Haircuts for boys 3-5 years old
It is even more important for a child to look beautiful than for an adult, because the environment is used to judging by clothes and is very cruel towards those who are not to their taste. At the same time, a baby aged from 3 to 5 years is hardly ready to take care of his appearance on his own, which means that this task completely falls on the shoulders of the parents. The hairstyle is one of the principal strokes in a holistic and attractive image, so let's talk about it.
Requirements
A boy's haircut is an element of his everyday appearance, which is not so easy to change on the go. Given its relative constancy, it is important not to be mistaken with the choice of the shape and length of the hair, and to prevent this from happening, it is worth highlighting the basic requirements for a child's boyish hairstyle. All of them are obvious, but let us recall them so as not to miss anything.
Compliance with kindergarten standards
At home, a child could look whatever he likes, but children's public institutions often prescribe certain requirements in their charter. Each kindergarten can regulate the appearance of their wards at their own discretion, and parents who have ignored the rules risk getting involved in unnecessary showdowns with the administration. Even if you are a progressive person and think that the indicated restrictions on choice are inappropriate or unreasonable, you should not immediately pounce on the authors of the charter - perhaps they are simply trying to protect your child from bullying.
Convenience and comfort, as well as safety
It is unacceptable for the hairstyle to create problems for the child. At first, they may seem unobvious - for example, a baby may like a long bang, but over time it will lead to visual impairment, and it can partially obscure the view. The same goes for safety - long hair during active play typical for a child can cause injury.
A child can take his hair for granted and not complain about it in any way, but parents are obliged to monitor the baby's reaction, and if inconvenience is observed, the hair must be shortened immediately.
Accuracy and durability
So that the child is less teased by his peers, and the educators do not have any complaints, the hairstyle must be neat - have a certain shape, which is considered beautiful in society. At the same time, we must not forget that the baby is distinguished by significant mobility and will not constantly keep in mind the need to preserve the hairstyle - which means that the latter must be able to withstand various tests. The ideal option is considered to be the styling that looks the same in the evening as in the morning. Although boys' hair is usually quite short, a real tomboy can change even their appearance beyond recognition.
Compliance with the child's appearance and tastes
The chosen haircut can be insanely popular and look gorgeous on the stars of the first magnitude, but at the same time it will not suit your child at all. Stylists see patterns between the same face shape and a specific range of available hairstyles: someone needs to open their foreheads, while others need to close them, somewhere the volume on the top of the head is important, and in other cases - on the sides of the head, and so on. A properly chosen haircut can hide some of the flaws in appearance, but in the same way, an unsuccessful choice will only further emphasize the disadvantages.
However, you cannot blindly follow the rules or your own preferences - you need to give the child the minimum opportunity to choose his own appearance, otherwise you will definitely not wait for him to appreciate the haircut and treat it carefully.
Interesting options
The age of 3-5 years is not yet the one to experiment with children's hairstyles, therefore fashionable solutions for the smallest are usually close to the classic ones. You won't be able to stand out from the crowd with such a haircut, but at this stage, such a goal is not set - you just need to provide the child with a beautiful and not very defiant look. Let's consider how to solve a similar problem.
Beanie
An eternally relevant option that is appropriate anytime, anywhere, for anyone, even regardless of gender. This haircut cannot be called short, but it cannot be attributed to long, because nothing gets in the face and nothing falls on the shoulders. A classic hat assumes a haircut, as it were, along a certain rounded contour around the head, however, today there are various stylish options that help to diversify the standard.
You can, for example, pick up a whiskey with a typewriter very shortly, making a sharp transition, or, on the contrary, make a smooth and even multi-layered transition from the crown to the bottom layer. Professionals also suggest styling in different ways - both smoothed and combed to one side or just sticking out to the sides, which once again allows you to reveal the character of the child. A common feature for all varieties of this hairstyle is the mandatory presence of bangs. According to the classics, it should be straightforward, but the stylistic experiments described above may be directly related to it too.
