Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Princess dresses on their hangers

I came up with this for my daughter's second birthday party. I wanted something different that I hadn't seen before and this seemed like a cute idea. One of my favorites so far.

  Cinderella's gown was made from three pieces of printing paper, a few shades of blue paints and some silver glitter.
  I drew an outline for the skirt longways on one piece, the top of the dress shortways on the second piece, and the two sleeves on the third. I then cut them out, painted them with my desired colours and added glitter. They were then layed out to dry.
  When dry, I layed the pieces where they were suppose to go, and laminated it with clear packing tape.

Belle's dress was done pretty much the same. I used kid size hangers for all of these and tied the clips to them with white yarn (it seemed to blend in the best and is simple to tie securely).

I thought including the ownership of which dress belonged to which princess was adorable.

The sleeves of Cinderella's blue dress went on top when it came to connecting them to the dress. Belle's yellow sleeves, however, went underneath because they would technically be sown onto the inside of the dress, not the outside. I thought this dress turned out nicely.
For Ariel, I decided to go with her under the sea attire, for the sake of variety and because that was the theme of my daughter's birthday cake. I used one piece of printing paper for the ocean background. I believe I used two shades of blue (light first, then darker). I then used the silver glitter to make waves.
The fin was made from a seperate piece of printing paper. For the larger portion, I made an outline with pencil and cut it out. Did the same on a seperate sheet of paper for the fin and decorative top piece for the fin. I then cut them out, painted them my desired colours. After they dried, I laminated them and connected that entire piece to the already laminated ocean background.

The shell top was simply folding a sheet of paper in half and cutting the shape. That way both came out even. I then cut the strap, painted all three pieces, and added glitter. When dry I laminated the shell top, then connected it to the already laminated ocean background.
I then put it on the hanger and hung them around the livingroom. They were the perfect addition to the party and it's theme. Very subtle and simply beautiful. I recieved alot of compliments on these. Best part is because they are laminated I can use them again and again!

1 comment:

  1. I thought this was adorable when I saw it at the party. Well done!

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