Creating hair rats

For my final design, I would need 2 hair rats to create the heart shape. I found these really easy to make. I used a pair of tights, that I cut to size and filled with cotton pads. You can use cotton wool balls, or wadding, but I found cotton wool pads worked well as they were the right diameter to create the height that I wanted. When I first practised with the hair rat, I made one that was too large for my hair, and showed through quite a lot and my hair didn't quite cover it.

This was the first hair rat I created. It was too large for my hair, but it was also the wrong colour, as my hair is so dark, I would need to create one that was made from black tights so it blends with my hair better, should any peek out accidentally.

This was the second rat I created. As you can see its much smaller, and I made it from black tights. Terri-Anne and I then tested it again and found it worked much better.