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Halloween Hair Style: Pumpkin Top Bun
I’m so excited to have one of my oldest and dearest friends contributing some of her awesomeness!
Cadan and I went to high school together a million years ago and even back then she was crafty and creative! I’ve finally got her to share some of the fun she does with her family and I’m so excited! This is her first post and it is adorable…
Who doesn’t love a cute top bun?
Now, just for Halloween let’s turn that cute top bun into an even cuter “pumpkin” top bun. ooo, I love it even more! 🙂
Just gather a few inexpensive and easy to obtain accessories, and you’re on your way to a fashionable expression that is sure to get a few, “oh how cutes” and “how’d ya do that’s”. Shall we….
Gather:
5-8 Orange Chenille Pipe Cleaner
1 Green Chenille Pipe Cleaner
1 Hair Band
1 Hair Clip
1 Sock bun form (instructions on making a sock bun form from a sock, below)
Create a sock bun form. (Skip this part if you have a store-bought form)
The size of the bun will depend on the size sock you’ll want to use. I used one of my husband’s old (clean) socks for by 7 year olds bun. Cut the toe off the sock and begin to roll the sock from the toe down to the elastic part. Voila! You just made your very own bun form. So easy, right!
Create the Stem – Grab that one green chenille pipe cleaner and wrap it around your finger creating a spiral. Make the spiral smaller at the top, this is our stem. Wrap the bottom of the spiral aka stem, around the base of the medium clippie. Set aside.
ONE – Using the hair band, gather all of the hair into a semi-high pony. Securing it well. (You can use water and smooth out the hair. Opted for a more loose more natural look)
TWO/THREE – Take your orange chenille pipe cleaners and hook them under the hair band, twisting them back onto themselves. Do this all around making a sun of pipe cleaners around the base of the pony.
FOUR – Pull out a few pieces of hair, the same amount as your orange chenille pipe cleaners. One at a time, begin to wrap the hair around the pipe cleaners. At the ends bend the pipe cleaner about an inch or two down and wrap back onto itself. Do this all the way around.
FIVE – Now fun part! Pull the left over hair straight up, take your bun holder and place it at the top of the “hair tower”, pulling the hair through the middle and letting the hair cascade all around the bun form.
SIX/SEVEN – Begin rolling the hair under the bun form, keep rolling down, keeping the hair taut as you roll down.
EIGHT – Now take each of the hair wrapped chenille pipe cleaners and pull them over the bun, tucking them into the center.
ADD THE STEM –Once all orange pipe cleaners are tucked in tight, take the clippie stem, and collect as many of the orange pipe cleaners, from the middle, as possible. Grip into the center and push the clippie into the middle securing your beautiful pumpkin bun! Pumpkin Bun Done!
Now for the best part, go out and show the world!!! Or at least your family, friends, schoolmates and co-workers!
What is your favorite Halloween candy?
That is super cute. I have all boys, but maybe someone can do this to me?
What a cute idea!! This concept would work nicely with other holidays too!
Oh my gosh this is absolutely adorable! I must try this–thanks!
This is such a cute idea. I have long straight hair so I think I will try this on Halloween.
This is just adorable!! Perfect for this next week! Love the easy tutorial!
Oh my goodness if my daughter’s hair was long enough she could do this next week for Crazy Hair Day!!! Very creative.
This is such a cute idea! I would have never thought to do this with a bun.
That is SO cute! Now I feel like I really HAVE seen everything that can be done with pipe cleaners.
Oh how cute is this! My girls love it too we may try it for their Halloween party! I’m just not too sure their hair is long or thick enough yet!
I have a teenage son, and my hair is short. No bun fun for me. =/
That is just SO cute. I mean, I’m a grown up and I want to try it!
Very nice and easy to do.. i am sure my daughter is going to want to do this sometime in the next week!
Really cute! I would have had fun ding this with my girls when they were little,
Oh wow that is fantastic! What a great idea and it sounds so easy to make!
That is such a cute and original idea for Halloween! I love it!
Super fun hair do! MY little one would love me to do that to her hair
How cute is this!!! I love it! So many fun possibilities for Halloween.
The possibilities really are endless. You could even have some of them sticking out for a giant spider or something. Who knows?
I love it! I’m seriously thinking about doing this with my own hair for Halloween.
That’s the most creative use of pipe cleaners I’ve ever seen. It came out so wonderful! That is the coolest.
I was surprised to see that it was just pipe cleaners – it is so cute.
That’s such a cute idea! Definitely pinterest-worthy!
This is off the cute charts! I know it’s for Halloween, but for some reason it seems like something that Cindy Lou Who should be wearing. Either way, I LOVE it!
Oh, I am SO doing this! This is the cutest thing ever! There are so many different colors and varieties of pipe cleaners, there’s really no end to what you could do.
Oh my, how cute is that hairstyle?! I know if my daughter saw this she’d want it. lol
So cute! I wish my hair was long enough to do that!
This is so stinkin cute! I will have to try this on my daughter’s long hair! Love it – oh, and fave candy is always Reese’s PB Cups!
That is so cute, I wish I had a little girl to fix her hair that way. Mine is too short or I would try it myself.
This is such a cute bun. I love how creative this is. I wish i would have seen this when my daughter was younger.
Aww, how cute is that! I wish my daughters hair was long enough to try it!
holy cute idea! I’m totally doing this to my daughter’s hair this weekend
Very cute idea and a simple one to boot! Thanks for the step by step help!
That is such a cute idea! I have been wanting to try one of those sock buns.
Oh my word, how cute is this? I’ve done a sock bun to my own hair before, but it never occurred to me to make it into something. 🙂 Very creative.
This is so cute! Now I totally wish I hadn’t cut my hair short or that my daughters was thicker lol
Oh my goodness that is SO adorable! I have never seen anything like it, very festive!
That pumpkin bun is the perfect style for me this Halloween.
This is super cute. I would have never thought of this.
What a cute hairstyle. I wonder if I can do my toddler’s hair like this. She doesn’t like getting her hair done but maybe I’ll try. Love it!
I just love this pumpkin bun. I don’t have long hair but all three of my girls do so I will be sharing this with them.
This is so cute! I’m definitely going to try this one with my daughter. 🙂
Super cute idea! I have 3 girls who would love this on Halloween!
This is super cute!! I wish my hair is long so I can try this one.
That is so cute and so creative. Thanks for the howto.
That is super cute. I found a cute spider sort of like that, for my daughter last year, and that was fun too. 🙂
Thats really cute and festive for Halloween. I wonder if my daughter would let me do this to her hair. lol
This is super cute!!! So creative, but so simple!
Now that is such a cute idea!!
Not too difficult either for squirmy kids to sit through!
You made something so awesome look so easy to do! I love this!
Nice idea! Looks so festive and cute. I love how the bun is neatly shown!
SO CUTE!!! I am buying the pipe cleaners today for Isa and my hair! Perfect for me to wear to work for Halloween and for her to wear to school next week.
Great job. Totally showing this to my girls to see if they want to do something similar this year.
That is too cute. Where do I get one of those hair bands to make the bun. I want one.