A Skirt For Elfie

Every good elf needs a holiday outfit, right?  Baby Girl felt that her elf friend (Elfie) needed something to wear other than her red felt pajamas.  We decided that a holiday skirt was in order and whipped one up with materials pulled from the supply bin.

Read on to see how easy it was to create a skirt for our holiday friend:

(You can click here if you didn't get a chance to meet Elfie)
 

Materials

Ribbon and cotton lace trim were all I needed to pull together this 'outfit'

Side Note:  Thank you to my Grandma who gave me a box of her old ribbons, laces and trims!

Step 1

After cutting the cotton lace to the size that I wanted, I hand stitched a couple of lengths of ribbon to serve as ties.  I didn't get very technical here (do I ever?) and just eyeballed my measurements.

Side Note:  I was out of red thread so we'll just pretend that we wanted the white stitches to show ;)

Detailing

Because Elfie is a fancy elf, Baby Girl thought we should add glitter to her skirt.

We used a bit of glitter glue from the kids craft bin, you can find this at Dollar Tree.

Step 2

Add a layer of glitter and let dry.

We were ok with the sort of opaque look, but if you want a darker embellishment simply add more layers of glitter glue.

Ready for the Runway

And here is our Elfie, ready to rock the holiday in her new skirt!

I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2015