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Beauty Shop Busy Board

By Noreen 36 Comments




By Noreen Doll.

A beauty shop busy board is perfect for every little girl who loves to play with hair and use pretend make-up.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

My daughter and I collaborated on this project and we kept coming up with fun ways to use it.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

This busy board is made from a recycled milk jug. Add shoe laces and dry erase pens, and this will keep a young miss happily occupied.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

Because the beauty shop busy board is made from sturdy plastic, it can take quite a bit of play.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

And if it wears out, it’s very easy to make another one.

Materials.

Recycled Clean Milk Jug

Shoe Laces

Dry Erase Pens

Punch with a long reach

Scissors or Knife

Sharpie

How to Make a Beauty Shop Busy Board.

Tips for crafting with milk jugs.

1. Find the side of the milk jug with an indented circle.

Some milk jugs don’t have this circle.  In this case, you can just draw a circle for the face.

Outline the largest flat area around the circle that you can. I did keep a little of the curved edges to allow a larger board.

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2. Use a knife to get started, and then with knife or scissors cut around where you have marked.

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I like to cut an extra area outside the marked line to remove the panel from the milk jug. Then I use scissors to finish cutting smoothly where I’ve marked.

3. With the dry erase pens, draw a face on the indented circle with the rounded side on top, to guide how you want to punch the holes for the hair.

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4. Use a Sharpie to make one row of dots around close to the head and down the sides where the holes will be punched.

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Try not to have the holes too close together.

5. Punch the holes on the dots. I used a Crop-a-dile punch because a regular punch doesn’t reach as far as I needed.

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6. Make a second row of dots about 1/2 inch out from the first row.

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Punch these holes.

The beauty shop busy board is finished.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

Tips

Add 3 or 4 colorful shoe laces (pink or purple would be favorites) and dry erase markers.

You will need at least 3 laces to braid the hair. I threaded 2 laces through one set of holes.

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Hair accessories could be barrettes, pony tail elastics, and ribbons. Check the Dollar Store for great finds.

Pipe cleaners would make interesting flexible hair-dos or could be twisted into play jewelry.

Be sure to turn the sharp ends of the pipe cleaners into tiny loops and pinch flat with pliers to prevent scratching.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

Make pipe cleaner curls like this.

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And add the curls like this.

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For the markers you will need at least red, black, and blue or green for eyes. Having pink or purple for cheeks and lipstick would definitely enhance the play value!

For extra fun little girls can draw hats above the hair, or add earring and necklaces and other jewelry.

You could actually poke tiny holes where the ear lobes would be to hang real earrings.

The face can be drawn on with the dry erase markers, then removed, and drawn again.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

Make silly faces, sad faces, happy faces, surprised faces.

Crafty Journal - Beauty Shop Busy Board

Create a beauty shop busy board set as a gift for a little girl.

Note: Not all milk jugs come with this indentation. If you can’t find one, just use a flat side of the jug, and draw the face shape on with a Sharpie.

Once you punch the holes around for the hair, it will accentuate where the face is.

© Noreen Doll

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  1. amie @ Pinkapotamus says

    May 20, 2013 at 1:14 pm

    This is such a cute idea! It would be wonderful to take on a long car ride to keep little ones busy! Love it~
    Thanks for sharing with the Pink Hippo Party.. hope you enter my giveaway for a Shabby Apple gift card!
    xoxo
    Amie @ Pinkapotamus

  2. Katherines Corner says

    May 21, 2013 at 2:05 am

    what a great idea! I’m hopping over from Judy’s blog Hugs!

  3. villy says

    May 21, 2013 at 5:57 am

    :)))) it’s so funny!!!
    Very good project!
    congrats

  4. Jennifer Juniper says

    May 21, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    My kids loved lacing cards when they were little. This is a great idea!

  5. Gosia says

    May 22, 2013 at 12:57 am

    Oh, this is so fun! I need to make these for my daughter, she will love it! Thanks for sharing at Time To Sparkle:)
    Gosia

  6. Angela says

    May 22, 2013 at 1:18 am

    How crafty is this! Thanks for linking with HickoryTrail

  7. Tonia@thegunnysack says

    May 22, 2013 at 3:33 am

    Great idea! Perfect way to keep little hands busy!

  8. Jodi says

    May 22, 2013 at 4:25 am

    This is one of the more clever kids’ crafts I’ve seen in a long time. I have pinned it and hope to do it with my kids soon. I just need to find that kind of milk container. I think mine is different. Thanks so much for such a creative idea. I’m totally inspired.

  9. Capri + 3--Theresa says

    May 22, 2013 at 4:43 am

    This is such a cute and clever idea. I had to see the tutorial to figure out how that was originally a milk jug because you transformed it so well!

