Make Your Own No-Sew Tutu or WIN One!!

A few months ago, I helped a friend make a tutu for her daughter's dance recital and just fell in love with the cuteness!  I enjoyed making a few more tutus in my spare time.

Today I'm showing you how to make your own and giving you a chance to WIN this custom tutu created by ME!  The best part - there's no sewing involved!  The only tools you need are scissors!

Enter to win at the end of this post!

To make your own tutu, all you need is a pair of scissors, an elastic headband and tulle - the headbands can be found at your local Wally World in the hair care section (ours even has them in the craft section near the tulle) and the tulle can be found in the craft section.  I used black and white tulle from the wedding section for a "checkerboard" tutu I gave to a friend and I used super-cute red tulle with glitter on it over pink tulle for the tutu you can enter to win!

Once you have your tulle and headband, prepare to assemble by cutting your tulle into strips - I found that I preferred strips that were approximately 6 inches wide and 30 to 36 inches long (the tutu will be half the length of your strips, so if you're making it for your own child measure from their waist to their knee and make strips twice that length).  I cut tulle until I had a mountain of strips ready to go and then I started assembling!

To assemble the tutu, I prefer to stretch the headband around a book and then add loops of tulle.  It's actually so easy to do you could enlist your child for help in creating this!

Simply fold your strip of tulle in half, creating a loop in the center then pull the loop up through a hole in the headband.

Next, bring the "tails" of the tulle up and through the center loop of the strip and pull it tight.

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