Halloween Hairstyles, Braided Spider Bun

A Spooky Spider Hairstyle!

This fun braided spider hairstyle would be great for Halloween, Trick or Treating, a Halloween party, or crazy hair day at school.

The basic idea for this spider hairdo came from one of our readers (Jill) who posted a picture of her little girl wearing a spider on her head on our facebook page a couple of years ago! The Princess and I have been anxiously awaiting for Halloween to come around again to give this creepy style a try.

This hair style would be cute all on it's own, or could go with several Halloween costume ideas (a witch, vampire, zombie, etc.)

Supplies needed:

• 4 pipe cleaners (which can be found in any craft store) to create the spider legs.

• 2-3 hair elastics.

• Several bobby pins. 

• An optional scary spider face (which could be made many different ways.)  We used a little pom pom and some googly eyes for ours. 

If you don't know how to french braid, or want to make this style easier and quicker, you can skip the upside down french braid up the back of her head and just start the spider bun in a standard high ponytail.

Of course, this doesn't have to be just a hairstyle for Halloween.  Without the extra legs and spider face, this turns out to be a lovely elegant updo that could be worn for many occasions! We love how the upside down french braid sort of blends right into the bun.  We opted for a braided bun this time, but... a sock bun, messy bun, twisted bun (or any type of bun you like) can be substituted. 

The Scary Halloween Hairstyle Tutorial: (Be sure to watch for a fun Halloween "surprise" towards the end of the video. ;)

P.S. We are trying some different lighting and background in this video (trying to improve the quality of our tutorials for you guys.)  Let us know if you find this video to be more clear (better) or worse than our old set up.  Thanks!

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Stacked Waterfall Braid Side Ponytail Hairstyle

A Double Waterfall Braid Ponytail

 (Cute Back To School Hairstyle)

This "stacked waterfall braid" hairstyle is intricate looking, but actually is quite easy and quick to create... if you know how to waterfall braid (which is shown in our video tutorial below.) 

We thought this would be a cute hairstyle for school.  We like the Princess's hair up on most school days so that it's not in the way all day long or super tangled and snarly by the end of the day.

This is probably more of a hairstyle for long hair.  But, if your hair is on the shorter side, you might try making the braids as shown in our video and then tucking the short end back underneath the double braids and bobby pinning ~ to form a cute waterfall braid updo (instead of a side ponytail.)  Of course, even if you have long hair, you could make the updo work if you prefer it over the ponytail, or are wanting more of a special occasion hairstyle.

Depending on your preference, you could make this style a little more loose and tousled for a casual bohemian hairstyle.  The Princess's hair is so straight and fine that it's sometimes hard to achieve a cute "messy" look without adding some texture before we braid (and we usually don't have time for that, especially on a school morning.) If your hair is naturally curly or wavy, consider yourself lucky because the battle is halfway won for this type of style!

We love that braids are very popular and trendy for 2012 hairstyles. We never grow tired of them around here! 

Stacked Waterfall Braid Side Ponytail Video Tutorial:

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