I went to work deciding how her particular costume would turn out. I started by searching for a white leotard. I didn't think it would be so hard to find a white leotard. I visited the local Walmart, Target and Shopko for one with no luck, only pink and black options. I tried Dillards, Macy's, Kohls and TJMaxx, still no white leotard. I then searched for a local dance store and found one several miles from my home, so I loaded the kids up in the car and headed to the Dance Place and found that they only had 2 available. Lucky for me one was in the size I needed. However, the leotard was a bit more pricey then I had expected, but since I couldn't find one any where else, I decided I had to buy it. I also stopped in at a local Kid to Kid store for a pair of cute pink polka dot baby legs.
Next was purchasing the tulle for the tutu and some pom poms for the chest. Since I didn't want the pom poms to be permanent on the leotard, I attached pins to the pom poms, and then pinned them on. I made the tutu with green, pink and blue tulle. I also made the neck fluff and wrist fluff with the same tulle as the tutu. I then completed the ensemble by making a matching pair of hair bows for her hair using the tulle and the pom poms.
She made such a cute Clown Ballerina and had fun wearing it for some Halloween activities the following year.
Here is the end result.
Supplies used:
-White leotard
- Multi pack of pom poms (includes several different colors and sizes)
- 3 rolls of 6" wide tulle in different colors to match your pom poms
- Elastic (I used 1/2")
- pair of baby legs or leg warmers
- 1 inch bar pins (for the pom poms on the leotard if you don't want them permanent)
- alligator hair clips
- hot glue
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