We went to a party on saturday. I knew the kids would be running around a lot, so wanted a lasting hairstyle. I could have opted for normal french braids, which are always an easy option, but wanted something a bit more interesting. So I did this ”lace braid zigzag”. I haven’t seen a hair tutorial for this, so I’ve included some step-by-step pictures.

. I started by taking 3 strands of hair from were her parting normally is. Then started to braid towards her left ear, picking up a little bit of hair from the left as I went.

2. It’s as if making a french braid, but not taking any hair when I put the right side strand to the middle, only adding hair when I put the left side branch to the middle.

3. When I got to her ear, I turned and started braiding towards her right ear, picking up hair only from the right.

4.  Then I braided until the right ear. After this I turned again.

After braiding all the way to her left ear, picking up hair from the left, I finished by french braiding the rest of the hair (so taking hair from both sides and picking up all the rest of her hair).

If you get interrupted, or realize half way through that the braiding is taking much more time than you thought, you can finish before the first turn and leave the rest of the hair hanging down, or you can finish after the second layer (picture 4). So quite a good option if you have other kids running around, or her favorite tv programme finishes, and she won’t sit still any more.

This hairdo lasted really well:

These pictures were taken the next day, after the party and one night’s sleep and three hours at a climbing wall plus a bit of rollerblading! The only problem with the hairdo was that she could not fit a helmet over it when rollerblading!

For my tutorial on lace braids (or half french braid), click here.