Last Saturday we had a party for Mia who turned 3 on the 13th. We had a house-full of pre-schoolers dressed up as animals. M at 1st wanted to be a Tiger but then decided on being a butterfly with a Tiger cake!
Her daycare has some great costumes, including some monarch butterfly wings that she is pretty fond of. I borrowed the wings and cut a shape out from an old very light knit scarf. I overlocked around the edges to stop it fraying and put elastic so that they would go around her shoulders and wrists. It was actually pretty easy! M and I got some puffy fabric pants from the Warehouse and decorated the wings. Mia didn't really get moving the pen while squeezing it, leaving piles of puffy paint that would never have dried! I modified these into "smears" of paint. Ok it wasn't as beautiful as the original monarch butterfly wings, but she had fun doing it!!! We also made some antennae from a headband, some pipecleaners and some foam shapes with holes stuck on the end of the pipecleaners. Here is the final result:
I also got to make another cool cake - a Tiger, which I was pretty happy with. Again no horrible tasting fondant, just yummy and less perfect buttercream!!
