She's 5, I don't think it would matter what you did to it, it probably would look all messed up in the afternoon anyway.
Perhaps though, you could do a couple of small ponytail bits on top to hold back the shorter stuff and join them in with a long pony at the back - probably makes no sense whatsoever.
My mum wasn't much chop at hair, in my grade 5 school photo I have pigtails, one about 10cm higher than the other lol.
I've been wondering the exact same thing. I see other little girls at DD's school whose hair is tied back immaculately. I've formulated some theories - I reckon at least part of it is skill/practice. I've never had long hair myself so I'm probably already about 20 years behind LOL. I suspect some of it is the type of comb/brush you use to pull the hair back. And my other suspicion is that there's a secret club of mummies who trade secrets like some kind of secret-immaculate-hair product, like leave in conditioner or a quick wizz of hairspray or something that the uninitiated among us will never. ever. know.
and I can guarantee that no matter how you do it, they will pull it out by recess time.
If it really worries you though, make sure you wet it quite well and use a comb to pull it back tight. I can get my girls hair looking like they have had a facelift it's pulled back that tight when growing out fringes, those tiny little elastic bands are fantastic for pulling back a small amount of hair that you can then pull back in with the rest of it for a pony tail. And even then it doesn't matter how wet or how tight you pull it back, by the end of the day bits and pieces have managed to escape by the end of the day anyway. And after seeing kids turn up to school who I"m sure have never even used a brush or comb their entire lives I don't think your DD's hair would be that bad.
Isla's hair is also difficult to manage. She wants it long & out but I want it up when she is at school. Its fine wispy hair that has curly bits. I find mouse helps keep it tidy for most of the school day. Google cutegirlshairstyles heaps of cool idea's that are actually a lot easier then they look.
They all look pretty messy by the afternoon so I wouldn't worry too much. In my boy's classes the ones with the neat hair seem to be the ones with the short bobs that don't get tied back.
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when growing out fringes, those tiny little elastic bands are fantastic for pulling back a small amount of hair that you can then pull back in with the rest of it for a pony tail. And even then it doesn't matter how wet or how tight you pull it back, by the end of the day bits and pieces have managed to escape by the end of the day anyway. And after seeing kids turn up to school who I"m sure have never even used a brush or comb their entire lives I don't think your DD's hair would be that bad.
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