✨ Handmade Bow Scrunchies – A Celebration of Culture in colors.

Add culture, color, and creativity to your hair routine — because beauty should always tell a story. 🌍

Elevate your everyday style with our limited-edition bow scrunchies made with purpose. Three teens from Guatemala and Tanzania participated in the Treetops Teen Social Enterprise Internship during Spring 2025. Working with artist Katya Manion from Chunky Cheeks GR, each girl learned to sew scrunchies with fabric meaningful to their families and home countries. Each scrunchies is a unique fusion of art, tradition, and modern flair, perfect for adding a pop of personality to your hair or wrist. Made from 100% cotton

Descriptions for pattern choices

1. Mraba-square in swahili 

2. Mvuvi: fisherman in Swahili, chosen for her dad’s former occupation in Tanzania

3. Mama Morada: chosen for her mom’s favorite color 

4. Quetzal y Mar: represents the flag of Guatemala

5. Festivo Rojo: reminds her of Valentine’s Day and Christmas

6. Estrellas Favoritas: she just really liked the stars 

7. Monja Blanca: represents the official white flower of Guatemala 

8. Kiusa: chosen for her mom’s favorite pattern 

9. Maua Waridi: pink flowers in Swahili 

10. Kanga: reminded her of the African wrap women wear

11. Flores de Guatemala: represents all the many flowers of Guatemala 

12. Hermana Chiquita: reminded her of all the flowers her little sister used to pick.

The Teen Social Enterprise Internship program is a 10-week curriculum for selected teen applicants in our concentric program. Through the course of the paid internship, teens will learn business skills, collaborate with a local artist on design and creation, and market and sell the product they made.