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.