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.
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Wow! Thank you for this post.
Happy Mothers Day.
Good luck with that book! It’ll be a winner, I’m sure.
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!
That is too clever and how simple!! I will definitely be making some of these!!
TheLittleWindowShoppe closed its virtual doors. Today! If you scroll down the page, you should still find the tutorial.