My own child is going to dress up as a blue fairy once she wakes up from her nap. My mom bought the wings for her about six months before she was born, and on Friday I made the skirt to go with. I used blue tulle and a layer of sparkly white tulle, and I think it turned out rather pretty. (White elastic would have been better, but you work with what you've got, right?) I also added the organza flower-poof to the back of the wings. She's going to wear this with a white leggings with silver dots and a white shirt. I can't wait. :-)What we can't decide is what to do with ourselves this afternoon. I was going to have a party, but the initial guest list didn't work out and I never got around to inviting anyone else. We would kind of like to go hiking because it's a lovely day, but I'm having trouble finding anywhere good nearby. I just can't tell from the online guides what would be fun with a small child, what would be dorky, and what would be insanely overambitious. Oh, and I'm irrationally opposed to paying entrance/parking fees. I really want to go hiking in New Mexico, preferably at East Fork, but that's not convenient for a day trip. Decisions, decisions...
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Are you intending this to be a generic blue fairy, or is there some relation to the Blue Fairy of Pinocchio?
Oh, just a generic one. I'd forgotten about the one in Pinocchio (not a favorite movie). As it turned out, Jonathan and I dressed up as "Scots Presbyterians." Jonathan had his tartan and flask from the wedding, and I wore a plaid skirt, brown shawl, and perky little hat. And we had a fairy daughter. Changeling, maybe?
Sounds like you had good costumes.
You mentioned the movie of Pinocchio (I assume you mean the Disney movie); have you not read the book it's based on? Although I did like the movie--among other things its animation was groundbreaking and beautiful--the book is superior in some respects. I think the author has a stronger grasp on human, and puppet, tendencies to sin.
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