I began this hairstyle by parting her hair down the middle. About an inch back from her forehead, I parted her hair horizontally on each side from the middle part down to her ear. I then separated those 2 large sections into 2 smaller sections. Starting with the sections closest to the middle part, I twisted those sections of hair until they met at the back of her head, where I fastened them with a small elastic. I then took the remaining part on one side, twisted it until it met the others in the back and fastened it to the same ponytail with another small elastic. I repeated the same thing with the remaining part on the other side. I then added a bow of her choice.
Hint: the ponytail and roly-polies shifted around a lot because she is an active little girl, so I used a 4th elastic to add a small amount of hair from directly below the other elastics to secure the ponytail to her head.
Begin with a small sideways French braid. Temporarily fasten the end of the braid with an elastic. Gather more hair from the sides and top of head into a ponytail, adding the braid last. Secure with an elastic, then remove the temporary elastic on the braid. Unravel the braid up to where the ponytail is fastened. I tried this with both of my girls. It worked well with the daughter that has thicker, longer hair. It was trickier with my younger daughter who has thin, shorter hair, but I posted pictures of both.
