In my previous ‘ Munny Development’ post I showed you all photos of how I dyed it, now here is how to thread hair.

so…

Step one: Get all your equipment together…
I found that a long embroidery needle, a pair of pliers and a thimble were extremely useful. I also suggest that you sit by a heater or in a warm place so the vinyl stays soft.

I used black hair extensions from the discount beauty store for the hair, but you can also order hair on-line from DollyHair.com

I also suggest that you have something to tie the hair up with, like a hair band, and a comb as the hair gets tangled up fairly easily.

Step Two: In order to achieve different hairstyles the hair has to be sewn in with an appropriate pattern, I chose to sew the front section of hair in flat like a parted fringe area and the back will be long and tied back into a braid.

The style I’m trying to achieve is Indian Bride/Princess/Bollywood. (I know, not completely culturally accurate, but it will look good - I promise!

Step Three: Using the thimble to push the needle through the ’skin’ and the pliers to pull it through, thread the hair into the Munny. Once the hair is through, tie a knot in it and pull lightly on the strand of hair so that it secures in place.

As you can see I also had to cut the plastic ‘dint’ out from inside the head so I had enough room to manoeuvre the needle and pliers.

Step Four: Repeat (Thread twice for each hole) so the hair is nice and thick.

For this section and the look I was after, I re-threaded the hair into the head (Just above the ear.) then smoothed it down with a little bit of hairspray. (That I sprayed onto my finger and smoothed over the hair.)

So There you go! Phase one of hair threading, I don’t recommend this if you don’t have much time as it took me 2 hours just to do that small section (and that section is only half finished too.)

Here’s some pictures of the finished product.

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