Children's Hair Clips: Why Your Daughter Loses Every One (and How to Stop Buying Them Weekly)

Why do kids lose hair clips so fast?

1. Every girl in class has the same clip

The pink bow from the market stall is in half the class. When one falls on the floor, three girls claim it, and the quietest one goes home without.

2. Clips slide out during play

Running, PT period, hanging upside down on the jungle gym. A clip that was fine at 8 am is in the sandpit by 11.

3. Clip swaps are a real thing

From about six, many girls start caring about how they look. The Raising Children Network notes that children aged 6 to 8 "might take more interest in their appearance and in clothing or hairstyle trends."

So clips get traded, lent and admired. Not all of them come back.

4. They come out in class

A clip that pinches or feels heavy gets taken out, put on the desk, and forgotten in the desk.

5. There is no home for them

At night, clips end up on the sofa, under the pillow, in the car. The ones that survive the school week get lost at home.

Should kids share hair clips?

Better not, and not only because of the lost ones. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the most common way to get head lice is head-to-head contact.

Shared items are a less common route, but its prevention advice still includes not sharing hats, scarves, "hair ribbons, or barrettes".

The top reply in one long r/Parenting thread about a daughter who kept catching lice at school was four words: "Keep her hair tied" (thread).

A clip with her own name on it makes "that one is mine" easy to say, and easy for a teacher to sort out.

The five-step clip system

Once it is set up, this takes about five seconds a day. No new shopping list, just a few habits.

1. Put her name on them. A named clip that falls on the floor finds its way back. It also ends the "that's mine" argument in the school bus.
2. Two in, two in reserve. Two clips in her hair, two in the drawer. When one goes missing, the spare goes in tomorrow and nobody panics at 7.15 am.
3. Give clips a home. A small box by the door, or the card the clips came on. Clips come out at the door and go straight back on the card.
4. Clips off for sport, swimming and sleep. That is when they fall out, snap or get sat on. Use a plain rubber band for PT and save the nice clips for the rest of the day.
5. Check the school's rules. Some schools only allow plain or uniform-coloured hair accessories. Ask the class teacher before you buy a whole new set.

Tip: let her be the one who puts the clips back on the card each evening. A job she owns sticks far better than a reminder from you.

Which children's hair clips for which day?

Not every clip suits every day. Matching the clip to the activity saves both the clip and the morning.

Our own printed name clips belong in rows two and three. They are decorative, not heavy-duty.

The name is printed under a glossy finish, and a clip can crack or bend if it is forced open, twisted or sat on. Worn gently and stored on their card, they last a long time. We would rather say that here than have you find out on a Monday.

Why our name clips keep going viral

We did not plan for hair clips to become our most-watched product. But on our Instagram, three of our five most-viewed reels are about clips:

• The alphabet name clips reel, about 10 lakh views. "Her hair, her name. Not a generic bow off a rack." The letter-bead version in that reel is out of stock as of 13 October. The printed-name packs below are in stock.
• The "her name, her hair clips" reel, 79,500 views.
• The everyday clips reel, 46,900 views, from rushed school mornings to weekend play.

All three reels make the same point: the name is the point. It is what makes a clip hers.

What we make, and what it costs

• Name hair clips, pack of 2, ₹229 to ₹335. Both clips printed with the same name (up to 8 characters), in stripes, polka dots, checkers, candy swirl, breakfast, paws and more. Most designs are ₹299.
• Name hair clips, pack of 4, ₹550. The "two in, two in reserve" pack, all printed with one name.
• Six names, one order, ₹1,199. Six pairs of clips, each pair with a different girl's name, on its own card, in one gift box. Made for Kanjak, but just as good as birthday return gifts for six girls.

Personalised pieces ship in 8 to 12 working days. Orders over ₹399 ship free. Prices checked on our store on 13 October 2026.

Swipe to see the clips, and the card they live on.

When it is not just the clips going missing

If water bottles, sweaters and pencil boxes are vanishing too, the cause is usually the same: things that look alike and have no home. Here is why kids lose so many things at school, and 8 ways to help.

And if you are buying named clips for a group of girls rather than your own daughter, our Kanjak gifts guide shows how the six-name pack works as a gift.

How many clips did your daughter lose this month? Be honest. And where do the lost ones go? We have theories. Tell us in the comments, and share this with the mums in the school WhatsApp group. They are counting too.

Fewer clips, each with her name, each with a home. That is the whole trick.