This year the theme is The Seaside, all the children from the school and play school parade through the village and then there is a big fair on the school field.
Cue costume options.
Miss S "I want to be a diver" same as her best friend, quickly order a wetsuit and a dive mask.
Me to Miss H "how about a mermaid" nope, "a jellyfish?" nope
Miss H "i want to be a SHARK!"
Hmmmmm sharks are quite difficult so I talked her into being an octopus after seeing this tutorial.
A quick trip to the market, £4 later I returned with some white felt and some rather tacky purple lurex with gold sequins.
I started with a test leg....
Then seven more legs and a tutu later here we have it!!
She still wants a head, so I'll have to work in that.
Eeeek, the button suckers are brilliant. This is such a fun thing to have made for her. You must feel like the best mum ever.
ReplyDeleteThanks - what a sweet thing to say! I'm really stick on what to do for the head though, i was hoping she'd go for a couple of eyes stuck on a shirt - but she wants a proper head : {
DeleteThink she would go for eyes attached to a plain cotton hat for a head? What a fabulous costume!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I currently making a hood with bogey eyes!
ReplyDeleteHi! I would like to include this fantastic tutu in a sewing trends roundup for Sew Mama Sew. Please get back to me ASAP at kelleyetg@gmail.com for more info about the post. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteOctopus tutu!?! How clever are you!
ReplyDeleteThanks - of course a lot of credit goes to the writer of the tutorial - I would never have thought to put elastic to make them curl up! And she loved it so that's whats important!!
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