Since Audrey has started school I've been doing her hair.
At first, it was just a few quick ideas to keep her long hair out of her face. Now, it's a daily ritual of looking online for a hairstyle. Or she wakes up saying "I want an inside-out french braid." We've have found a few favorite "hair blogs" one of which is princesshairstyles.com - super awesome! My biggest problem has been curls. Audrey loooooves curls. But I don't have a curling iron and, even if I did, I'm not sure I would take something that hot to a wiggly girl's head. Most of you have seen my wacky Curlformers. They give great curls but they are difficult to sleep in and Audrey's flat hair really needs that overnight time to get a curl to set. In my quest to find the perfect curlers that will stay in her hair all night and are easy to sleep in I have bought three different kinds of curlers and tried rag rolling. Purchased curlers fall out and rag rolling looks like bozo. So, I made my own. Here are our directions. Hopefully the pictures will fix any confusion.
First, we picked out fleece
because it's soft and cozy. Then, we cut a rectangle 5 1/2 inches by 4 inches. Cut another rectangle 5 1/2 by 2 inches.
Roll up the smaller rectangle and place it on the larger piece. Make sure you leave a little room at the bottom.
Roll the little roll of fleece into the big like a
tortilla with one side open. Squeeze a line of no-sew glue on the open edge and finish rolling. Squeeze glue on both ends and close shut.
After the glue has dried sew a button (or hook and eye - that's all we had!) onto the ends so that they can clip shut. Roll wet hair in curlers and Voila!
Here is the hair in the morning:
Depending on the size of the original rectangles you can make bigger or smaller curlers.
A few tips: Make sure your buttons pull tight before you completely sew them on.
If you use cotton you need batting or some other filler and the filling will need to be sewn closed. That's another reason I like fleece - it doesn't float around in the curler.
