Just in case you found the colours hard to see on Hattie’s tutu, here’s the how to bit again with contrasting ribbon and tulle!
1) Fold your tulle strip in half and place under the ribbon.
2) pull the tail ends of your tulle through the loop.
3) this will for a loose slip not.
4) pull tight and repeat until you have fabulous full tutu!
So, how would you like to make this FAB tutu? It’s a very easy make with NO SEWING involved at all!
For this one (for our 3 and a half year old) I used 1.5m orange ribbon and 2m of gold Tulle.
Using nice sharp scissors cut your tulle into 2″ strips. I then cut these in half, this part depends on the width of your tulle and how tall your small person is. Hattie is a little cutey and this tutu is going over a pair of leggins for a party at the weekend. I made it shorter so I could make it fuller.
Fold your strip in half…
Fold the loopy end over the ribbon and pull the ends through to make a slip knot
Pull tight and carry on with the next strip!
Carry on until you have enough strips to go around your little ones waist.
Tie in a pretty bow and let them run wild!
A few weeks ago I gave you a little glimpse of what I’ve been making for the small people’s dressing up basket. One of these was this gorgeous peacock tutu!
I used THIS TUTORIAL as a guide.
I used just 3 colours of tulle for the tutu (2 blues and a green),
scraps of felt from my stash, as well as a bit of elastic, plain blue cotton fabric and some giant ricrak!
It didn’t take long and the girls LOVE IT!
To make Father Christmas faces you will need:
A paper plate, glue, googly eyes, red pom poms, red card, cotton wool and a red pen.
Draw a smile, stick on eyes, nose and cotton wool beard.
Cut a triangle from the red card and stick on some cotton wool.
Stick on the hat and there you have it. A Father Christmas face and one very happy toddler!
After father Christmas faces we moved on the sequined snowflakes to hang in the windows!
These are easy, fun and don’t make very much mess!
You will need: White paper plates, googley eyes, pom poms, scrap of orange felt, PVA glue and a brush.
Cut out triangles for the snowman noses (an adult should do this).
Glue eyes, nose and pom poms onto the paper plate.
TA-DAAAA. Snowman face!
Repeat as necessary! We made 6 (Hats made 5 and I made 1!) of these and they will be hung up proudly in the hall next week and given to grandparents too! The only problem we had making the snowmen was when we ran out of pom poms and couldn’t make any more. We had toddler tears 
Hello there! I’ve been meaning to post more tutorials on here and thought with the festive season approaching it was time to share my felt holly brooch. This is a hand sewn version and it’s simple and very easy for beginners! Continue reading »
Today we have been making Christmas cards! Some people think I’m brave for getting out the glue, glitter and sequins, but we have an excellent hoover and all crafting is as controlled as it possibly can be with a 2 year old! I love it and Hattie loves it too! I try and do at least one craft activity with her every week – usually painting. Here is what we made today.