Hedgehog
Earlier, perhaps, such styling was considered more a lack of hairstyle than a specific haircut, however, today it is very popular, and not only among babies. In the case of children, it looks very organic at all, since it fully reveals the restless character of almost any child, and thanks to modern means of fixing the hair, it can look no worse than any model one.Once a hedgehog formed on the head itself, but today it is often made on purpose.
The length of the hair on the sides of the head can usually be almost any, but on the crown, several elongated strands are left that are convenient to lift. They are cut unevenly, but according to a torn technique, because the very essence of this hairstyle does not imply ideal straight lines and should resemble a slight "mess", albeit artistic. Every day such hair needs to be ruffled and fixed, but usually the procedure takes literally a matter of seconds. For boys, she looks great with a formal suit - like a serious adult man, but at the same time a typical tomboy.
Although the hairstyle at first glance seems a little bully, it actually makes the boy very cute and funny.
Bean
This hairstyle is one of the most romantic, it has been glorified many times in Hollywood films, turning children into angels. It is more often advised for slightly older children because of the considerable length of hair, but if the child is calm, and facial features require certain adjustments, then it is the bob that can be a panacea.
A characteristic feature of the bob is a rather long bang, almost reaching the eyebrows, smoothly turning on the sides into a kind of imitation of a short bob. In this case, the crown and the back of the head are usually made elongated, without a specific sharp transition - often the hairstyle turns out to be multi-level. As a result, a lot of hair remains, but they do not interfere with the normal activity of the child. Bob is chosen by those parents who want to add a romantic touch to the image of their child.
At the same time, experts do not recommend this haircut option for babies with thin hair and a small amount of head of hair, since it is the impressive volume that is one of the distinguishing features of the bob.
Boxing
One of those hairstyles that is drawn to be called an eternal classic is the famous boxing. In principle, it is suitable for most men, and their little heirs will not be an exception to this rule. On the one hand, boxing can be safely called a short hairstyle, since the hair is made short almost anywhere on the head, except that it can sometimes be medium on the top of the head. On the other hand, this haircut cannot be categorized as a short one, because there are shorter options, but here it is permissible to leave hair up to 5-7 cm. However, the meaning of this hairstyle is that the longest hair is left on the crown - where it will definitely not interfere, while in all directions from it the length of the head of hair gradually decreases.
Unsurprisingly, a rather short haircut makes a boy visually masculine and strong without leaving the child "bald." The length is chosen exactly so as to find a middle ground between "nothing gets in the way" and "not to be hairless." In ideal performance, boxing practically does not require maintenance, it always lies in a standard position, it does not need to be corrected, it will confidently cope with active games.
Among adults, this hairstyle is very popular among fans of active entertainment, so it is also suitable for kids.
Semi-box
For all its advantages, boxing seems to many parents to be too short a haircut, which leaves the child's face completely open, which means that it does not help to disguise any shortcomings or may not suit the type of appearance of the baby. In response to the criticism, the stylists came up with a semi-box - a combination of the best characteristics of a classic box with corrections at the request of customers.
Like boxing, half-boxing involves only short hair at the temples and the back of the head, as well as longer hair at the crown. At the same time, the top here may already have an average length, due to which it often reaches the forehead, forming a bang from it.Due to the significant volume of hair, at least from above, a certain variety of styling options is allowed - according to your mood, the hair can be combed to the side or back, divided into a parting, and bangs can be decorated again. The lines fashionable in recent years, shaved at the temples or the back of the head with a typewriter, in combination with a semi-box, will look very dignified.
The big plus of the half-box is its ability to cover the forehead, while in general the hairstyle is quite short. It is the forehead that is often an unfortunate detail in the overall image of a child, since it can stand out with excessive height or become a platform for the appearance of acne, while bangs can cover up flaws and turn them into advantages. Another nice bonus is the ability to change the look every day thanks to the above styling methods. The only drawback of such a haircut may be that she is not very obedient and can quickly lose her original shape during active games.
