Litlle girls hairstyles: The Triple Braid Pony with a Bow

Last week I went out of town and left dad in charge.  I won't lie it was a wonderful break.

Yesterday when I dropped my sweetie off at school my friend told me a funny story.  She said one of the teachers asked her if I was out of town.  My friend said "Yes" and asked how the teacher knew.  The teacher said that my sweetie's hair was the give away.  I was reassured that she was clean and her hair combed but it did not have the flair it usually did.  It made both my husband and me laugh.

Here is a style I did after a week of not doing my sweetie's hair...

Here is how I did it...

First I had to tame the mane with water and detangler.

Then you make a part on one of the far sides.  I chose her right because of her self given hair cut she did on the left side of her head.  The rubber bands need to be closest to the spot where the hair is the shortest. 

Then you need to make a part from the side part all along the top of the head down to the back of the ear.

I grabbed all the hair not in the portion I  parted off and  pulled it into a temporary pony.  To keep it out of the way.

Next I divided the parted portion into three sections.  The section on top being the largest.  Each section is neatly combed into a pony and rubber band.

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Each pony is then braided to the very end of the hair.  It is especially important to braid the hair near the ear as far as you possibly can.

With the three braids out of the way take the temporary pony out and comb the hair into an offset pony.  It is not on the side of the head.  It is on the back but to the far side of the back of the head.  I hope that makes sense.  Add the three braids and rubber band them all into one pony tail.  It looks like I needed to braid the second braid longer... oops!  At this point I remove the rubberbands that were holding the braids in place.  Obviously I did not remove the second braid rubberband.

Now it is time to make the bow.  I used only long strands of hair.  I left the braided ends out since they are short.  I also grabbed strands from the top of the pony.

I twist the two strands, one in each hand twisting away from me.  I was not able to hold each strand and take the picture but you can see the hair that I had twisted.

I twist them until they make loops.  Then I grab the ends and add them to the original pony

I rubber band them in just under the bow as pictured.

I think it is such a cute pony tail.  My sweetie has naturally curly hair (I'm so jealous, mine is straighter than the straightest 70s style) and so it automatically curls right up.  I think it would be cute straight or with curls though.