i am sure you have seen these tutorials ALL over pinterest, but in the end we had to do it a little different. because a. i was going to work with what i had and save me a trip to the craft store and b. my kids must have weird hair, because nothing i read online worked for us.
supplies:
crayola sidewalk chalk
rubber gloves
comb
water
hairspray/ or i have heard a flat iron helps (but i wasn't about to chance dyeing my iron with the color)
1. comb, part, and separate out the sections you want to color.
2. wet down entire section, i used a spray bottle.
3. wet down chalk
4. twist section you want to work with.
5. vigorously rub chalk up and down the hair till you have a dark desirable color
(i eventually untwist, hold the hair taught, and run the chalk up and down width wise to color missed spots)
6. dry, i used hairdryer and half way done i spritzed some hairspray in. dry the rest of the way and voila!
rowan's didn't turn out super dark because she got antsy and this was a beta testing to see if it even worked. i had grabbed some cheap pastels at fred meyer's but when i tried them, they just made the hair goopy and stiff and when we brushed after drying, the color was basically non-existent.
i had seen someone mention 'art chalk', i had no idea what that was so we went with the big box of rich colored crayola sidewalk chalk i had out in the garage. so far so good! i mean, she is only four so subtle fun color is probably perfect for her!
another fun way we played with chalking, was i did a waterfall-ish braid in the front of zoe's hair, wet the chalk real good and used different colors on different areas of the braids 'bumps'. i didn't wet or hairspray the hair and it seemed to 'fall' out pretty fast, but it was really cute and pretty vibrant considering how dark her hair is!
Monday, February 20, 2012
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I loved it so much I tagged you in a post:
http://www.dontknowhowtorelax.com/2012/02/kudos-kiddo-edition.html
yea! i would love to hear how it works out for you! we're adding permanent color to her hair next week! just a few little peek-a-boo highlights for fun. it is only hair and life is too short to not go for it :)
What a fun idea. My oldest will love this...she is always saying she wants color in her hair. I will try it out!!!
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