How to Make a Bun? For most parents, there comes a point in your daughter’s dance life that you will make a hair bun. It may be by choice for recital, a requirement for a class, or a performance, or she may just love the way it looks – like an official ballerina and request her hair be up. I have to laugh when I think back at how I tried to create a bun on my dancer’s hair when she was younger. While a bun was not a requirement for the recital, I loved the look and would try to create the illusion that she had much fuller hair and therefore a fuller bun than she actually had.

Fast forward a few years and the bun was the style for our company dancers. I was thrilled, but unless I wanted her thin hair to look like the size of a donut hole on top of her head, we needed some help. We had tried the sock bun, which was okay, but not great. As I began researching how to make a bun, I stumbled upon the perfect product for us – the hair donut. Check out how we incorporate the hair donut below to make a bun hairstyle that works easily for dance class, school or any performance. For dancers with thick hair, that don’t need to use a bun donut, the tutorial below may come in handy as well.