Fairy costume

Craft: make a fairy costume

Inspiration: Halloween is around the corner and I wanted to get my daughter involved in making her costume. She decided that she wanted to be tinkerbell, so I came up with an easy costume that we could make together. It consists of a skirt and wings. I lucked out and found a green leotard for sale at a local dance store. This craft can be used to make any type of fairy, just alter the color and decorations. Crowns and wands would also make great additions. The sky is the limit, except if you are a fairy!

To make yours like mine:
Felt in dark and light green 2 sheets each
Green ribbon 1 inch thick
Green ribbon 1/4 inch thick
Elastic (approx. 12 inches)
Needle and thread
Measuring tape
Scrap cardboard or paper for template
Glitter glue
Lighter or no-fray glue

Steps:
1. Measure waist of future fairy.
2. Make a template for the petals using scrap cardboard or paper. I measured one of my daughter's skirts from waist to hem to get the length of the petal. Cut out enough petals to make two rows that go around the waist.


3. Decorate petals using glitter glue. Let dry for 24 hours. (I did this out of order, we decorated the petals after sewing together but I think doing it before makes more sense.)




4. Lay petals down in a pattern. I soldiered the dark green first and then the light green in a stagger. You want enough petals to go around the waist exactly or less than, but not more than. You need a little bit of space to tie the skirt.
4. Sew petals together at the top only.




5. Cut the larger size ribbon long enough to go around the waist and tie a bow. Use lighter or no-fray glue on ends of ribbon.
5. Sew petals to ribbon leaving space at either end to be able to tie a bow.
6. Set skirt aside. It is done.
7. (insert wing instruction here)

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