Green Teen’s How To: French Braid

 

A French braid is a quick and easy way to get your hair out of your face. Fashionably. It may seem complex when you see it, but its actually really easy!

 

What you will need:

A ponytail or elastic band, whatever you call it.

A brush.

Hair. This is essential. You can’t braid without hair. So grad yours, a doll’s, or someone else’s. Just as long its long enough.

To know how to braid. For those who don’t, here is a little tutorial.

 

Brush your hair. This gets it smooth and more manageable. Split your hair into three parts with your fingers.

It should look like this:

Now take the right piece of hair and move it over to the middle of the two remaining pieces.

Then take the left piece and move it over to the middle. Now continue until you have about an inch left of hair. Put your ponytail, or elastic, on.

There you go!!! A braid!

 

Now that you know how to make a braid, you can make a French braid.

 

 

Now to make a French braid.Take the left part and do the same

 

Start out like you are making a braid at your hairline. Do the first twist like a normal braid. Like this;

 

Now take the right part and add a little bit of hair to that part.

 

Move to the middle.

Take the left part and do the same.

Keep on adding hair and braiding until you almost come to the end, there should be about an inch left. Then add the ponytail, or elastic, to your hair. make sure its tight. It should look like this:

 

Now you can add bows, ribbons, and other hair do dads.

 

Enjoy your new found art of French braiding!!!!

Here is a little bit about the  history of the French braid.

 

It is unclear when the hairstyle originated, or how it became associated with France in the English-speaking world;  in French in the  the same hairstyle is called tresse africaine ("African braid") or tresse indienne ("Indian braid"). The phrase "French braid" appears in an 1871 issue of Arthur's Home Magazine, used in a piece of short fiction that describes it as a new hairstyle ("...do up your hair in that new French braid..."). However, no visual illustrations are provided for that context, making it impossible to tell whether it refers to the same hairstyle described above.

Variations of the braid are the Dutch braid and the Fishtail braid.

                    

Thanks to my sister, KeKe, for being my model for the most of the pictures. And Google for some others!!!!

Pax-

Moriah

(pax is peace in Latin. Isn't it cool!!!)

A New Home and Experience

 

 

 The Tulsa Zoo recently built the new Mary K. Chapman Giraffe Experience for their two new female giraffes, Pili and Lexi. The Giraffe Experience allows people to be eye-to-eye with the giraffes. I  got to see Pili eat right in front of me. Here is a picture.

Notice the tongue? Here is a fun fact about giraffes. Their tongues are about 18 inches long.  Lexi is four years old. Pili is only two years old. They are in the same holding pen as a 19 year old male named Samburu. Sam is already captivated with Lexi and is following her everywhere. Giraffes reach sexual maturity around four years old, so that explains it!! We might get some baby giraffes in about a year!!!!

Lexi was at the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield, MO. Pili was at Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kan. They were both transported by the Dickerson Park Zoo. They both were completely fine. Now our zoo has a new giraffe height pavilion, two giraffes, and a chance at giraffe babies!!!

Can’t wait to see Lexi and Pili again!!!!!!! 

I got my info from the Tulsa World newspaper and the zoo officials.