Crocheted Rapunzel Hat tutorial

This Rapunzel hat has become very popular for both little girls as well as adults. I've received such a great response to these crocheted hats. These are crocheted by hand with 40 hand cut felt flowers. If anyone wants me to email them the tutorial, send me a message and I will gladly send it to you. This tutorial is for personal use only, not for resale.

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Enjoy!

Sizes

Childs $64.00 USD Adult $74.00 USD Adult Full length $94.00 USD

Colors

Black + Red Flowers Pearl Yellow Golden Yellow Fire Red Barley Brown

Belle Apron

I am starting to really like this pattern, our daughter can dress up as her favorite princess simply and over anything she wants. I don't have to worry about her larger cousins wanting to wear them either. The next one I make will be darker blue. I just used what I had at home (left over Cinderella fabric). It has a beautiful Rose embroidered on the skirt (her favorite part).

Princess and Knights Birthday Party

For our daughters 3rd birthday party we decided to have a Princess and Knights party for about 20 kids. We rented out the gym of our church to keep the disaster away from our house. Plus, it gave the kids plenty of room to run around.

My sister in-law made the invitations, absolutely the best.
I made crowns from stiff felt (from the craft store: only one store of three had it), elastic, glitter, sequence and rick rack. I also made felt tunics with both our family crests on them.

My husband made shields  of corrugated cardboard. He used spray adhesive with paper images on top. The kids played with all the extra cardboard. I wanted a cardboard castle but we ran out of cardboard too close to the birthday party to buy more. The little kids had just as much fun.

For the craft, the kids made paper doll puppets. I printed them onto card stock and just cut them out. We used crayons, extra lace and fabric from prom/wedding dresses I had laying around. I prepped the knights with foil a head of time. For the girls I prepped the dolls with fabric skirts and sticks. In order to cut down on drying time for everything we got a huge bag of wooden chopsticks (for $2) at our Asian food store and I have been crafting with them. They were perfect for this craft. The kids are still playing with the puppets weeks later, I thought for sure they would be destroyed. I think the sticks help to keep the kids from bending the paper too much.

For the goody bags I made sugar cookies and punched them out in the shape of crowns Also, I included glow-in-the-dark lizards or bracelets along with a bottle of bubbles.

I got a decorative punch from the craft store and used it on everything I could to justify buying it. It got used on the cupcakes, crafts, and gift bags. I cheated with the cupcakes, I chose to spend time with family who were in town instead of making them from scratch. Plus, the grocery store had cupcakes on sale that week.
All the kids and parents had fun. Sadly, my husband was completely wiped out and begged never to do this again.

Princess Belle costume

For the Belle costume, I worked with Pattern Simplicity 2563. I borrowed the collar from pattern Simplicity 5520. A piece about 30" by 8.5" cut on the bias. I bought a yard of sparkle fabric. I put the collar at the furthest to the lower hand corner of the yard fabric. Then I used the pattern tissue to cut up the remaining at 8.5" high to make long bands for the lower skirt.

I had some yellow leftover fabric from making the Snow White dress. There was enough to do the top but I had to buy more for the skirt. The pattern said 2.5 yards which I thought we bought that much. I guessed wrong, I needed to go get more.

I pinned the swag on the skirt at about 8" center back and each swag to the front was an inch higher, the center front was at 12". Now feel free to adjust to suit the height of the child. I top stitched each swag down in a swag shape from each pin, plus the fabric is gathered/folded at each swag.

The skirt has (8) 15" clear elastic gathered underneath. The one at the center back is obviously shorter. Starting at the seams and darts of the upper bodice and centered down the swags, stopping at the 2.5" hem. The skirt pattern on this dress is super long. I used the 18m size skirt with the size 3T bodice. This was for my 3 year old daughter. I suggest using a dress size that fits her or measure your child to see which length works for you.

Sleeping Beauty Dress

My niece wanted a Sleeping Beauty dress for her birthday. Since her birthday was coming up, I wanted to make her one. After looking at tons of pictures online, I decided the Sleeping Beauty dress didn't look much different from the Cinderella and Snow White dresses. Unfortunately, there are some not-so-great knock off patterns on the market, none by Di-ny ofcourse. So, my plan was to use the pattern I already had on hand, Simplicity 2563. I drafted the other parts by hand.

I used a straight sleeve from this pattern, but drew up the over skirt and yoke. The final result? I think it turned out better than expected, and my niece absolutely loved it. Which is the joy of being the aunt to a 3-year old.

I will post my patterns later for you to download or you can email me and I will send it to you. 

Princess aprons

I made this Princess Aurora apron for my niece for her birthday and I have waited to post it until after I gave it to her. It has a cool embroidery on the side of the skirt, hard to see in this picture. What do you think? Should I make more? I guess I could and see how they do.

Princess Tiana

I made this one for my niece, However if I was more talented I would have made the skirt just like the original, but so far I haven't seen a similar one in patterns for toddlers I can modify. I made this one from the Simplicity Pattern 2872 (Tinkerbell herself. I omitted the belt and wings)
There are some wanna-be not official patterns, but after looking at them, I am so glad I didn't modify them.
Now some modifications, no tulle in the underskirt, I wanted the dress to be a play dress, to wear over her clothes and every where if she wanted, so it doesn't get in the way of seat belts or whatever. The pattern wanted the collar lining to go up on the shoulders, and I thought what was the point of making the top sheer if the under wasn't so I just used the same piece for the collar under the same as the top and next time (you know, for my kid) I'll omit the middle because the white center I made was two sided all the way down and basically made a yoke pointless. The white was left over from the Mulan costume , the sheer was scraps from a wedding dress, the rest cost me about $10. (excluding the pattern) I had the felt, I bought the smallest piece #10 stabilizer for the white flower, the rest was felt I had around the house. The vine is lined with boning. (That ended up being ripped off by the 3year old, after half a year of play. Next time no boning.)
The decoration on the bodice was a tight zigzag stitch with embroidery thread. My mom installed a zipper in the back. The white bodice I traced a "V" shape on the pattern and cut the decorative top, inserted it into the green that I folded back to reveal the white, and top stitched.
My mom had that old button that is in the center of the flower, I made the flower removable for easy washing. It is all polyester for washing and stain resistance, I used the crape side, I think it looks more fancy.

Mulan Costume

I used McCalls pattern M4953(size 7-8) I bought all the polyester fabric on a 60% off sale, the cotton lining I pulled out of the closet. I sandwiched the skirt in the belt. I added some elastic to the belt cause my niece is super skinny.
Just below the waist, about where the pattern says you can shorten it I cut it and added the change in skirting. I lined the sleeves with the same satin to make sure they had some weight but not too much. I wanted the kimono to be long, and drag on the floor a bit like the cartoon. I intended the red and white on the neck line to be in reverse like the movie, but I actually like this best, it shows up less at the bottom and in Japan the part at the neck would be red. Do what you like.
It took me about 5 hours. With borrowed material and fabric on sale it was a great gift under $20.

Princess Jasmine Costume

I made this costume for a 4 year old for her birthday. It was fairly simple though it looks complicated, it took half as long as I thought, things just seemed to come together, It is my idea of an Arabian princess from a cartoon. This was the pattern 3626 Genie Costumes and the fabric ended up costing me $20, I got most of it in the sale pile. I put adjustable snaps on the shoulder straps and in multiple places on the back to acomodate a growing girl. The pants have elastic in the back as well as Velcro to open and close. I wanted it to easy for a child to put on an play in.