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Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Barbie is known for her pink fashion sense, blue eyes and blond hair. Well, actually, shes known for a lot of things, especially for trying new things. Thats what she'll do again: try a new hairstyle!~

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

You will need: scissors, tweezers, a pencil (I used an 8B), yarn, needle, maybe a bowl of hot water, and a plastic doll.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

The first thing you need to do is cut off as much of her hair as possible.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

When you do this, please remove the head. If it doesn't come off easily, soak your head and neck in hot water for about five minutes before trying to remove it.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Now use tweezers (or scissors) to pull out the hair from the inside.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Tip: Use tweezers to make it easier to pull out the hair. The head is healed now.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Take out the yarn and cut it into equal lengths.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Take a piece of black wool and separate it into four strips.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Take one of the four strands and thread it into the eye of the needle.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Thread it through the first row of holes and pull it out of the hole in Barbies neck.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Remove the needle and double knot the end of the yarn. Pull the other end of the yarn to the bottom and hide the knotted end inside the head.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Now go to the next section and do the same thing. The order of colors I used: black, pink, black, orange/peach, black, neon green, black, blue, black, purple and black.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

After all the hair is mounted, tidy it up.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

Use a comb to comb from head to tail.

Fashionable Barbie Doll Rainbow Hairstyle DIY

You can also play with the braiding method and DIY the trendy Barbie hairstyle~