Turning That Old Skirt Into a New Dress For Your Little One! Reuse, Recycle, & Upcycle!

 

 

I found this skirt when I was in college at a second hand store! I fell in love with the colors and it's overall brightness. I have hung on to it, unwilling to send it back to the thrift store, despite the fact I haven't worn it in years!

 

 

 My two year old daughter saw the skirt one day and she said "Mama, that is the most pretty dress I ever saw!" This gave me an idea!

 

I undid the stiches on each side of the skirt. I pulled out the elastic until it fit around my daughters chest just perfect.

 

I stiched and cut the elastic. Added shoulder straps, with ribbion and buttons as extra decorations!

 

The finished product looks so cute on my daughter! She loves how full the dress is, and she just spins and spins!

 

This is a fun project for little ones, requires very little sewing experience, it takes very little time, saves money, recycles and reuses the old stuff in our lives!

Dyeing White Sculpey Oven Bake Clay at Home with Wilton Food Color! Babies "First Christmas" Ornament!

I needed a bunch of green Sculpey Clay. To buy the amount I needed would be a lot of money, and almost impossible to actually find it in a package by itself! So I decided I would try dyeing it myself.

 

I did two small batches first, then I combined them together.

If you are not familiar with Wilton Icing Dyes, they are very potent. A little goes a long way. Wal-mart usually sells a small box that has 12 sample colors.

 Also, just like with cakes, at some point, no matter how much color you add, it just won't get any darker. This was about as dark, as I could get the clay. I was also, concerned about adding too much, and the clay not setting up right when I baked it.












I am pleased with the end result. I rubbed it with a white cloth and nothing came off. It seems to have baked almost perfect.

I plan on drilling a hole and hanging this on our tree!

 I hope this helps you! I tried looking this same information up a couple of years ago. I've seen where some people have used oil paints, and old eyeshadows, and had sucesses. I want to try the old eyeshadows, I bet the shimmery appearance would be neat!



I have been playing with Sculpey clay since I was a kid. I have always just painted the project afterwards. And It has always ended up sticky sometime later down the road. I have yet to figure out how to prevent this. I think I will try dyeing it from now on instead!