These tutus were a HIT at Harper’s Bow Tie & Tutu Birthday Party!
The little girls looked so cute in them!
Here is what you need:
Elastic
Hot glue (with the gun)
Fabric scraps cut into strips (mine were about 17 – 20 inches long)
And a cute little girl ready to sport her new tutu!
Cut the elastic to your child’s waist size.
(These little girls are about 2-3 years old. I cut the elastic into pieces 15 inches long.)
Put a good amount of hot glue on one end of the elastic.
Press the opposite end of the elastic firmly on top of the
hot glue and hold in place until dry!
Make sure your elastic is not twisted and that it creates a circle.
(Confused? See next pic)
You should have something like this.
Gather all of your fabric strips.
(Because I am insane… I was making 12 of these… you will most likely not need THIS much fabric!)
Lay one strip of fabric down then place the elastic on the center of the strip and fold the fabric strip over the elastic like this:
Next tie the fabric strip into a knot to secure it to the elastic.
(I ended up putting the elastic band around my thigh so it was pulled tight like I did in this tutorial.)
Continue tying knots… and tying knots… and tying knots…
until all of the elastic is covered up.
Then you will have this:
Now you have a Scrappy Tutu!
Happy Thursday!
those are adorable!! I think I will make one for my little niece for her birthday!! thanks for sharing!
I am so gong to try this! I love it!
These are SO adorable!! I think I may be making a couple of these for my cute nieces!
Kari
Newlyweds on a Budget
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LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!! Super cute Natalie!
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Those tutus are so cute, clever idea so all the girls could dress up. Thanks for sharing.
love it – so cute and soooo easy. Now off to find a small girl toddler to make one for.
Wow. I want one of these!
I LOVE IT!!!! Now.. I just need to find some scraps!
I HOPE you’ll share this at The DIY Dreamer… From Dream To Reality!! PLEASE!
http://thediydreamer.blogspot.ca/2012/04/from-dream-to-reality-linky-party-10.html
I started to make one of these before seeing your post. I didn’t feel that I added enough strips once the girls wore them. Plus my elastic stretche more once they put it on. Any ideas how to overcome these problems? For instance did you stretch while tying at all?
Thanks!
Kari
Adorable! Easy and adorable…even better. Love the theme. This would work with my boy/girl twins too. I’m stuck on finding a party idea that suits both. Bow ties and tutus…now that’s an idea!
…and Little Miss Harper is precious. Is her tutu a scrappy one too?
Just coming by to let you know that your scrappy tutuorial is featured on my blog today!
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SO cute. My daughter is having a crayon birthday and I think a colorful scrap tutu would be SO cute. How should I go about buying material? How much material would you guess for 1 tutu with maybe 5 different patterns? Thx. I am a total novice in this area so details are appreciated lol thx