just remember who made it and that they make good products just not really braiding [SEP] i thought this was a real braid tool but it only twists the hair it was not what i expected but no ones fault but mine yes it does twist the hair and if your child has long hair this will probably work fine it did not do so well on my ggranddaughters shorter hairif she was older i think this would be fine i did try it on a long haired doll and it did twist it but i left out a step i think because it untwisted in a short time i then had my neighbor try it on her own hair i just cannot seem to get past that it does not really braidhence the stars and that is the only reason