On Being Santa
Dec. 13th, 2014 01:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talyenOne of the things I find inordinately stressful this time of year is the wrapping. I hired a babysitter so that I could go out and get presents for the kids, but wrapping is all on me. And I hate to wrap. Usually I stay up for hours (3 or more) the night before and wrap.
Yesterday I had the day off work for stress-related craziness, and I wrapped the kids' presents. I also made ornaments for the kids' teachers. (They have around 16 teachers between them, isn't that crazy?!) The kids had made 4 of them, but gosh, we needed to speed up that process, and it's fun!
And then I made a couple of those nearly-no-sew tutus for kids (thank goodness my kids can't read this blog yet). Those are incredibly fun to make and I can't wait to see their faces. I want to make more of them in spiderman and superman colors so they match the way my kids like to dress up.
And then I played around with some other things that could be made. I was all crafty and stuff. I love to make things. I had forgotten how much I love to make things! Won't it be great when the kids can make things, too!
I seriously need more time without my kids. If only it didn't cost $12-15/hour.
Yesterday I had the day off work for stress-related craziness, and I wrapped the kids' presents. I also made ornaments for the kids' teachers. (They have around 16 teachers between them, isn't that crazy?!) The kids had made 4 of them, but gosh, we needed to speed up that process, and it's fun!
And then I made a couple of those nearly-no-sew tutus for kids (thank goodness my kids can't read this blog yet). Those are incredibly fun to make and I can't wait to see their faces. I want to make more of them in spiderman and superman colors so they match the way my kids like to dress up.
And then I played around with some other things that could be made. I was all crafty and stuff. I love to make things. I had forgotten how much I love to make things! Won't it be great when the kids can make things, too!
I seriously need more time without my kids. If only it didn't cost $12-15/hour.
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Date: 2014-12-13 08:21 pm (UTC)Tutus
Date: 2014-12-13 09:53 pm (UTC)1. Buy some 3/4" elastic
2. Also buy a total of 4-5 yards tulle in your daughter's favorite colors (my daughters are extremely skinny and sizes 24mo and 5/6, and I used 4 yards apiece)
3. Measure around your daughter's pants while she's not around
5. Cut the elastic the size of your daughter's waistband, then sew it together an inch or so smaller
6. Cut the tulle into strips about 4-5" wide, making sure to create the same number of strips of each color
7. Fold the tulle strip in half, then shove a loop down from the inside of the elastic, making a knot (Magnus hitch) over the elastic
8. Check the length - you may have to fold the tulle again and re-knot
9. Create Magnus hitches with the hitch facing outward in alternating colors
10. Pretty!!