Frozen's DIY Elsa Braid Tutorial

Ok first, the hardest part. Calculate the length of the braid, which is tricky. You need to measure pretty much double the actual length.

Using 2 of my dining chairs I started wrapping the yarn around the back of the chairs making loops and loops until I used 1 and a half rolls of the yarn.

This is something you need to keep an eye on because the thickness of the braid is totally up to each person. So when you think it’s thick enough just stop looping.

When finished, grab one end and tie it with a strip of the same yarn, and cut the endings.

Then add 3 strips of thin blue ribbon. You can add them in the previous step but I preferred having it in a different layer just in case.

With a kid rubber band I kept the ribbon in the places I wanted.

Trap that end of the hair somewhere… I used a table drawer LOL. With your finger brush the yarn, cut the other end loops, and divide them into three bunches leaving one thread of blue ribbon in each.

Make a normal braid making sure the blue ribbon stays visible.

Tie the end with a strip of yarn.

The braid is done.

Emma wanted the crown so badly, that I know she will keep using it again and again after the party, so I invested a bit more in the crown and bought a metallic one, but a plastic one also does the trick.

I added some threads of yarn to the crown to make some details of Elsa’s hair.

Again I made some loops, and cut only one end, and kept the rest folded.

I used one thread to tie the rest to the crown.

Folded in half each thread I made loops inserting the yarn through the crown spaces.

I covered about 1/3 of the crown only.

That’s it!

I glued some snowflake buttons to the braid.

And finally spread some snow glitter to the braid, just to add a slight sparkle, like Elsa’s hair. It’s not stuck, but glitter sticks with or without glue LOL.

Once I was putting it to my girl’s head I just tie the braid to the crown with the same yarn adjusting it to my girl’s head and also cut the bang hair to adjust to her forehead.

I also hid the end fringes wrapping yarn around them and also using this to secure it to the crown end. This helped avoid the crown hurting my girl.

I also got her hair into a braid and arranged it along Elsa’s braid, so it would not be so visible.

That’s it… Elsa’s braid is all done and beautiful!!!!