Skyward Sword Zelda Wig Tutorial

Although Zelda's hairstyle in Skyward Sword is quite simple, her ponytails can be quite a challenge, because most wigs do not have enough hair for the ponytails to be thick enough. So here's a tutorial on how to create those ponytails.

Materials:

• your wig
• blonde wefts
• a brush
• thread and needle
• sewing machine
• scissors
• green and pink fabric for the ribbons
• fabric for the ponytails (I used old socks)
• clear elastics

The first thing to do is thicken up the front parts of the wig with additional wefts. For the wefts I cut up an old blonde wig that I didn't need anymore. If you don't have an old wig lying around, you can also buy wefts from a wig shop. It doesn't matter if the wefts are not the exact shade of blonde of the wig. My wefts were a different shade of blonde, but once I sewed them in, it wasn't really noticable. If you need help with wefting there are tons of tutorials online, for example this one.

To add even more thickness to the ponytails, I rolled up two pieces of fabric and sewed them together, making sure that these fabric sausages get thinner towards one end. In my case, I used old socks (Before you're asking, yes, I washed them first :P). Many people use rolled up craft foam for thickening up the ponytails, but I didn't really like the stiffness of the craft foam. With the fabric, the ponytails remain somewhat flexible, so I think that it looks more natural.

Next, insert the fabric pieces into your ponytails and secure them with clear elastics, making sure that the thicker end of the fabric pieces is at the top and the thinner end is at the bottom. Distribute the wig hair evenly over the fabric rolls, so that you can't see the fabric anymore. I used three elastics at each side to secure the ponytails.

Now, with the help of your sewing machine, you can make ribbons out of your fabric. Once you made your ribbons, you can wrap them around the ponytails. Once again, I used clear elastics to secure the ribbons to the ponytails. That way it is easy to remove the ribbons and use the wig for other cosplays as well.