Recently my middle daughter did something hugely sneaky! She gave a two-and-a-half-year-old her first haircut. It happened in our doll area, with little miss Julia sitting in the doll hair styling chair. My middle girl asked her if she could cut her hair and Julia said yes. They were having fun in the moment.
Shortly after, her long hair and bangs that her mother had been growing out for months, became a bob with short pixie bangs! Yes it was a BIG cut.
The new hairstyle was discovered simutaniously as my dog ran through the kitchen having just been sprayed by a skunk in the backyard – wearing fresh yellow skunk oil over her face and sneezing all over the floor! At the time were preparing dinner for five little girls. My friend’s house is on the market and I was trying to do something nice for them, as they had to once again flee their house at dinnertime due to another realitor showing. I provided anything BUT a peaceful evening.
I felt terrible. The dog stunk. My house stunk. A toddler needed professional hair help. So we did what any parents would do, we drank all the wine in the house that evening. Thankfully, she is a long-time friend and we were able to laugh about it all – adding it to the list of shaving cream covered heads, cool aid hair dye and girls pulling each other’s teeth out in the bathroom.
In return for the most recent hair experience, I wanted to do something special for her. Something sweet for her baby girl who now has a bob and short pixie bangs.
The keepsake hair box and sweet twirly skirt was the perfect solution.
I left the frame on the box open for her mom to choose a photo of her, after her professional haircut. The box is wooden from the craft store. I whitewashed it with watered down acrylic paint and glued fabric strips on the box that matched the skirt. The name and date details were sewn on, using the letter stitching mode on my sewing machine. The skirt pattern was adapted from the same pattern as the dresses I made for the girls on the first day of school, and paired with a store bought shirt and sweet toddler ruffle socks with bows.
And it was all packaged up, for my mom friend who thankfully forgave and laughed with me about the little mishap.
Lastly, I couldn’t resist making a matching skirt for the girl who cut the hair.
