Look at These Tutus!

By Mandi • May 17, 2008

Two Christmases ago, I discovered the world of “fashion” tutus for little girls, but man, oh, man, are they expensive! I looked, drooled and moved on.br /br /Having given up on finding one that I could justify buying, I was so excited to see both of these posts (a href=”http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2008/05/too-cute-tutu.html”here/a and a href=”http://ohamanda.com/?p=676″here/a) on making your own no-sew tutu that I immediately placed an order on a href=”http://stores.ebay.com/dreampartycreation_Tulle_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ7683706QQftidZ2QQtZkm”eBay for some tulle/a ($2.25 a roll for 75′, $2.99 shipping for the first roll and $0.75 for each additional roll). Hopefully I’ll have some time next weekend to put them together and share some pictures. I bought pink and green for the first set (yes, of course all three girls need matching tutus!) and yellow and white for the second. I have visions of all three of them sitting in the grass in their tutus for some cute pics!br /br /For instructions, check out Zakka Life’s a href=”http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2008/05/too-cute-tutu.html”Too Cute Tutu/a and Oh Amanda’s a href=”http://ohamanda.com/?p=676″A Berry Berry Princess/a (how cute is her little girl???).br /br /br /a href=”http://www.mylivesignature.com/” target=”_blank”img style=”BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none” src=”http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/128/0E4A8EA9D2A4A002FC32D3D163051882.png” //a

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Mandi

As a busy work-at-home mom striving to make the most of every moment with my girls (4.5, 3, 1.5 and one baby on the way!), my goal is to share easy crafts and activities, kid-friendly and easy recipes, and adorable and easy cupcakes for other moms looking to do the same!

7 Responses to “ Look at These Tutus! ”

Chrissy May 17th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

I’ve done this before…. and also did hairbands (rubberbands)with them too The downside is that the tulle always starts to fray/unravel where you cut the strips after a while. Unless you can/want to bind it somehow. It is definitely SUPER easy and SUPER cute!! I had done this after I found some in a pricey kids store and realized how simple it was and a teeeensy fraction of the cost! In fact…. I still have a few rolls of the tulle ribbon I used on the hairbands…. I’ll have to send them in the package I have here for you!
Mandi May 17th, 2008 at 9:50 pm

Ooh, what a great idea – matching hairbands for the big girls!!! A package? I like packages!
Tara May 17th, 2008 at 11:01 pm

Love them!!! I’ll take two, please.
Britt May 18th, 2008 at 6:58 am

Chrissy- I’ve found that clear nail polish painted on the ends of “whatever may fray or run” really works at preventing damage. (I used to get little holes in my ballet tights - way back when - and after applying a bit of clear polish around the hole, it wouldn’t run)BR/BR/I can’t wait to see how yours turn out Mandi!
Mandi May 18th, 2008 at 7:22 am

That’s a great idea about the nail polish, Brittany…we used to do that to my ballet tights too!BR/BR/I’m wondering if I could seal the tool with a lighter the way I do ribbon?!! It seems like it would be faster than nail polish only because there will be so much of it.
Mandi May 18th, 2008 at 7:24 am

LOL, Tara…if we ever manage to plan a trip…
oh amanda May 19th, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Thanks for the linky love and the sweet comment!BR/BR/Your girls will love them. Lydia still puts hers on AND the crown AND the magic wand every time we turn music on—she’s got to dance in it!