25 girl hair styles for toddlers and tweens

This is a post I’ve been working on ALL summer long. I like to dabble in hair dos…My daughter has had thick long long long hair since she was 3 years old–so It’s like I’ve had my own little barbie doll to play with! As my girls have gotten older, they have become opinionated…and never really want to get their hair done.

But I made them a compromise…I get to do their hair on Sunday.

So every Sunday I make them sit down and we get all sorts of fancy! I took pictures and here we are….25 super fun hair styles that are perfect for toddlers and tweens!

Girl hair styles for toddlers and tweens

Remember the length and thickness of hair can make each hair do look completely different! And Youtube is a wealth of knowledge….if you don’t know how to do a twist…or fishtail I would head there!

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This is pretty as just a ponytail…. or start from the front and add rubber bands there as well! ***************
This one has hair pulled into rubber bands from the top…. and the bottom and connects in the middle for a pigtails…or you could make these into fun buns!

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Twists pulled back…one is nice…two is doubly nice.

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The person has to face you…and then flip their hair into your lap and put your head so they are staring at the ground. (my kids rest their forehead on my knees.) Then you start at the base and braid!

Add a fun bow !

and a variation..(done the same way but twists instead of braid)

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*********** This one starts out like this… Then working bottom up criss cross them and attach a new rubber band to hold them into place (like lacing your shoes!) the top view: The hairbow: This one starts with a braid on each side and then a pony tail…..then basically added a bow following this pin (a messy bun that is separated then a piece of hair is used to wrap around the middle. I secured with a few bobby pins!

The headband. This one was super cute. I did a little french braid from one side of her head to the other…then added a braid on the piece left over and wrapped it around into a bun.

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You basically start by taking a top section of hair and putting a rubber band in and then turning it into a bun.

Then another one.

and another one. You can can bobby pin them together for one big faux hawk look…or keep them separated for a little Gwen Stephani.

Above is my youngest hair…

and below is my oldest..

Okay. My daughter has LOOONNNG hair. and it’s not only long..but insanely thick. So to do a messy bun means about 2 dozen bobby pins. So I braid the hair before putting it into a bun to keep the pieces somewhat together.

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a variation on the triple threat…the braided triple threat…add some braids on the side before putting into buns.

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It starts by two french braids on the side…Then you add ribbon through the hair (like lacing a shoe) It’s kind of fun and fancy!

******************* This one is self explanatory…about half way down…stop grabbing hair and just braid!

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You can either leave the pony tails down…or wrap them around for a bun…It’s crazy how much that changes the whole look!

and variation….

split the top into four braids instead of two and cross them.

You can see that I did little french braids at the top instead of just starting with at twist. ****************** This is a fun trick to get a big fat bun (even if you don’t have big fat hair) Pull it back into to pig tails close to each other….

Like I said earlier…my daughter has thick hair so we braid to keep it together. But you basically take one ponytail and wrap it around both pig tails. Pin in place. Then wrap the other side around both. By going over the rubber bands It makes it much bigger than a regular bun!

***************** Just some fun twists (chubby checker..twist…get it?) You can pull back the hair into a fun bun or pony tail or leave it as is!

and variation……braids instead of twists!

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star hair: I actually have a full tutorial for you HERE on how to create this!

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Seriously I buy them in bulk (and then use little scissors to cut them out of their hair instead of pulling them!) Just take each side and put rubber bands every little bit (the curly hair is just one piece of hair from the sides.

and the one below is adding hair to each rubber band as I go.

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I loved this one. You just do an easy fish braid…and every two inches you add a rubberband. I love it because when I do fishtails By the end they look pretty wonky. This is a great way to keep them pretty looking.

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I just pull out the front pieces and braid

…then add them to a pony tail and braid that.

You can even see the braid in the braid…

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This is super pretty…and totally easy to swap out. You could do a school spirit one…or a halloween one….We even did a patriotic one HERE.

Just add ribbon to the top and separate them with the hair and braid as normal!

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This is my favorite way to do a messy bun in my young daughters hair. It only takes one rubber band–no bobby pins–and it’s pretty secure! You are going to put it in like a ponytail…but when you can only put your hair in only pull it half way leaving the hair up front. Then fold the hair backwards and tuck the ends in the rubberband.