Activity #505: Create a princess tutu

by Whitney

in Crafty, Free/Cheap, Indoors, Preschooler

Girl parents, I know: you didn’t think your little baby, so bald and androgynous for a whole year, would begin crawling, walking, then talking about princesses and demanding tutus — but it happened. Well, you just have to learn to live with it. But here’s an easy project - no sewing or glue - that will allow you to make a tutu in lightning speed. So you’ll have more time to spend lecturing your daughter on other, non-princess, career paths she might consider, like software engineer or urban planner.

Bonus for those who need an outing with their new baby (hit the fabric store) and a surprise to share with a little girl (or boy, although my son will not put on a dress even for dress up but says when he grows up he is going to be a daddy and a ballet dancer). Emily, a rookie mom to 10-month old Logan, highlighted this amazingly simple tutorial. You can make a tutu with just some strips of tulle (that’s light-weight fine netting fabric for you non ballerina types).

My son and I have made this for several little girls’ birthday parties.

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Emily May 12, 2008 at 12:12 am

Wow! Thank you for this post. :) Happy Mothers Day.

therapydoc May 13, 2008 at 7:20 am

Good luck with that book! It’ll be a winner, I’m sure.

Vicky May 13, 2008 at 11:14 am

I was totally going to buy a tutu for photo taking and playing for my 3 year old. Now I’m going to make one probably way cheaper. Yeah!

rachel May 13, 2008 at 7:15 pm

That is too clever and how simple!! I will definitely be making some of these!!

Erin W. May 19, 2009 at 3:38 pm

:( I clicked the link and…. “This blog is now closed” read the banner. :( And I really wanted to see how to make a princess tutu for my daughter.

Administrator May 19, 2009 at 4:14 pm

TheLittleWindowShoppe closed its virtual doors. Today! If you scroll down the page, you should still find the tutorial.

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