Make Your Own Elsa Shoes

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek...

My little munchkin is all about Frozen at the moment so we've made a dress and cape and crown so now it was time for the shoes. This is a tutorial to show you how I made some pretty Elsa shoes for my 4 year old.

What you need:
A pair of court shoes  ( I found these at Target on sale for $5)
White paint ( I just used student acrylic paint but gesso would be better)
Fabric Glue
Blue and silver fine glitter
Shimmery blue sheer fabric ( I had some off cuts from our Elsa cape which is shiny organza with snowflakes printed on)
A hot glue gun
Fire (cigarette lighter or candle)
Rhinestones

Step 1:
Cut off all unnecessary trims from original shoes









Step 2:

Paint white

Step 3:
Paint fabric glue all over and cover in blue and silver glitter.









Step 4:

Cut 2 circular pieces of fabric out and cut some spikes into the edge which will overhang the front edge of the shoe. Then using the cigarette lighter carefully seal the edges of the fabric so it won't fray. The fabric needs to be something synthetic for this to work, 100% polyester is perfect.

Step 5:

Using the hot glue gun, run a line of glue around the front top edge and attach the front fabric.

Step 6:

Use hot glue along the toe edge where the sole joins the shoe and just stick about 2-3cm down, pulling the fabric so it is taught over the shoe. Then work your way around the edges pulling the fabric as you go and pressing it into the glue well, being careful not to burn your fingers!

Step 7:

The finishing touch of sparkly diamantes. I had a snowflake on the front of each shoe so just stuck the diamantes on it using the hot glue gun. If you had plain fabric you could make a snowflake in fabric glue and glitter it then add some rhinestone highlights. Or whatever you like, as long as they are blue/silver and sparkly everyone is generally pretty happy ;-)

Art Journalling with 21 Secrets

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek...

I have joined an online group of workshops in art journalling called 21 Secrets. It is a collection of workshops by 21 different artists giving techniques for art journalling and is really fun. I've been really enjoying playing with colours, textures, paints, collage, words and poetry with reckless abandon. Here are some of my pages so far.

An Anime Moment

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek... Moon girl had been watching little Munchkin walk around this morning in a nappy and singlet with a lamb tucked under one arm. The thought occurred to her that it was such a gorgeous toddler image she would make a perfect anime character. So she decided to try her hand at capturing little munchkin in anime style and pulled out the "How To Draw Anime and Game Characters Vol.1" book and had a go.

Make Your Own Gorgeous Hobby Horse

Make Your Own Gorgeous Hobby Horse

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek... a wee little patchwork pony was born.

Moon mouse had been shopping and seen hobby horses at the toy shop however he didn't like the oh so pink and pretty and plastic look to them all. So he came home and decided to make one instead enlisting Moon Girl to help too.

Neigh, I even have bells on my halter.

I love it because it's so bright and colourful and of course the satisfaction of having made it ourselves.

If anyone is interested in the know how (it's really not that hard) it follows after the break...

Elements of A Creative Space

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek...
Moongirl unpacked all her arty stuff which had been hiding in boxes and made a "creative space" under the house for it all. Every house she had ever lived in had a creative space and they seemed to end up having many things in common. Following is Moongirl's list of essential elements for a good creative space.

1. Some kind of desk or table and chair.

How To Turn Daddy's Old T-Shirts Into A Cute Toddler Dress

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek... Moon Girl had finally dug her old sewing machine out and decided to make something. Being a rather lazy sewer she wanted something easy. No buttonholes or zippers or anything much more complicated than straight seams.

 

This is what she made being modelled by the beautiful Bibi Munchkin. Now would you like to hear the story of how she did it and you can too? All right then well sit down, make yourselves comfortable and we'll get started.

The Enchanted Forest

One day in the little house with the long legs down by the creek...

Moon Girl and Munchkin went out to play. It was very cold so they made sure they were well rugged up with a purple poncho for Munchkin and a black fur-lined jacket for Moon Girl. Munchkin even wore an owlet on her head to keep the chill off. Once they were both sufficiently dressed in their wonderful warm clothes, off they went in search of The Enchanted Forest where they were going to meet some friends.

Now the Enchanted Forest is not an easy place to find, as most things enchanted are. The entrance is protected by magic to prevent evil monsters from coming in and stealing the children. They went straight past it on the way there, but when they turned back, a track popped out of nowhere.

And there it was...

They met their friends and found a lovely warm spot in the sun to sit. There were some amazing things to see and Munchkin ran around investigating everything. She found an enormous fairy cirlce of mushrooms which were big enough to sit on like little stools. There was a mermaid splashing in the water and a giant flower you could talk into. But the best thing of all was eating snowflakes and riding on the echidna.