A toddler was "left looking like Friar Tuck" after chopping off her long locks in "about a minute" while her mum was in the bathroom.
Two-year-old Chloe Hope chopped the top of her previously shoulder-length blonde locks into a 1cm-long circular patch on the top of her head, resembling the style of the Robin Hood character and appeared pretty pleased with her handiwork.
Usually, her parents keeps scissors hidden away out of reach, but they'd been put on a countertop while the family was busy decorating their home.
Mum Jo Hope, who works as a hairdresser and colour technician, went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. When she returned, she was left horrified by the sight of young Chloe proudly clutching tufts of her hair and announcing that she looked "pretty".
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Over the course of the next few weeks, Jo, 31, kept Chloe's head covered with hats and headbands, desperately trying to hide the unusual hairdo as best as possible.
However, two months later, the toddler's hair wasn't looking much better as she'd ended up with a style similar to that of David Bowie's iconic 80s cut from the movie Labyrinth.
Jo, from Durham, County Durham, recalled: "She'd pretty much made a short circular patch of hair on her head. She loved it, she thought she looked fantastic, I was mortified. Being a hairdresser I felt a certain amount of pressure [to sort it] but sadly all we could do was let it grow.
"She'd literally scalped herself so I called her Friar Tuck because she did look like him and when it grew back she looked like David Bowie [from Labrynth]".
This was back in July 2018 with the mullet growing in by September of the same year. Chloe's dad, Chris, who happens to be a massive Bowie fan, jokingly encouraged his little girl to keep the "cool" haircut just as it was.
However, Jo initially wasn't laughing and was in fact furious at Chris for not thinking to keep the scissors out of reach in the first place, confessing that she "could have killed him".
Jo recalled: "My husband didn't want them to get put away with the decorating stuff so he moved them, not realising that they were in reach of her. When this happened I knew that Chris had moved my scissors, I went absolutely mad.
"When he came home he was a bit shocked but did find it quite funny, I on the other hand could have killed him. I started to see the funny side later on that day. I called a friend of mine because I was in panic mode.
"She has two little ones near enough the same age as Chloe and she came round. She just burst out laughing and it made me feel better".
Now six, Chloe, has managed to grow back her long blonde hair "down to her bum", with Jo having to shape it around her face to keep it tamed.
Despite her initial shock, on reflection, Jo believes her young daughter possesses a fair bit of hairdressing talent.
The mum added: "As a hairdresser, I rate her skills with the scissors 10/10, absolutely fantastic. It was a nice close cut, she didn't hurt herself in the process either. If she doesn't become a barber with those shearing skills, I'll be surprised".
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