Cotton Fabric Hair Tie

A simple and stylish pastel coloured hair tie, designed to tie into hair to hold ponytails and up dos like a scrunchie or a bandeau. Available in 12, yes I said 12!!, beautiful pastel and bold colours.

The details - Because sometimes it’s good to know these things

Colours: Black, cream, light grey, light pink, pastel green, peach pink, pale purple, dark blue, white, dark green, mustard, grey

Size: 80cm long and 5cm wide

Material: Cotton

Ruby says: ‘these are super useful and available in soooo many colours”

Warnings

Hair ties are for holding back your hair and looking fabulous not for anything else such as:

Eating!

Using as a catapult!

Giving to small children.

Wearing as a neck scarf.

Chewing.

Throwing.

And anything else a rascal would use it for!

Up cycling your hair tie

So what could you do with your hair tie? Up cycling requires a little bit of imagination sometimes - here are a few of our ideas…..

Use it to create a sarong or dress for you favourite doll.

Use it as a bracelet - just wrap it round your wrist twice. Make sure it’s not too tight though!

Hang it up by its loop and use it to keep scarves, your school tie or even other hair bands neat and tidy.

Don’t forget, if you get fed up of your hair tie (as we all change our minds from time to time!) donate it to a family member, a friend or to your local charity shop. Don’t forget to ask an adult if it’s ok!

Up cycling ……

Your lovely hair tie has arrived……Yeessssss…….As you rush off to restyle your hair and abandon the card they came on, take a breath. Do you throw the card away? Well let’s be honest, you could! But you could also do something else with it instead. Try these few ideas for inspiration…..

Use the card as a bookmark. Use your pens or pencils to decorate it - if you want - and slip it between the pages of your favourite book.

Use the card to store ribbon, wool or thread. We always keep ribbon, wool and twine that comes on presents, new clothes and all manor of things. To store the newly acquired ribbon; simply wind it around the card. You might need a little bit of tape to hold it in place or ask an adult to cut a slit into the side (about 1cm deep) and the end of your ribbon can sit happily in there.

Smiles and Surprises - Help reduce waste - one up-cycling idea at a time!