Torn strands
It is not entirely correct to call them a hairstyle, since it is rather a special haircut technique that can be applied in the process of creating various hairstyles. Today, this technique, for which a few decades ago the hairdresser could be mercilessly criticized, is extremely popular, and children are one of its main supporters. The bottom line is that the strands, even those located nearby, are made of unequal length. Some regularity is allegedly not traced here - the hair does not lengthen or shorten in any direction, at least not explicitly.
One gets the impression that the ends of the hair were simply torn off in one motion, which is why the contour became uneven.
Thanks to the efforts of modern designers, such a hairstyle no longer seems messy for a long time - this is exactly the chaos in which systematicity is clearly visible. A smooth outline often looks too trite and leaves the impression of being overly obsessed with the rules, while a light ragged effect gives an impression of ease, naturalness, sometimes leaving a slight touch of mischief.
Hairstyles with torn strands have long been considered the absence of any haircut, but several decades ago they began to gain popularity. Hairdressers quickly caught the trend of fashion and suddenly realized that torn edges can be in absolutely any hairstyle, even if the instructions for creating it in black and white say that the edge should be even. That is why haircuts with torn strands are so popular - they seem to describe a good half of what barbers have invented in the entire history of mankind.
Selection rules
It was already mentioned above that a haircut for a child cannot be chosen at random, and blind copying of the hairstyles of actors and musicians can also rather disappoint with the final result. For this reason, it is worth paying attention to some of the criteria by which professional stylists select hairstyles for children.
Done right, your little one who doesn't really stand out from the crowd can suddenly become a true style icon.
We take into account the age
Toddlers of kindergarten age only at first seem to be the same little ones, but the parents of any such butuz will confirm that the age difference is clearly noticeable even in behavior. Naturally, a haircut at any time must be age-appropriate in order to be called the best. For example, at 3 years old, it is completely naive to expect at least minimal responsibility from a child - he has simply not grown up to take care of himself. At the same time, the knowledge of the world is just beginning, and so far there is absolutely no concept of the potential dangers of the surrounding world, therefore the hairstyle certainly should not interfere. In most cases, such young pioneers choose extremely short haircuts - from 2 to 9 mm.It does not always look stylish, but peers are still at that age when they do not find fault with their appearance.
At 4 years old, the perception of the world is already changing somewhat. At this stage, conscious friends may already appear, children begin to tease each other for an unsuccessful image and teach this to their comrades. At the same time, the thirst for knowledge has not subsided yet, however, sometimes it makes sense to pay attention to longer haircuts, if the short one does not suit your child in any way. For really long hair, the time has not yet come, but if the child is quiet and the hair is obedient, it is worth experimenting with its shape.
Finally, 5 years is already the age of full realization that looking good is important. By this age, any child already knows a couple of caustic teasers and is ready to bring hysterics to anyone who seems funny, awkward or ugly to him. There is usually no concept of pity, a crying one-year-old does not always cause pity, therefore, your child should not be allowed to look bad. Here, of course, calm children look more advantageous - in their case, you can allow a wide variety of available haircuts that will look neat until they are literally ruffled.
If the baby is hyperactive, you should pay attention to shorter solutions, otherwise they will not last long in a neat form.
Taking into account the type of hair
Hair type is another criterion that cannot be ignored in any way. It is quite obvious, for example, that curly hair can be used to make a hairstyle for straight hair, however, this means that the baby will have to fiddle with straighteners before every exit from the house. Even for girls who are obsessed with maintaining their image, this can seem like a problem, and even the child will hate the parents for such manipulations. Therefore, it is worth starting from what the child has on his head, and not trying to give his head of hair those features that she did not think to have.
Hair length is a profitable business, but even here you should think about it before growing or trimming it. For little boys, really long hair is a rarity, and rightly so. A child at this age is prone to outdoor games, often associated with the danger of injury, and he is unlikely to follow the shape of the laid hair, which means that such a hairstyle does not meet the requirements of either safety, accuracy and durability. Of course, long hair can be braided, but why then grow it out, giving comrades a reason for inappropriate associations.
