That's my creative cousin, also the owner of the art centre
Smellybutt de mini pirate!
Popo and Smellybutt, same tee!
Then she complaint head itchy, so off the bandana!
Then kids started to decorate the hat
After the hat decoration activity, it was the prize giving ceremony. By that time, Smellybutt already rubbing her eyes and told me "Mami, I sleepy already". It was only 7.30pm! That was the result of not taking her afternoon nap lah. So we headed home, and by 9am she was in her slumber land liao....ZzzZzz...
I've started to imagine myself handling 2 kids next year ^_^ more fun, and more preparation! ^_^ Looking forward to next year Halloween Party!
30th October 2010, Saturday @ Halloween Party organized by Artworks Children Art & Craft Centre.
Mama Devil with De Lil Witch
My lil witch!
Upon arrival, gotto que-up for registration
Then registrant will be tagged and given a goody bag
That's Smellybutt's classmate, both same height but Smellybutt is the champion lah coz she's the lightest in her class!
Picture time
Part of the food for the kiddos
Art & craft work has begun...
Smellybutt had to assemble Mr Frankenstein (with my help of course, otherwise all upside down!) By the time reached home, Mr Frank loose 1 of his eye ball de :P
Art work done...waiting for the food to be served. Err...no hand to snap picture after that coz I had to feed de witch! Mami was there, so the manja action took place lah.
Then all hold circle for the game!
By that time, both my legs almost detached from my body lah!! Freaking tired standing and walking around +_+ Kam si ng thung wong yat....with my big tummy, actions and movements are very much limited already. But despite to the tiredness, I really had a great time there with all the kids. Smellybutt was very happy too!
These are my Halloween props, a bling bling props I would say. Don't like it to be too plain straight from the printer =)
I've bought a packet of this from kedai ubat cina, only cost RM1.20/pack. I'm using it to decorate my props, to give them a more lively look ^_^
From the plain Jane pirate's hat, eye patch and a cute little devil patch for my black top....
They look so much better now with the bling bling effect! Ooh... I haven't touch up the pirates hat yet, coz yesterday night was too busy with the jelly preparation for Smellybutt's Children's Day celebration at the pre- school today.
To make an eye patch : 1) google for pirates eye patch clip art, print, cut out and stick on a hard cover paper using double sided tape. It sticks very well, so no need to use special fabric glue lah. 2) punch 2 holes at both side 3) I used a worn out niu pin (ordinary baby napkin), cut into strips and tied 'em on the eye patch so that I can adjust the tightness when I put it on. 4) finally, decorate with the bling bling stuff =)
This bling bling little devil patch should "bling nicely" on my black top + black legging
My very last minute DIY devil headband. At first glance, it's more like a cow's horns hor? :P Should look better with full costume...I hope!
If you want to make a devil headband, click here to view the full guide video. It's very simple!
So...I'm done with all my DIY Halloween costumes and props, except the pirates hat which need to be bling-ed tonight. Can't wait to parade my proud production tomorrow and day after!
It seems like Smellybutt's minor fever has gone. Pooofff!! Glad that she didn't have any fever at all since yesterday morning until today. So now we are all geared up to get wild this weekend!
I get her to dress up yesterday nite, just wanna see how's the outcome of my DIY no sew tutu skirt match up with the brown romper with a witch picture on her chest (malas to sew thus I just use double sided tape instead) and pair it with a light pink legging plus a witch hat which I bought last year.
So here she is.....
Zam Zam...Alakazammmm!!!!
She LOVES it
I LOVE it too!
Smellybutt de Lil Witch!
Side view of her tutu skirt. Pretty puffy also =)
BTW, I might change my look, to be a Devil Mommy instead :P Will see how lah....my itchy hand, wanna make a devil headband now!
Next, will finalize our outfit for the Pirates theme. Gotto deal with the eye patches only. And I've just completed a DIY pirates hat yesterday nite, just for Smellybutt. I'll update more with pictures tomorrow.
Here's what Smellybutt gonna look like on 30th October ~ being a cheecky puffy tutu witch! Pooff!!! And I will be the preggy mama witch!
These are the sketches I've made, on how to mix and match the DIY stuff with the clothing that we have at home in order to transform ourselves into a lovely witch....a witch without a flying broom =)
For Smellybutt
For Mommy
There's so many DIY stuff available online, just google a bit and I get loads of "how-to" info.
Where to get a witch picture? Just google for witch clip art and you'll get thousands to choose from. This is the witch clip art (with yellow back ground) that I've chosen, printed, and shall be pasted on a piece of used cloth to be lightly sewn on our baju later. With the yellow color back ground on this clip art, it'll look outstanding on our dark brown/black top =)
another cute witch with a pumpkin
* pictures downloaded from Google
Since I'm done with the no sew tutu skirt for Smellybutt, now left the paper craft work only - witch hat and the witch picture sewn on our tops. Will do it this weekend.
