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Filed Under: DIY AND TUTORIALS, Little Style

How To: Little Girl Bang Braid

A few special requests were made (like 2 months ago) for this little how-de-to-do, it’s just taken me far too long to finally get my butt in gear and post it. Without further adieu, here is one of our favorite little hair styles: The Little Girl (get this hair outta my eyes) Bang Braid. little girl hair tutorial, little girl bang braid, get hair outta her eyes Sometimes a little clip just slips way to easily out of her healthy fine hair, and I’m trying not to cut her bangs –  we call this the-get-this-hair-outta-my-eyes-bang-braid, because it works like an adorable charm. little girl hair tutorial, little girl bang braid, get hair outta her eyes

little girl hair tutorial, little girl bang braid, step by step girls bang braid ALL YOU NEED: A fine toothed comb and a small elastic (I buy teeny tiny rubber hair elastics).

In case our images were a bit confusing.
HOW TO:

Using a wet comb, part her bangs and comb them into your hand – brushing the rest of her hair back and away. I find the wet comb gets her hair just wet enough to make braiding much easier.

With a small portion of hair (closest to the side part), begin one normal braid row.  Cross the rightmost piece across and into the center, then the leftmost piece into the center. The beginnings of a normal braid.

On the next braid row, add some hair from the right side of her bangs (the portion you parted to the front) and add that to the rightmost strand, now cross this to the center. Try to keep everything taught but not “OUCH that hurts” tight.

Next add some hair from the left side (for me it was a small amount of hair close to her forehead) to the leftmost strand, cross this to the center.

Continue adding pieces with each right and left strand until you reach a point where there are no more bangs to add.

Finish braiding regularly, then add a tiny elastic to secure the whole thing. Donezo!!

little girl hair tutorial, little girl bang braid, adorable bang braid We tried to do a little video, and a few more photos – but that was pushing it, Harlow likes to sit and get her hair done but asking to do it two times? No way Jose! Since this is essentially a basic french braid, if you need a bit more explanation this site has a great step-by-step for french braiding.

There are a few different types of bang braids alll are adorable, in our “getting her hair out of her eyes” experience this basic one works best and lasts the longest. Practice on one of her dolls (or maybe the husband? ha!) first – that way you can be a super fast bang braiding pro, since little girlies don’t always like to sit still for that long. little style, kids style, kids fashion, little girl bang braid, little vida little style, kids style, kids fashion, little girl bang braid, little vida little style, kids style, kids fashion, little girl bang braid, little vida

Sweater: H&M (2011) – Dress: C/O Little Vida – Shoes: Zara (brother hand-me-down)
Unfortunately, I don’t really have any How-To’s to get her sit still – usually sitting in front of the mirror so she can see herself works really great. After my girl saw her finished bang braid once, she was in love and let me do it everyday afterwards – no fuss!

If you end up braiding your little ones bangs (or already do!), share a link below – I’d love to see how adorable it is!

SHARE IT, I DARE YOU!

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October 8, 2012     |     written by Brandy     |     24 Comments

Comments

  1. hadas hall says

    October 8, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    love the blog (-:
    sweet girl

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    • BabyBlackbird says

      October 8, 2012 at 10:39 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  2. The Smart Child says

    October 8, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    My daughter’s hair looks similar and we do a similar hairstyle – I french braid from the top, around her ear and to the back. That looks awesome too:)
    Thank you for your blog. It’s great:) You’re welcome @ mine: http://thesmartchild.blogspot.co.uk/

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    • BabyBlackbird says

      October 8, 2012 at 10:40 pm

      Very cute! Thank you I am going to head over!

      Reply
  3. shannonmakesstuffup says

    October 9, 2012 at 9:24 am

    I was convinced that my toddler’s hair was too fine for something like this to stay put, but I’m encouraged to give it a shot after this post. We’re struggling with hair in the eyes, too.

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    • BabyBlackbird says

      October 9, 2012 at 2:03 pm

      The wet comb works really well, helps with fine hair. Hope it works for you!

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      • shannonmakesstuffup says

        October 24, 2012 at 3:01 pm

        BTW, wanted to come back to tell you, that wet comb trick? Genius

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  4. Bethany says

    October 10, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    Now, can you do a step-by-step on how you inserted three revolving photos in your blog so it appears like there is motion?

    Reply
    • BabyBlackbird says

      October 10, 2012 at 8:44 pm

      I use Photoshop to make those fun photos, called GIF’s. If you have Photoshop, The Paper Mama has a great tutorial for this: http://thepapermama.com/2012/05/wordlessish-wedne…
      And I hear there are online services where you can make GIF’s but I have never tried them out.

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  5. Mel says

    October 11, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    Love this tutorial! Also love the action pic!!! Xoxo

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  6. Sandi Reagan says

    December 17, 2012 at 5:01 am

    Adorable little girl!!! Great post. But more importantly right now….thank you for sharing your angel with the world after the events of this week. It’s hard not to have these poor families on our minds daily and shuttering at the utter pain they must be feeling. But your post just gave us a second to remember that we still have angels here on earth that need us as we need them. Your Angels eyes give us hope.

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  7. Jessica says

    January 30, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    Tired this today on my 19 month old. It even lasted through nap! She is getting tired of always having her bangs pulled in a ponytail, and it’s plenty long enough to braid. But the hard part was getting her to sit still long enough. I ended up just doing a regular braid, cause I’m a little rusty on french braiding (going to practice on the doll) So happy to have a new hair style! Thanks

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  8. Lisa Rusczyk says

    February 17, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    very cute. I will try this tomorrow. Thanks for posting.

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  9. Guest says

    March 3, 2014 at 4:34 am

    Adieu means Good day in French !

    Reply
  10. berny says

    April 30, 2014 at 11:07 am

    I’m going to try this on my 14 month old. Thanks for the tips. Will post pic!

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  11. Julia says

    March 1, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    My 21-month-old loves brushing her teeth, so I put her in the sink and let her brush her teeth while I do her hair. If this does not work, I give her the iPad to watch a movie or enlist daddy to do funny faces and finger plays. A tiny bit of gel or mousse and the wet comb before I braid also help get the fine hairs to stick in the braid instead of sliding right out.

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  12. Bríd McShane says

    July 21, 2016 at 4:16 pm

    Honestly cannot wait to be able to plait my baby girl’s hair. I know the length is there but not the patience yet unfortunately. She won’t even keep a clip in her hair as she’s so inquisitive

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  13. Amy says

    August 7, 2017 at 5:30 pm

    Hi! I stumbled across this looking for toddler hairstyles. Your little one had the same kind of hair as mine. Somehow it just all points to her face. This style works great and is sooooo cute! She’s much more likely to leave it alone than a bow. Thank you for posting. Wishing you and your family the best 🙂

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