Hair of relative length may be appropriate, but certain conditions must be met. So, they will fit only for a calm baby, especially if his hair is obedient in itself and does not require unnecessary styling. Ideally, such a hairstyle should also perform the function of "improving" the appearance - for example, masking a forehead that is too high or pimples on it, adding volume from the sides for a too elongated face, and so on.
The hair color for a little boy, as well as their structure, is still perceived purely for granted, it is better not to dye a baby's hair at this age, even if he wants to. Another thing is that even the natural hair color can have some effect on the image of the child and the choice of his haircut. The fact is that dark hair always seems a little more voluminous than light, and here it is important not to disturb the proportions of the face.
Head shape is one of the most common reasons babies tease each other, so minor imperfections need to be hidden rather than exposed.
Face shape
In a stylish image, the hair must be in harmony with the face, which means that the hairstyle should be chosen according to this criterion too. Experienced stylists select the ideal option at first glance, but it is unlikely that someone will lead the baby to an expensive barber shop, which means that the parents will have to delve into the hairstyle options themselves. Otherwise, the child runs the risk of running into triviality, which supposedly "suits everyone."
- Oval face is considered the most correct, a kind of ideal, respectively, there are practically no restrictions for such children. All classic options, for example, boxing and semi-boxing, will look perfect even on a kid, even on an adult man. The main task here is not to turn the oval into a circle with too long straight bangs or a huge volume on the sides.
- Round form from a stylistic point of view, it is already somewhat more complicated. The circle is perceived as a violation of the symmetry of the human body, therefore professionals tend to dilute it with well-visible angles. To stretch the face, the top of the hair is made noticeably longer than the sides, bangs will also be appropriate, but always oblique, combed to one side. Too short hair in this situation is definitely not suitable, because they only emphasize the irregularity of the head shape.
- Square faces often criticized for the closeness of their shape to a circle, but the square is defined without a forehead, respectively, the forehead makes such a face almost oval, which is close to the ideal. True, here it is preferable to make a choice in favor of slightly longer hairstyles, no matter what - with bangs to one side, combed back or simply standing out against the background of a shorter-cropped temporal part.
- Triangular faces resemble square ones in that the forehead is also not taken into account when assessing the shape. The triangle is formed exclusively due to a slight narrowing of the face towards the chin, therefore the shape is usually perceived as correct, unless the forehead is too low. It is believed that here it is especially important to highlight the volume at the crown by shortening the sides. You can cut a boy's hair short, but preference is given to lush hair in the upper part of the head, which is combed to one of the sides or back.
- Heart-shaped face is called if, with a general similarity to a triangle, it has a sharp chin with wide, prominent cheekbones. The recommendations are generally similar to those given for the triangular shape, but the large volume at the crown is no longer so fundamental, it can be somewhat limited.
Beautiful examples
It is not for nothing that Bob is called one of the most romantic hairstyles - the boy rarely manages to be made as charming with the help of any other haircut. Not being too long, this hairstyle is still clearly striking, because it tightly covers the entire head, except for the face, even the forehead. If the boy also has a too high forehead, as in the first example, then the long bangs typical for a bob will be a real salvation.
It's too early to fall in love in kindergarten, but romantically-minded girls in your child can see an excellent candidate for the role of a prince.
A kid at the current age does not have to be a model of style and originality, but there should be a light element of originality in the image. The most sensible thing here is to compile different hairstyles. In the photo we see a rather good example of a hedgehog combined with shaved patterns. In the children's understanding, both elements, even separately, pull on the assessment of "cool". If the kid did not disappoint in charisma with intelligence, then respect in the team is guaranteed to him.
Boxing is a typical boyish haircut that will never lose its all-encompassing popularity. Because of her short hair and a general focus on an active lifestyle, many consider her to be harsh, but the third photo clearly shows that for a romantic and cute look, a boy does not have to let go of elongated strands. With a properly composed image, boxing can look very organic, although ideally this requires the most correct facial features.
But if you are lucky with those, not using it and hiding them behind bangs is simply ingratitude.
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