Costumes for Kindy Concert

It is the time of the year where schools and kindergartens are busy preparing and putting the final touch to their respective annual school concert and prize giving ceremony.  While my kids are not at performing age, nevertheless, I helped sew some costumes for a kindergarten.  It is a fashion show, depicting uniforms of different occupations.

I hope the kids have as much fun parading these costumes as I did sewing them.

Here they are :

Nurse

Vet / surgeon

Fire fighter

Pirate



Soldier



Magician

Baker



Clown
 

 

 

Lantern Facelift

A pictured step by step guide on giving a facelift to an ordinary paper lantern. 


Materials needed :

Paper lantern
Colored card board / manila board
Double sided tape

The pictures are rather self explanatory :

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Hello Kitty Snow Skin Moon Cake

My niece is a huge fan of Hello Kitty.  My sister in law had to had Mc Donald every week when the Hello Kitty toys were launched recently (the sacrifice mummies make!).  As such, it is no surprise that she requested for Hello Kitty moon cakes.  I have thus, made these to tempt her..


The recipe is the same as what I made last year (Mini Snow Skin Moon Cake) with the exception that I substituted the pandan juice with water.  This is because the pandan juice will make the skin greenish in color while I wanted it to be white for the Hello Kitty.

DIY Fish Lantern

Mooncake festival is round the corner again.  I made a traditional lantern for my girls last year (DIY Lantern for Mid Autumn Festival).

 It came across me that such design is not really suitable for a little boy.  As such, this year, I decided to make a fish lantern instead.   Here's the step by step guide :


Materials :

Wire
Glass paper (orange, blue and yellow)
Cellophane tape
Glue
Poster color
Thread
Stick




Steps :

1) Make 2 circles of about 25cm diameter and wrap the end of each with cellophane tape.  (The circles can be made free hand but both must be identical.  Bend the circle into an elongated shape, resembling the body of a fish,



2) Similarly, make 4 circles of about 13cm diameter each and another 2 circles of 8cm diameter.  Bend the 13cm diameter circles to resemble fins while the 8cm diameter circles are to be made into tails.

 

 

 

 

3)   Join the fins and tail to each side of the fish's body using cellophane tape.

 

 

 

4)   Bend the centre of the fish so that it is a little curvy.

 

 

 

5)  Placing both side by side, join the pointed end of the fish and at the tail

6)  Thread a string of wire around a candle to make the candle holder and secure it in place at the bottom of the lantern.

 

 

 

 

7)  Cut 2 pieces of yellow glass paper to the size and shape of the body and glue in place.  Be careful as the glass paper tears easily.  However, once wet with glue, the glass paper will soften and can be folded easily.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8)  Similarly, glue the red glass papers to the fins and blue glass paper to the tails.

 

 

 

 

9)  Once the glue has dried, paint the fish's features using poster colors.

 

 

10)  Thread a string of thread to the fins and tail of the fish and tie the end to a stick which serves as the holder.

 

 

The lantern is now done.

 

 

I lighted the lantern at our garden.  The way it rotated around makes it look like a real fish swimming around.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tutorial : Drool Pads for SSC

Here is a step by step guide to sew drool pads for SSC.



Materials :

2pc       regular size children's handkerchief (or face towel cut into handkerchief size)
8pcs     printed cotton (same size as handkerchief)
4sets    snaps
Bias tape
Snap plier





1) Place a piece of cotton with the right side facing down.

2) Place the handkerchief on top of the cotton.

3) Place another piece of cotton, now with right side facing up, on top of the handkerchief.

I used double layer of face towels here instead of handkerchief but really,
 1 layer is sufficient

4) Pin the assembly to hold them in place.

5) Sew along the perimeter, with 1cm seam allowance and cut away the excess.

6) Snip away the corners of the pad.

7) Open the bias tape and align to the side of the pad.

8) Sew along the first fold line of the bias tape, around the perimeter of the pad.

9) Turn over the pad and fold the bias tape at its middle fold line and fold again at the last fold line.

10) Sew the folded bias tape in place.

 

 

 

 

11) Place the pad around the shoulder strap of the SSC to mark the place where the snaps should be.

12) Pierce a hole at the mark and place the snap through the hole.

13) Clamp the snap in place with a snap plier. 

14) Repeat steps 12 - 13 for the remaining 3 snaps.

15) Repeat step 1 - 14 for the other pad.



The drool pads are now done. 

 

If using snaps, the drool pads are reversible.  Thus you may want to use a printed cotton as the bottom layer in step 1 and another print in step 3 as what I have in the pictures here.

SSC without drool pads



 

SSC with Side A of Drool Pads



SSC with Side B of Drool Pads

Child SSC cum Safety Harness

For sale :

Handmade child soft structured carrier (SSC) that can be doubled up as a safety harness.

Price :  RM39  (not including harness).

Please enquire within at ngmh@yahoo.com 

DIY : Beast's Costume (from Beauty and the Beast)

A weekend project :  the Beast's costume from Beauty and the Beast. 

Cut it a bit too large for my 18 months old boy.  He does not seem to notice and toddling away happily with his cheeky smile.  Showed it off to the daddy and grandmother and refused to take it off despite the hot weather.