After reading a children's book, Mermaids on Parade, with the little miss, she discovered that the last page of the book included directions on how to make your own mermaid tail (out of fabric, no growing scaly tails on petri dishes).
Of course this was too great a temptation to pass up, so, as we were out running errand today, we stopped into Joanne's, and found this super-fun material for all of $2.48! While the little guy was napping we went to town (read:I went crazy with ideas of how to make a full blown costume). Good thing that little bits of fabric go a long way on little bodies!
Here is the final project! Watch out Ariel!Don't look too closely, or you will see why I consider myself more of a reader than a seamstress- but, for a cute little girl, this did the trick!
Our other recent adventures include:
Our 2 year old feeding the baby- I figured he is already going to be messy- why not?
My attempts in remembering how to use manual settings on a SLR camera- Thanks go to Rachel for the refresher course. We'll see what comes next!
The little miss playing with a neighbor friend in our other steal of the summer- brand new whale pool at Target for $4.98. That is less than it costs for our family to go to the local pool even once! It got plenty of use for the last 2 weeks of summer.Enjoy our life updates and accomplishments!
6 comments:
Hey there! Don't worry about being not so crafty, the costume is precious and I didn't look close at it! Besides little miss c wouldn't have noticed anyway. Both she and master b are precious as ever. master b has the most gorgeous blue eyes ever. Give them a big hug and kiss from me.
way to go! watch out though, or before you know it you'll be sewing everything you can get your hands on! oh, and I love that pool - and the price you got it for!
how cute!!!
I'll have to get me one of those pools next year.
It's good to see you again! The costume looks fabulous. Thanks for sharing!
Great mermaid costume! We read that book this summer, too. Not sure Kiffer would enjoy dressing up as a merman...maybe a good lobster costume instead?
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