I'm sorry.
Sorry I haven't given you any updates, crafts, Avery stories, home tours. I've just been so overwhelmed and exhausted to even think about blogging. But I am still here, I do still love blogging very much, and I promise to update you more (plus, for Christmas, I'm getting my very own laptop!! No more having to borrow Marty's work laptop to hurriedly hash out a blog post!).
I thought as an apology, I'd dive back into the blogging world with a craft post!
It's no secret that Avery and I are Disney fanatics. Marty, I think, is starting to come around. He mentioned to me about a month ago about when we'd visit Disney World again. Convert? I hope so!
So, with Christmas coming, I thought that it was a no-brainer for us to have some Disney-inspired Christmas decor in our house! I had to reach wayyyyy back in my memory and dig up these amazing Disney Princess Dolls from Taija's Drawing Board--a Tumblr account where one woman posts her AH-MAZE-ZING works of Disney art. I'm obsessed. I currently have one of her drawings of Ariel as my phone background. That's beside the point.
These are the beauties I'm talking about today:
I know they're not overly Christmas-y, but if you look close (and my apologies for the terrible picture and all the ones to follow...it's going to be a goal for 2015 to learn how to take better iPhone pictures) Tiana is holding a gift, Pocahontas is holding a snowball. In our house, however, these aren't going to be used for Christmas decor. We're hanging these from Avery's bedroom ceiling. She's close to exploding with excitement. Want to learn how to make your own? Well, then I'm so glad you're here!
Materials Needed:
- string
- scissors
- glue or tape
- cardstock
- crayons/colored pencils/markers
- tissue paper
- string
How to assemble:
1. Go to Taija's Drawing Board Tumbler page and print off the Princesses. For me, it was little complicated to do. When I just right clicked the picture to print it, it was attempting to print the entire Tumblr page. So, I had to save the JPG image to my computer and then print the picture off.
You should have 5 pages when you're done, 10 Princesses total.
2. Once you have your Princesses printed out, color 'em!
I printed off 3 copies of each page, two for me to color and one for Avery. Yes, I'm OCD when it comes to crafts and wanted some of them to look good. So sue me.
3. Once they're colored, cut each Princess out. You also need to cut a thin rectangle shape out in the middle of the body for the tissue paper to go. Taija's already made that easy for you and has the lines where you need to cut.
4. Choose whatever color tissue paper you want for each specific Princess and fold a long piece of tissue paper into an accordion-style. Make sure you don't have the folds too wide to fit into the rectangle that you cut out of the middle of the Princess.
5. Insert the folded tissue paper into the cutout you made in the Princess.
6. Open each side of the folded paper and tape or glue the ends together. Add string to the top and you're done!
The beauty of these little beauties is how versatile they can be. Hang them from a present for a unique addition to your wrapped box:
Or make a loop at the top with your string and turn them into ornaments. Or, do as the Gaddies are doing, and use them as decor in your Princess obsessed child's room. So many options!
You can do two colors of tissue paper, cut one in a design and create a layered dress. Make the dress longer. Or shorter.....
Add texture to mimic the Princesses real dresses from their actual Disney movie,,,
The possibilities are endless! And the cool thing about the artist that made these is that she has included little tips to the side of each Princess for you to personalize them any way you'd like. She even teaches you how to make a real paper flower or how to jazz a Princess up with some glitter.
So, these Princesses are pretty cute, right? Am I forgiven for not blogging in forever??
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