Partial Princess Crown

My older daughter has very thick hair, so the full princess crown would not work on her hair as well. We went with a partial crown instead. I parted her hair in the middle only to the point of her head. Starting on one side, I squared off a large section of hair. I then gathered a small section at the forehead and fastened it with an elastic. I then added the first section to a second small section right behind it and fastened with an elastic. I did this several times until I reached the point of her head. With each elastic I fastened it slightly closer to the part so that by the time I reached the last one, it was fastened right next to the part. I then did the same thing to the other side. I fastened the two tails together at the point of her head, then twisted the resulting ponytail over and through itself. I then added a bow.
Hint: If you don't like trying to tie a perfect bow every time, tie your ribbons into bows and then add them to the hairstyle with a bobby pin.

Full Princess Crown

My girls love to be princesses and the more elastics I use, the better... in their opinion. For the younger daughter who has wispy, fine hair I decided to use almost all of her hair to create a "crown" on her head. I started with a short side part from the point of her head to her forehead. I gathered a small section of hair using the point of her head as the center and put an elastic in. I then gathered another small section right next to the first, added the first section and fastened with another elastic. I continued doing this all the way around her head until I came to the back of her head. Then I began back at the beginning, but on the other side of the original part, doing the same thing I had done on the other side of her head until I reached the back of her head. Then I fastened the 2 tails together. Add bows or clips to dress it up if you like.

Waves

Waves of ponies, that is. Square off a large section of hair on top of her head. Separate it into 3 narrower sections. Secure on the side with 3 separate elastics. Add clips or bows to spruce it up. This works especially well with thick hair.

Slanted Two-Tie

Comb most of the hair into a section, leaving some around the sides and back. Part the large section of hair diagonally from left to right corners or vice versa. Secure the section closest to the forehead with an elastic to make a pony. Add this pony to the other half of the section and secure with a 2nd elastic. As you can tell, this is my wiggly child...she loves to have pretty hair but doesn't love the camera!