How to: Christmas tree braid

Helpful tutorials:
Lace braid tutorial

You'll need:
Three small elastics
Green ribbon
Twisty pins
A bow as your tree top
Topsy tail or big needle
Bobby pins

How to do this hairstyle?

1. Take the top section of hair and put an elastic around this. This is the top of your Christmas tree.
2. Now take the right half of hair from this ponytail and divide it into 3 strands.
3. Start a lace braid with this hair. Only add in hair on the right side! Try to bring the braid towards the ear, creating the side of the tree.
4. Add hair until you've reached about the ear and then continue braiding a little further down without adding in hair. Finish off with a small elastic.
5. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 on the left side of the ponytail. Now only add in hair on the left.
6. Now take the green ribbon. Bring this just below the top elastic (your tree top) under the braids.
7. Now use the topsy tail or needle to weave the ribbon from left to right and from right to left through braids. This creates the middle section of the tree.
8. Finish off by pinning the ribbon into place using bobby pins. Do you have ribbon left? Then cut it off.
9. Put the bow on top of the top elastic as your tree peak. Twist the twisty pins into your tree and you're done!
10. Option: pin the left over braids down as bottom of your Christmas tree. You can tie the rest of the hair into a ponytail, like in the photo, or you can leave it down.

Good luck!