannot French braid! I never learned how! Man, I wish I would have because I'm damn sure my girls will someday ask me to braid their hair and I'll be all....ummmm, sure, honey...hehehe.
What adorable pics and you did a great job!! I never learned how to braid my hair... so imagine how happy I am that I have boys..!! LOL
Looks great and I am sure you will have more years of practice =)
I still can't get french braids down. I can never get the end part to look good
I'm pretty good at french braiding, now if I could just get Miss Peach to sit still:)
Pretty impressive for a first effort! I'm not the world's best braider, but I think I could swing it if necessary. However, the Princess flatly refuses to stand still long enough for me to put in a ponytail, let alone braid her hair. I think I have a couple of more years to practice. Can I borrow your Ariel doll?
I learned how to braid on a My Little Pony when I was six. So glad I learned....2 french braids are all the rage around our house....
PS - Your little lady is a doll!
I've just started braiding the girls hair, too! I'm a Master Braider when it comes to the normal braid, but french braiding is torture...especially on squirmy two year olds. I bet youtube has a few instructional videos :)
HA! I can't braid either. Everyone else but me could. It's really pathetic. You're braid looks pretty good to me. I need a book or something...though the doll head is a good idea too.... :)
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