A teachers favorite thing... "COUSIN IT"!

I have posted before how teachers must LOVE kids who come to school with their hair down and in their face!  Or better yet, when they arrive with headbands!  Yes, headbands!  Headbands are simply a fidget toy disguised as a hair accessory that never actually stays on a child's head - but they make great looking futuristic eye wear! 


None of us want our children looking like Cousin It and let's face it when we pick up the girls from school, very few of them actually look like the bohemian runway models with the flowing hair :-)  

This is a good view
of the part I made

So, this is my compromise so Dani can wear her headband, it can actually stay in place therefore limiting the chance of it falling off and becoming a toy and I can pick up beautiful Dani from school and not Cousin It.  :-)  I know I am blunt and mean, but my kids love it!  

Start far enough back on their hair so that you don't mess with where the headband needs to be and leave just enough hair for the headband to have a small job to do. 

Then part the hair down the middle and braid or fishtail each side.  Tie the two braids in a knot or two just so they don't hang down (cause as Dani put it, that would be a hairdo mom!) Tie the ends together with a rubberband that blends in with your child's hair color.  Then take the front hair and pretend we are back in the 80's and 90's!!  Lift the bangs, give them a good 'ol shot of hairspray (yes I still think AquaNet is the best!) and use the hairdryer to push them back!  The hairdryer on the cool setting is just fine and you usually will get a great giggle out of your child that will bring a smile to your face!  Lastly, place the headband on and you have done the impossible....

Started the day with a HAPPY MOM and HAPPY CHILD! 

Oh and I added some sparkle hairspray today because a Monday isn't a good Monday without a bit of sparkle!