HOW TO MAKE: WIGS

MATERIALS: Human hair, vise, horse hair, pinchers,

cow hair, comb, curling iron, powder puff, measuring

tape, hackle, weaving frame, ribbons.
 
 

DIRECTIONS:

Ask customer what color hair they want.

Ask customer what hair style they want.

Measure customer 's head (by shaving head.)

Tell customer to put on his /her old wig or if he/she never had a wig, put on a skull cap or hood.

Say good bye to customer.

Prepare hair.

Put hair through hackle (a comb on a stand) with pinchers.

Boil curling pins and take them to the bakery to put dough around them.

Curl hair in style.

Powder puff wig to lighten color.

Sell wig to customer.
 
 

USES FOR :: Wigs

You would wear a wig at a fancy party to look good and wealthy. You would also wear a wig if you were having your portrait drawn.
 
 

Send comments and inquires to the third grade teachers from Germantown Academy, Micki Vieille, Sandy Bennett, Cara Herold.

Technical assistance and design furnished by Carol Siwinski, Curricular Technology Specialist, Germantown Academy.