Halloween Charm Hair Ties

Plaits come undone at exactly the wrong moment, which for a six-year-old is halfway through the costume parade. These are plain black elastics with one small figure on the front - ghosts, carved pumpkins, a pumpkin in a witch hat, a black cat holding one - small enough to run several down a single plait. Nothing sharp to catch on fine hair. They arrive on a card in assorted designs, so the sorting happens before anyone gets dressed.