DIY hair chalk - Arts, Crafts and DIY

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Don't want to pay good money for hair chalk? If you've got sidewalk chalk lying about the house, you can use this to make your own hair chalks at home.

Material

1 packet of sidewalk chalk
1 plastic jug
1 hairdryer
water

Method

Soak the colours of chalk you want to use in the plastic bowl. Pour enough water into the jug to cover the chalk.
Soak chalk for around 5 mins.
Take a piece of hair and rub the wet chalk in a downwards direction down the hair. You will need to coat it a fair bit.
Once done, dry the hair with the hair dryer. Don't brush the hair yet!
Once dried, gently brush the hair with a hair brush - the more brushing you do the more the chalk will fall out.
You can keep it in the hair longer by spraying with hairspray at this step. If not, it will wash out after 1-2 washes.

Notes

This project is so easy that everyone can be involved - my eldest chalked her younger sibling's hair and loved it. It can get messy but the chalk will wash out of clothing and off hands (try to avoid white clothing though).

The colours we used in the photo were light pink, then red, then blue then purple. You can see that they aren't as vibrant as store bought chalks but then you aren't paying the premium price for these!

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- mom19782016
- 07 Oct 2016
  5:36 pm

44 Comments

- - mom462038 said
  - 30 Nov 2020
    1:16 pm
Great idea for young girls to change their hair colour without buying expensive chemicals, washes straight out after

- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    8:46 am
I love that it will just wash out

- - mom460689 said
  - 07 Oct 2020
    8:42 pm
I never thought of this. Would be great to use in the kids hair on their sports day.

- - mom462038 said
  - 23 Apr 2020
    6:01 pm
A very fragile hair colour by the looks. But a fabulous effect whilst it lasts

- - mom322089 said
  - 27 Jan 2020
    7:26 am
hadn’t thought to just use regular chalk. thanks for the tip

- - ThisIsMe said
  - 17 Oct 2019
    10:30 am
quick and simple enough! I’ve got heaps of chalk just sitting at home but they are mainly pastel colours not bright ones.

- - mom88151 said
  - 30 Jul 2019
    11:01 pm
I will definitely trying this out for book week. Thank you

- - rachelvk said
  - 28 Jul 2019
    4:26 pm
This looks really cool!

- - Jessica said
  - 26 Jul 2019
    8:50 pm
Wonder whether mixing colors would work on darker hair worth a shot

- - mom152736 said
  - 26 Jul 2019
    2:39 pm
interesting… not that i’m gonna do it lol… but a good read just in case i have to do it for someone.

- - mom129591 said
  - 01 Jul 2019
    8:45 pm
Another great idea for kids to be entertained and get creative with their hair. Great idea especially during school holidays.

- - mom119776 said
  - 23 May 2019
    8:59 pm
My eldest is going to love this.

- - mom343701 said
  - 30 Apr 2019
    7:31 am
great idea thanks

- - mom19782016 said
  - 28 Apr 2019
    8:35 am
Such an easy craft activity to make!

- - mom111362 said
  - 08 Mar 2019
    12:34 am
cute my boys would love this

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 30 Jan 2019
    11:09 pm
My daughter likes to grind up chalk and mix it with water to make paint. I wonder if that would work as hair chalk too ?
- mom19782016 replied
  
  10 Mar 2019 , 4:50 pm
  If you’re just using the water it would be diluted so perhaps not very bright in colour. You could use it as body paint though maybe?
- - BellaB said
  - 11 Jan 2019
    12:13 pm
I like this – very handy. Thank you!

- - youngoldlady said
  - 23 Dec 2018
    3:20 pm
Using this should be safe I think . My DIL is worried with chemicals leeching , this would be one way my grand daughter could colour her hair.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 20 Dec 2018
    5:31 pm
Also good for recycling and not buying unnecessary things from the shops

- - natct said
  - 24 Nov 2018
    9:34 pm
Sounds like great holiday fun for the kids