DIY hair chalk

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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

- - sapphy said
  - 23 Oct 2018
    6:57 am
This post was helpful as we had to do a rehearsal for halloween and I never had time to get the hair chalk for colouring. We quickly bought the chalk at our fave dollar shop and it worked well for the day.

- - Blossom said
  - 21 Sep 2018
    11:41 pm
At least if you don’t like the colour it won’t last as long as colour put in by a hairdresser.

- - mom297125 said
  - 15 Sep 2018
    6:34 am
What a cool idea.

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    8:55 pm
Great for crazy hair day at school

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Jun 2018
    1:58 pm
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as hair chalk, so I would’ve just bought sidewalk chalk and used it on the kids hair anyway

- - mom111059 said
  - 17 Jun 2018
    10:11 am
Good way to save money. Bought spray colours are a lot more expensive than a packet of chalk. Thanks.

- - mom111059 said
  - 15 Jun 2018
    8:32 pm
Good for the weekends then wash out ready for school. Thanks for sharing.
- kjgarner replied
  
  29 Jun 2018 , 12:38 pm
  Great for school holidays too
- - nadine_hill said
  - 19 Jan 2018
    12:57 pm
A good money saving tip to know – thanks!

- - mom160421 said
  - 27 Oct 2017
    10:56 am
I think this would be better and safer than a lot of hair products on the market.

- - theduchess said
  - 05 Aug 2017
    4:50 am
Have wondered if this was OK to do but no really game to try. Miss six would love to have it for dressing up days so thanks for sharing.

- - natct said
  - 17 Jul 2017
    12:59 pm
Money saving idea thankyou!!

- - mom81879 said
  - 16 Apr 2017
    7:48 am
I’ve never heard of hair chalk :/ And I’m not sure sidewalk chalk would be a good replacement. But a good money saving tip
- kjgarner replied
  
  06 Jun 2018 , 9:24 pm
  Not sure what sidewalk chalk is but thanks for sharing
- - Stef said
  - 30 Mar 2017
    11:29 pm
Cheaper option than the ready made hair chalk they sell! Great idea!

- - mom62624 said
  - 28 Mar 2017
    8:21 am
This is such a great idea and not needing to buy the hair chalk, fantastic!.

- - mom62624 said
  - 28 Mar 2017
    8:20 am
This is such a great idea and not needing to but the hair chalk, fantastic!.

- - cherz said
  - 25 Feb 2017
    9:57 pm
What a great fun activity and it looks awesome. With this a great way of colouring the Unicorn Phenomenon. Well done and thanks for sharing.

- - mom134803 said
  - 16 Oct 2016
    7:31 am
Handy for when you don’t have hair chalk or coloured hair spray at home.
My 12 year old daughter colours a streak of her hair always with a hair colouring product from the hairdresser, which stays in for 4-6 weeks.

- - mom93821 said
  - 15 Oct 2016
    5:12 pm
An idea for Halloween and parties.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 14 Oct 2016
    1:14 pm
These will fade out very quickly but if you spray with hairspray, they will stay in for a few days until you wash the hair with shampoo.

- - mom112217 said
  - 14 Oct 2016
    12:57 pm
A great way to have coloured hair at a low price! Thanks!