I secured the end of each micro-braid with an elastic. Then I took a small section from each side and made a micro-braid with each. Once out of the package I unbraided it carefully and divided the hair in half. It is 82″ in length, but we had it in half as we show in the tutorial, so 41″ is what was added to lengthen her hair. There are many different colors, but like I mentioned the color we bought was #27.

You can search on Amazon or E-bay for the brand “X-pression” hair extensions. Not sure how long it will be before it is back up to order from. ***Update - It appears that the website I link above for where I purchased our extensions is not available. We ordered color #27 (just took a wild guess on what would look ok with her hair!) I forgot to take a picture of what it looks like when it arrives, but this is similar:

You could totally do this with a bunch of yarn like I’ve seen done on little girls, but I didn’t want it wrapped around her head like a halo, plus she’s a bit old for yarn hair! We ordered the extensions from but you probably could find similar at Sally’s or your local beauty supply store. This is just to show you how we incorporated the extensions into her hair.Īssuming you aren’t working with someone who has hair down to their ankles, you’re going to need fake hair. You don’t need to be working with hair that is as long as hers was before she cut it.

And before I start, I’ve to apologize for some of these pictures – it was rather hard to get decent shots because of the amount of hair I was working with, plus the lightening wasn’t all that great so just ignore that! Since posting the pictures last Halloween we’ve had some requests on how we actually did her hair because her real hair obviously didn’t go past her knees. Goose had asked to be Rapunzel and I thought it would be no biggy to find a costume and with her long hair I figured we were set. Last year proved to be my hardest one yet, because I ended out having to sew costumes and I don’t consider myself a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination. With Halloween right around the corner, we thought it was time for a Halloween tutorial! Each year we try to post what the girls’ are for Halloween.

Rapunzel hair braid