Haircut
A salon chair means strange hands, sounds near the ears and stray hairs tickling the neck. The visual support below lets your child preview the whole haircut before it starts.
♂Person trimming hair with a clipper
A smiling person moves a red hair clipper to their hair and holds up a hand mirror in the other hand.
♂Person combing hair while holding scissors
A smiling person runs a white comb through their hair and holds up a pair of scissors in the other hand, with small strands in the air.
♂Comb and scissors
A person holds up a comb in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other.
♂Cutting a child's hair
An adult cuts a child's hair with scissors and a comb.
♀Haircut
An icon of a face with scissors cutting hair.
♀Getting a haircut
A girl with short hair smiles as scissors cut her hair.
♀Cutting long hair
A girl with long braided hair gets her hair cut by scissors.
♀Haircut at salon
A girl wearing a salon cape smiles as scissors cut her long hair.
⚲Cutting at the back
Two hands cut curly hair with a pair of scissors, seen from behind.
Scissors cutting a lock of hair
A hand with scissors cuts a lock of hair held by another hand.
About this visual support
Getting a haircut stacks small discomforts in a row: a spray bottle on the neck, a comb catching tangles, scissors near the ear, unfamiliar fingers on the scalp, and an end time only the hairdresser knows. For many children, that last part, the uncertainty, is the hardest.
With the cards you can walk through every step the morning before: hair wet, comb, scissors at the back, scissors at the front, dryer, cape off. In the chair, the child points to where you are. The snipping sound becomes part of a plan rather than a surprise.
One practical tip: ask the hairdresser to count aloud or say almost done before the scissors come close to the ears. Make that its own card so the child knows a verbal cue is coming. If you want to add a short pause in the middle, you can build the whole routine in Routined and try it free for fourteen days.
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