60 Crazy Hair Day Ideas for School

March 18, 2025

Normally in school, students try to have their hair neat and tidy. Crazy hair day is a day for the opposite. The wildest and most creative hair styles are celebrated on this day. It isn’t just a matter of not combing your hair, you can also be very artistic!

What is Crazy Hair Day at School?

Crazy Hair Day at school is a spirit day where students get to style their hair in wild, wacky, and colorful ways. Whether that means spraying your hair bright colors, or shaping it into funny designs, this is an opportunity to have fun and be creative. Schools usually hold Crazy Hair Day as part of Spirit Week along with other theme days such as crazy hat day.

Crazy Hair Day Materials

It can be very helpful to start by thinking of what materials you have available at home. Once you know what you can use with your hair style, you can start coming up with ideas. Here are some of the most useful crafting materials when putting together your hairdo!

Temporary Hair Spray: Comes in bright colors and washes out easily.
Hair Chalk: Great for adding streaks of color without damage.
Hair Gel: Helps shape and hold crazy styles in place.
Hairspray: Keeps hair in place, especially for tall or spiky styles.
Glitter Spray: Adds sparkle and shine to any hairstyle.
Pipe Cleaners: Bend them into shapes like antennas, swirls, or animal ears.
Plastic Insects or Animals: Attach toy spiders, butterflies, or dinosaurs.
Ribbon & Bows: Perfect for tying into fun designs like bow-shaped hair.
Fake Flowers: Create a garden or fairy-inspired look.
LED Lights: Light up your hair for a glowing effect.
Drinking Straws: Use them to create spiky or swirly hair designs.
Headbands & Clips: Help secure decorations or add cute themed designs.
Aluminum Foil: Can be twisted into shapes like lightning bolts or space helmets.
Tissue Paper: Great for creating flames, flower petals, or fluffy effects.

Crazy Hair Day Ideas for Girls

Animal Themed Hairstyles

1. Unicorn Hair: Create a horn shape with the hair and add rainbow streaks.
2. Peacock Hair: Fan out colorful hair extensions and attach peacock feathers.
3. Butterfly Garden Hair: Use small artificial flowers and toy butterflies to create a butterfly garden look.
4. Mermaid Hair: Braid in blue, green, and purple streaks with seashell clips.
5. Jellyfish Hair: Use a see-through umbrella with long ribbons to look like jellyfish tentacles.
6. Bumblebee Hair: Yellow and black streaks with tiny bee decorations.
7. Fairy Hair: Sprinkle in glitter and clip-on fairy wings.
8. Cat Ears Hair: Style hair into two small buns on top to look like cat ears.
9. Flamingo Hair: Wrap hair around a pink pipe cleaner to resemble a flamingo neck.
10. Seahorse Hair: Use a side ponytail to shape a seahorse tail and add decorations.

Food-Themed Hairstyles

11. Cupcake Hair: Make a bun inside a cupcake liner and sprinkle on decorations.
12. Ice Cream Hair: Shape a bun like an ice cream scoop and attach a fake cone.
13. Donut Hair: Use a bun to resemble a donut, then add felt icing and sprinkles.
14. Cotton Candy Hair: Tease hair into a puffy shape and spray it pink or blue.
15. Bubblegum Hair: Attach a pink balloon near the mouth to look like blowing a bubble.

Fun Objects

16. Christmas Tree Hair: Shape hair tall and decorate with tiny ornaments.
17. Cactus Hair: Add fake thorns (pipe cleaners) and a small flower on top.
18. Bird’s Nest Hair: Weave in a fake nest and tiny toy birds.
19. Glow-in-the-Dark Hair: Use glow-in-the-dark spray and attach glow sticks.
20. Gift Box Hair: Attach a small box to the top of the head with a big bow.

Elegant & Fun Styles

21. Bow Hair: Tie hair into a giant bow shape.
22. Princess Crown Hair: Weave braids into a crown shape.
23. Waterfall Braid Hair: Braid the top layer with colored extensions.
24. Rainbow Hair: Use temporary spray or chalk to create a rainbow effect.
25. Candyland Hair: Weave in fake candy pieces and lollipops.

Funny Crazy Hair Day Ideas

26. Upside-Down Hair Face: Flip hair over your face, add googly eyes, and draw a mouth.
27. Troll Hair: Gel hair straight up and spray it in wild colors.
28. Messy Explosion Hair: Tease and spike hair in all directions.
29. Pippi Longstocking Hair: Use wire to make braids stick straight out.
30. Crazy Curlers Hair: Leave colorful rollers in your hair for a fun, silly look.

Crazy Hair Day Ideas for Boys

Animal-Themed Hairstyles

31. Dinosaur Hair: Use toy dinosaurs and green hair spray to create a prehistoric look.
32. Octopus Hair: A bun as the head with eight pipe cleaner tentacles.
33. Spider Hair: Use a bun as the spider’s body and attach pipe cleaner legs.
34. Shark Hair: Style hair up into a fin shape and spray it gray or blue.
35. Lion’s Mane: Fluff and tease hair for a wild, bushy lion look.
36. Dragon Hair: Add spikes with gel and spray hair green or red for a dragon effect.
37. Snake Hair: Weave fake snakes into the hair.
38. Frog Hair: Put a toy frog on the head with green spray and use hair gel to create “lily pads.”
39. Monkey Hair: Stick a small plush monkey into a high bun.
40. Fishbowl Hair: Use a clear plastic bowl with fake fish inside and place it on top of hair.

Sports-Themed Hairstyles

41. Football Field Hair: Green spray with white lines to look like a football field.
42. Basketball Hoop Hair: Attach a small toy hoop to the back of your head.
43. Soccer Ball Hair: Spray hair black and white in a soccer ball pattern.
44. Baseball Cap Hair: Style hair to look like a cap, then spray paint it to match a team’s colors.
45. Tennis Ball Hair: Use green spray and draw white lines to look like a tennis ball.

Object-Themed

46. Rocket Ship Hair: Shape hair into a tall point, spray silver, and add tissue paper flames.
47. Mohawk with Colors: Gel a mohawk straight up and spray in multiple colors.
48. Traffic Light Hair: Spray three sections red, yellow, and green.
49. Pencil Hair: Insert a real pencil into gelled hair to make it look like it’s stuck inside.
50. Lightbulb Hair: Shape hair into a bulb and spray it yellow.

Food-Themed Hairstyles

51. Spaghetti & Meatballs Hair: Use yellow yarn for “noodles,” red hair spray for sauce, and pom-poms for meatballs.
52. Pizza Hair: Spray hair orange with black and red dots to resemble pizza toppings.
53. French Fries Hair: Use yellow pipe cleaners as fries and place them inside a fake “fry box.”
54. Burger Hair: Shape a bun to look like a cheeseburger with fake toppings.
55. Cereal Bowl Hair: Attach a plastic bowl on top of the head with glued-in cereal pieces.

Funny and Wacky Hairstyles

56. Upside-Down Hair Face: Flip hair over your face, add googly eyes, and draw a mouth.
57. Troll Hair: Gel hair straight up and spray it a bright color.
58. Lightning Bolt Hair: Use a zigzag shave or style with yellow spray.
59. Crazy Bedhead Hair: Tease hair wildly for a just-woke-up look.
60. Wild Colors Hair: Use every color of hair spray possible.