  10. Tracy says

    May 22, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Wow what a clever idea they would be brilliant for in the car.i am not aware that we have bottles with the face part in uk but a face could easily be drawn

  11. Robin says

    May 22, 2013 at 2:15 pm

    What a fun project, my glambaby would love this! She’s in the playing with hair and makeup stage. Thank you for sharing at Fluster’s Creative Muster Party!

    Robin
    Fluster Buster

  12. Sara says

    May 22, 2013 at 3:04 pm

    Great idea for a recycled fun game! I haven’t seen milk jugs with indented circles in my area, but it would still be a fun thing to make. Thank you for sharing.

  13. emily says

    May 23, 2013 at 6:05 am

    so fun!! the face is so cute. Thanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays :o) Can’t wait to see what you bring next week. Emily @ Nap-Time Creations
    oh, and I just posted looking for some help with my blog… maybe you can offer some advice?

  14. Jessica @ A Humble Creation says

    May 23, 2013 at 11:55 am

    That is so cute! And a great way for the little ones to practice the fine motor skills of lacing. Thanks for sharing at A New Creation link party!

  15. krystie says

    May 23, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    No doubt there’s a ton of creativity here! Very cute activity!

  16. Becky says

    May 23, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    What a creative idea. My daughter would have loved this in her younger years. Thanks for sharing.

  17. ingrid@nowathomemom says

    May 24, 2013 at 3:20 am

    fun and cute project to do with kids! 🙂
    stopping by today from “do something crafty” party!
    Ingrid

  18. Michelle Wotruba says

    May 24, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Awww I love this!! What a sweet & fun idea and I love all your cute faces I can’t decide which look is my favorite! 🙂 Michelle

  19. Gina Wamsley says

    May 24, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    My girls will love this! I’ve seen this everywhere that I’ve been posting, but had not clicked on it yet. I’m glad I did. I babysit once a week, and this will be a craft for all 5 children to do. Thanks!
    I’d love for you to visit my site if you have time. 🙂
    Gina

  20. Susan Kay Fidler says

    May 24, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    Another fun project idea! I can’t wait to try this out with my nursery kids! Thanks for sharing it with us at Fidlin’ Fridays!

  21. Linda @ A La Carte says

    May 24, 2013 at 9:38 pm

    Really cute idea! Thanks for sharing at TTF!

    Linda

  22. Jeni says

    May 25, 2013 at 1:21 pm

    Very cute!

  23. Peggy~PJH Designs says

    May 26, 2013 at 2:33 am

    This is just the cutest idea! Adorable and would keep any little girl or boy busy for hours. Thanks so much for joining us at Transformed Tuesday.

    Hugs,
    Peggy~PJH Designs

  24. BeColorful says

    May 26, 2013 at 10:08 pm

    I know I would have loved this as a little girl and can only imagine any girly girl would. Thanks for linking up.
    p

  25. Cynthia L says

    May 27, 2013 at 12:49 am

    I love, love, love this idea! You not only created something that will keep children busy for a while, you re-used items while doing it!

    I am so happy your shared this at the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. It will be featured on the Top 10 Favorites that will go live on Monday morning.

    Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com

  26. Vanessa says

    May 27, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    What a clever idea! And such a frugal way to create fun for the kiddos! Thanks for linking to our Make Bake Create party!

  27. Carrie @ My Favorite Finds says

    May 27, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    So fun! This is such a unique idea! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.

  28. Rachel says

    May 27, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    My girls would adore this! What a cute idea! love it! Thanks!

  29. Marie says

    May 28, 2013 at 1:36 pm

    Oh, this is such a fun idea! Thanks.

  30. Danielle says

    May 29, 2013 at 2:02 am

    What a fun little project! Thanks!

    Danielle

  31. Alexis says

    May 29, 2013 at 4:09 am

    This is such a fun idea! I love that you use things that you might have at home too. I’m featuring this tonight and pinning!

  32. Sara says

    May 30, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    That is really truly brilliant! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

  33. April @ Angel's Homestead says

    May 30, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    What a creative and fun craft project! Thanks so much for sharing at Saturday Spotlight.

    April
    Angels Homestead

  34. Linda says

    May 31, 2013 at 2:02 am

    This is very cool, Noreen! I love it! I’m featuring you this week. Best wishes, Linda

    Also PINNING!

  35. Maria Matter says

    May 31, 2013 at 2:05 am

    this is such a fun idea!!!

    I’ll be featuring you this week @ Inspire Me Fridays, thank you so much for sharing!

  36. Susan@Organized31 says

    June 2, 2013 at 2:52 am

    What a fun idea. My daughters would have loved this when they were younger. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday at Organized 31.

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