Craft: Make your own no sew tutu

Make your own tutu

What you need:

Tulle (see handy hint)

Scissors

Ruler

Wide elastic

Ribbon

Make your own tutu

Step 1: Lay your tulle out on a flat surface and fold it in half length-wise. Cut 15cm-wide strips of tulle and set them aside.

Make your own tutu

Step 2: Knot a piece of elastic to the waist size of your child. Make it a wee bit tighter than normal as adding all the tulle will stretch it a bit.

Make your own tutu

Step 3: Layer two pieces of tulle together.

Make your own tutu

Step 4: Twist the middle of the tulle to make a loop.

Make your own tutu

Step 5:  Pass the loop through the elastic.

Make your own tutu

Step 6: Next pull the tails of the tulle back through the loop so that it makes a knot on the elastic.

Make your own tutu

Step 7: Pull the looped tulle tight, but not too firmly, as you may need to adjust the spacing later.

Make your own tutu

Step 8: Add more tulle until the elastic is covered. If you want, you can trim the tulle shorter to make a shorter skirt.

Make your own tutu

Step 9: To finish, add lengths of ribbon between the tulle by looping over (in the same way as you did the tulle), then tie a wide piece of ribbon into a bow at the “front” of the skirt.