Bad Hare Day - A Hairstyling Craft for Scissor Happy Little Girls

With four daughters, it's inevitable we will have our share of unexpected haircuts. Cutting their own hair, does seem to be a universal right of passage for young girls. I cut my own hair once, too.

So, I probably should have clued in sooner, when my five year old announced she wanted to be a hairstylist in Paris when she grows up (something the Man of the House tells me I have "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", to thank for).

My teacher instincts kicked in, and I added French to our fall studies. But, I should have realized with a five year interested in cutting hair, I'd soon have a four year old with a hair cut. My mommy radar has been off, lately.

For instance, when I saw said four year old, wandering to her room with a handful of beads, I probably should have said more than, "Don't put those in your mouth." I should have remembered to say, "Don't put those in your mouth, or up your nose." (Sigh)

But, the bead blew out, without a trip to the emergency room, and a visit to a real hair stylist "fixed" the cut. Then, there wasn't much to do (after the obligatory crying, and lecturing), but laugh - laugh, and do a craft to channel some of those creative urges in a less destructive way.

First, we read Miriam Moss' Bad Hare Day, the story of a young hare up to creative mischief in her uncle's hair salon. I couldn't have asked for a better library find.



I had the girls, and their older sisters, draw some bald people for me.



Then, I gave them an assortment of yarn, curling ribbons, hair clips, markers, and glue, to style to their little hearts out.





I gave them extra long pieces of yarn, so there was plenty of room for cutting. They had a great time, snipping, and shaping, and when they were done...



...I put the scissors away.



It's great to be a homeschooler.