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The Creation of a Blue Fairy
My daughter, Madi saw this blue fairy costume idea from our favorite thrift store and decided then and
there that this was the costume for her this Halloween. I was a
little bit nervous because I wasn't sure how we would recreate it on
our limited budget. In the following weeks I worked to convince her
that taking elements of that costume and making it our own would be
just as effective and cool. It also could be a lot of fun.
We discussed what elements were
must-haves for this costume and we decided on:
An all Blue Outfit
Blue Hair (either a wig or temporary
dye)
Sparkles
Fairy Skirt (like a tutu)
One of the things I have tried to do in
the past is create a base for an outfit that can be used as regular
clothes later on. With the Blue Fairy a long sleeved blue t-shirt we
found at the local thrift store and dark blue denim leggings that we
had on hand were the perfect canvas. We also added dark shoes and
socks from Madi's closet to finish it off.
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| The Basic Outfit |
Then we hit the Dollar Tree to get some
inspiration. We hit the jackpot and found blue fairy wings, silver
and blue sparkle jewelry that lights up, a blue headband hair
extension, and a blue canvas treat bag. I even found a few
princess/fairy skirts that matched but decided to make our skirt. I
had always wanted to try my hand at making a no sew fairy tutu skirt
and now was the time.
Our last trip was to the fabric store
to get skirt making supplies. Here's what you need to make your very
own fairy skirt:
2 yards of 1 ½” - 2” wide light
blue fabric ribbon [I went ahead and just bought the whole roll]
2 yards each of 4 different shades of
blue tulle fabric
I measured my ribbon to fit my
daughter's waist and then added a couple feet on either side so I
could have a generous bow on the back when the finished skirt was
tied on. Then I laid that aside so I could tackle all that tulle.
I cut the tulle into ~4 inch wide
strips that were ~3 feet long. I eyeballed this one. You might want
your skirt shorter or longer depending on who you are making it for.
These dimensions gave a nice result for my five year old.
Then I laid out the ribbon I had cut
and found the center point. I anchored the ends of my ribbon down
with several heavy books and my five year old skirt making assistant.
I decided on a random color pattern and set to work tying each piece
of tulle to the ribbon so that it hang evenly on both sides. You
don't want to tie too tightly because you want a little bit of wiggle
room to even out the fabric later on. I continued to work from the
center out, alternating each side until I was out of tulle.
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| Blue Fairy with Super Why |
I finished the skirt by tying it onto
my trusty five year old assistant and adjusting the tulle so that
there was even coverage all around. And that is pretty much it.
Every so often the skirt needs a little fluffing and straightening
but otherwise it wears really well and is quite simple to make. I
finished the entire project start to finish in about 30 minutes.
Here's the entire Blue Fairy Finished
Product!
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. We got to personalize our creations with images from magazines and 
that had also been cut into circles to fit the bottle caps. 
