For my learning project I have decided to learn how to braid. My hair skills are lacking immensely and I have always imagined my girls having the cutest braids in their hair, so I learned how to do a pretty single basic braid, usually one that I could pull back and add it to a pony tail so that they had a fancy addition to their regular top knot or pony that I could pull off.

For this project I am going to start out with the basics and get into a more trickier style-double dutch braid.  My daughter dances competitively and the hair style that is required is a double dutch braid with a fancy crossover bottom, like pictured here:

My biggest fear of my daughter changing dance studios, was this braiding business.  For the last couple years I have been paying people through cash and gift cards to braid her hair for all the important events, recently a friend has joined us at the same studio and she is a braiding goddess and she has been pulling me through.  This is the last year my daughter is dancing as she graduates this year so I thought it would be fun to be challenged to see if I can pull it off.

I have purchased a long hair mannequin head to use so that I am not having to use her for every practice time, lol.  I am going to watch some online tutorials to help me, the dance studio has sent us one to use as parents, but I have never actually opened it and watched it because the thought of it overwhelms me.  But I got this and I am up for the challenge!

Follow along and maybe you too will learn some braiding tips! I am sure there will be some super frustrating moments through this journey, but I am also hoping to have a really awesome outcome!  My mannequin has arrived and I am hoping to get started this week. Stay tuned….