Halloween - a little late...

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I know I am a little behind the times on this post but for Halloween I made E. a princess dress that I designed and created. It was fun and you can tell by the looks on her face she LOVED it! It is so rewarding to see a face like that when it is in direct result of something you made for them.


So the inspiration came from one of the first scenes from Disney's Princess and the Frog, when Tiana's friend has all those princess dresses specially made for her. I drew up sketches including various details from a few of these dresses and then went to work. I used the $5 for a bolt fabric from Wal-Mart for both the pink portion and the white lining. The white tulle I just had on hand.

I wanted this dress to be something that she could continue to wear for dress up. So I made the neckline elastic for easy entry and exit. For the skirt I used 1 (doubled) layer or lining for anti-itch and to give it a solid color underneath, then added 3 doubled layers of tulle {I did the doubling because I was lazy and didn't want to hem... hehe, plus it added more pouf.} then the top pink layer which I doubled and scrunched up at the bottom and merely saftey pinned to give it that classic princess look. The top I did use this tutorial for a guide on the bodice but mostly made things up as I when along. I tried to line everything perfectly so as to not cause itchy-ness but I overlooked the elastic neck part. That was a little itchy but she loved the dress so much that she didn't care. For Halloween she wore a white shirt underneath the dress for warmth and comfort.



Oh I LOVE these faces! It makes my heart happy that she loves her princess dress so much.

E. is kissing her "prince." She loves her daddy!

For the C-man, I crocheted him a frog hat so the pair made the Princess and the Frog. They were adorable together! E. would talk for weeks before Halloween about how C-man was her "little frog prince." C-man didn't wear his hat for very long periods at a time because he didn't like the ear flaps but oh well...
You can find the link here for how I made the eyes. (I don't think I used stiff enough yarn for the eyes because they started to look more like ears - I am fairly new to crocheting.)

OOOO, He is so strong!

Daddy trying to show C-man how much fun it is to wear the froggie hat.

"Hey, is that my prince over there?"

Hopefully you enjoyed these fairy tale pictures - I know my kiddos loved their costumes.

I linked this post to the following parties:
It's So Very Cheri
Keeping it Simple