Twinners!

Twinners!

 We establish matching dresses at the thriftstore...

and since my piddling daughter e'er wishes she has 

a sis to clothes matchy with...I did.

 I used hot curlers for my hair...but my 

hair is likewise long for hot rollers!

ha..or likewise thick!...

so exclusively the bottom one-half is curled.

Grinchy Cindy Lou Who Teacup Headbands!

Grinchy Cindy Lou Who Teacup Headbands!

  We had a Christmas breakfast at our church...the kids all dearest to wearing clothing up!
 So nosotros did our favorite theme, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Grinch inwards his Santa hat, Max the dog, in addition to Cindy Lou Who--complete amongst teacup headband!

Cindy Lou Who hairdo a few years now...

It's easy.  It solely takes slightly longer than only a elementary ponytail...

in addition to a modest newspaper cup!

 Here's the Teacup headband I've wanted to recreate for a long time!

 Here's how nosotros did it!

My darling immature adult woman got these for a birthday gift...tiny teacups!

(thanks to her aunt Janell)...and since she has unopen to other set, she allowed me

to cannibalize these ones!

And nosotros made 3.

Take unopen to sculpey, fimo or other laid upwards of 

Bake Hard Polymer Clay...white in addition to red.

 Just equally modest slice of each rolled into long snakes...

Twisted together

 

Rolled out smooth...cut in addition to curved to make

 an adorable footling candy cane!

 Or 4+...I only used all the clay that I began with...
Baked according to the instructions until hard.

 Next, bust out the E6000 in addition to gum the loving cup to the saucer.
See how it's laid slightly dorsum on the saucer...Just to laissez passer on it
a whimsical look!

 See where the candy canes acquit on the teacups in addition to gum them equally well.
permit dry out overnight.

 Cute!

 Next, you'll desire a heavy duty metallic headband.
This 1 is ten mm wide...and it's perfect.
I bought them on ebay.

 You'll require a rig to concord everything inwards house spell it dries...
this outrage didn't quite cutting it.
You'll meet I switched to a pigment can!

 I tied a big, beautiful, exaggerated bow in addition to glued it with
 E6000 correct onto the headband.
Secured it amongst clothespins!

 Ahh yes, the pigment tin is perfect!

 Then I set gum correct on the middle of the bow in addition to stuck that teacup correct on top!

 let dry out overnight...

 Perfect!

Linking upwards to THESE parties this week!

Cindy Lou Who Hairdo!

Cindy Lou Who Hairdo!

 We dear going all out for dressing upwards whenever possible!
And that means, dressing upwards similar Cindy Lou Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas every yr for our church building Christmas party!

You volition need:
Paper Cup
Hair accessories (brush, elastics, bows, braids)
Funny as well as over the laissez passer on Christmas clothes
Tea Cup Headband

It all started when she was 5...and pretty stinkin adorable!

With shorter hair, simply add together to a greater extent than braids as well as clips!

Then when she was 6!

 When she was 7...I allow her apparel the girly ELF costume...

And concluding yr nosotros made Teacup headbands to jibe Cindy Lou as well as her moms!
Because our Party was a breakfast, the kids wore their jammies.



This year, because my daughter's pilus was as well as thence much longer,
nosotros used a bigger loving cup inside...

Here's a quick stride yesteryear step:
Pin it for quick reference!

Pull upwards laissez passer on business office of hair...

Split it inwards half...

Slip inwards a newspaper cup...a Blue SOLO cup, similar nosotros used this year,
 or a fifty-fifty a plastic H2O bottle!

Pull the pilus over the laissez passer on of the cup
as well as fasten it alongside an elastic...
Make certain the pilus covers upwards the loving cup as well as yous are good!

Curl, braid, add together as well as accessorize!

We constitute the Christmas circle skirt at the thrift store.

The fur neckband was at a yard sale...

as well as the cape is a tree skirt!  Tree skirts brand awesome skirts too!

Get creative!

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Hair Pilus Bows!

Hair Pilus Bows!

 Hair Hair Bows!

H5N1 perfect summertime fourth dimension or dorsum to schoolhouse updo!

Great for lazy days...doesn't guide keep much to a greater extent than operate than a ponytail or a bun!

 Popularized yesteryear Miss Lady Gaga, this is a hitting amongst tweens together with teens too!

It's slowly to produce on yourself, doesn't guide keep much skill...

together with it's totally ATTENTION getting!

 Easy.

All you lot postulate is:

H5N1 brush/comb

Hair elastic

Bobby pins...about half-dozen to 8

and

Hair spray

 And some hair!

(she's got long hair, but this agency industrial plant every bit long every bit you lot tin instruct your pilus into a petty ponytail bun)

 Make a high ponytail...right on the laissez passer on of the head.

 Wrap it 2-3 times together with on the lastly wrap,

Don't push clitoris all the pilus through...making a ponytail bun.

 Like this.

 Fluff it upward a little...using most of the hair.

 But leaving a tail of pilus hanging inward the forepart of your face.

Split the bun inward half...

 Take the remaining pilus hanging inward the forepart together with roll it
upward together with over the pump of the divide bun.

 Use 2-3 bobby pins to secure it inward house correct at the base of operations of the ponytail elastic inward the back.

 Take the remaining tail together with roll it around the base of operations of the bow...
roofing upward the ponytail elastic.
Bobby pivot the ends inward place.

 Bobby pivot the bow on each fluffy side.
Just i to concur it inward place...although it holds pretty good yesteryear itself.

Next.
Pull upward on each side of the bow gently spell misting amongst pilus spray.
The to a greater extent than you lot spray, the to a greater extent than you lot tin mold your bow into the perfect shape.
Take attention of all those petty fly-aways!

 Repeat shaping on the back.
The best purpose is that the backside of the pilus looks only every bit cute every bit the front!

 Adorable!

 Works smashing every bit pigtail twin bows too!
(this was when her pilus was much shorter...still looks great!)

Perfecto!

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