Learn How to Cut Your Child's Hair at Home

Trimming your child's hair at home is easy, and it saves money. Start cutting your child's hair rather than spending cash on a fast trim. Learn the fundamentals of cutting hair, and how to prepare your child for his first haircut.

Even if you believe your child is cool and fearful of nothing, the first haircut can be a frightful situation. Particularly at the barbers. So save a little cash and time and potentially elude the shock and tears by cutting your child's hair at home.

These are some useful tips on cutting your child's hair like a professional.

Ensure there's adequate time. Whatever you do, don't attempt to rush through a haircut for a child.

Ensure you have the proper tools. Don't attempt to cut your child's hair with any old pair of scissors you have laying around. A good pair of hair-cutting scissors is a sensible investment.

Ensure you have acceptable lighting for the task.

To keep your child distracted while you cut her hair fill her lap with munchies to keep her busy. If your child is consistently fidgeting and squirming, wedge a pillow or bean bag into the chair behind her back, this could help with the wiggling. Also, consider putting the TV on a favorite show, particularly cartoons.

To keep the hair from bunching up when you snip, use 2 beveled scissors.

When cutting curly hair trim a little at a time and let it dry. Curled hair has a tendency to look shorter after its been cut.

Separate damaged hair in the front and back to 2 sections, begin cutting in the middle. For the sides, divide the hair into even smaller sections. Keep the ends even buy cutting only a half at a time.

Getting Started

Prepare your tools by making sure you have your scissors, a bottle of water (spray bottle) as well as a mirror and a brush. You need to also have two towels available.

It's best to start right in front, close to the bang area and to the front of the face. Trim slowly from the exterior of the eyebrow and go straight across (for bangs) to the exterior of the other eyebrow.

The most efficient way to cut the remainder of your child's hair is to split it up. Often 4 parts are simplest to work with and you can hold the other parts out of the way with hair clips or perhaps ties if clips are not available. Establish how long you would like the hair to be, hold the hair between your index and forefingers and slide them to the specified length. Cut below your fingers at any time. Repeat this process till you have completed all 4 sections of your child's hair.