K and S have decided that they want to dress up as fairies on their birthdays (they're turning 5 and 3 later this month). So I endured a 35 minute queue at Spotlight last weekend (they had a big sale) to buy the fabric to make their costumes. They're thrilled, which made it all worth it (although I don't think Mr Crafty Giraffe would agree, after taking three crying children from the shop to wait in the car, while worrying that I'd been abducted).
Anyway, here they are... three rainbow fairy tutus and two fairy wing tops (sewed wings onto cheap Cotton On singlets).
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| From the front |
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| From the back, wings are looking a bit windswept! |
After years of thinking about making one, I finally made a smocket (it's a pinafore that crosses over at the back). I made it reversible, so if C makes a mess of it, I can turn it over.
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| Front |
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| Back |
Then I made some merino tights for C, with a foldover waistband.
I've also made a teepee out of bamboo stakes and an old duvet cover, for the kids to play in. I had good intentions to make this as something to entertain the kids over the holidays, but it falls over whenever the kids go inside it. I'm planning to remake it with firmer fabric.... one day.
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K enjoying the teepee in a brief moment where it stayed upright!
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