Halloween is approaching and I'm sooooo excited getting dressed up for the 2 upcoming Halloween Party (back to back some more!) with Smellybutt.
30th October, Saturday
As updated earlier, this will be organized by Artworks Art and Craft Workshop. No specific theme from the organizer (it's Teacher Nel actually, she runs the art class too) so it's all up to our own preference to dress to kill on that night :P Will share my idea of my DIY cum mix and match halloween costume later.
31st October, Sunday
My cousin who's the franchisee for Da Vinci Arts & Crafts Creative Development Centre, will be organizing 1 as well!! Again, as updated earlier, she couldn't make it at first as she is still very busy with her wedding preparation (on mid Nov). But.....due to the demand from her art class students (and their parents as well) was very high, thus she decided to have 1, last minute. She has come up with a theme, Pirates vs Mermaid. Cool!!
I can't sew and I don't know how to sew. So I'd like to share my very first no sew tutu skirt project here. I had fun doing this, and it is superbly simple! Any dummies like me also can do lah. And most importantly, it's CHEAP! To buy 1 from the market will cost me a bomb, easily around RM70/pc but of course those in the market are much more nicer and fluffier than my DIY tutu skirt lah. I don't intend to let her wear it so often, thus a DIY tutu skirt for the halloween party is enough.
Materials :
1) tulle or netting I bought 1 meter each of the below netting from Kamdar @ RM3.80/m. What a steal!!!!
2) scissor
3) ruler
4) ribbon (about 2 meter) I'm using a red recycle ribbon, from the mini hamper which I got last year (Crabtree and Evelyn products) han dak, zhao han :P
Initially, I had no idea what is tulle. I assume it's something like organza material. When I was in Kamdar store, I straight away looked for organza fabric. Cheap ooooh, they have those in loose pieces only RM5/meter. But looking at the organza fabric, it'll fray when cut into many pieces. So don't think that organza is the correct material to be used for my project. Then I asked the staff, that I need something "harder" than organza fabric. He then showed me the netting material. Aaaahh...that should be the right one!! No fraying, no worries!! And best of all, it's even cheaper, only RM3.80/meter. Just be careful, as there's another type of netting which is harder than those which I've bought. Price is still the same too. The harder it is, the more kasar it'll be, so kids won't feel comfortable after putting it on.
closed up picture of the netting
My preferred combo color : purple + light pink + dark brown
Then I cut them out into 3" width stripes and 9" length . That's the measurement for my lil 3yr old lah. You may adjust the length according to the height of your child.
And I tied each of the 3" stripes onto the red ribbon. Please watch the video at the bottom of this post, for full guide. I got the idea of doing this from that lady in the video too.
Here's how the finishing of the knot looks like.
I've completed the tying process within 30-45mins for a total of 72pcs of 3" stripes. Did it when Smellybutt was having her afternoon nap. If I do it with her presence, it'll take me ages to complete this simple work lah.
Here's the final outcome of my no sew tutu skirt.
I love this tutu skirt very much!! Proud of my own production lah :P Muahahhaha. When I showed this to Smellybutt, she was very happy too! Effort paid off with her smiles and jumping up and down when trying it out =)
I saw this hand made jeans corsage via I Like Paper Cutting blog. I have plenty of old jeans but sayang to buang coz they are all Levi's. Nah... I didn't fork out a single cent for the branded jeans, it was my ex-lady boss who gave them to me. She is as "fit" as me, that was why she passed over to me her "excessive" stock. LOL!!
Now I'm soooo tempted to sew that jeans corsage coz I find it simple, nice and also an easy DIY work too. But 1 thing crossed my mind after reading the post. Can I really sew while I'm pregnant? Aiyah...for those of you who are not Chinese, let me share with you the pantang larang for being a Chinese hot chick pregnant lady like me!! Muahahahaaha!! Sorry if I make your tummy upset :P
According to the Chinese believing, if you are pregnant, you CAN'T do these stunts : 1) sewing 2) shift house 3) move house furniture 4) house renovation 5) nailing the wall - super pantang!
What else ya?? That's all I can think of now. So why can't I sew? According to the cerita moyang, the sewing work will affect the baby's outlook. Maybe the baby will have weird deep scar on his/her face or body. The most common 1 is to cause the baby to have cleft lip. Hmmm...so how now?
Mirror, mirror on the wall.....if I sew the jeans corsage, am I going against the Chinese pantang larang firewall?
Hand made haunted house by my cousin! Cool!!
That's my creative cousin, also the owner of the art centre
Smellybutt de mini pirate!
Popo and Smellybutt, same tee!
Then she complaint head itchy, so off the bandana!
Then kids started to decorate the hat
