Creative inspiration for babies and toddlers....dancing ribbons

A friend of mine made one of these for her little one and seeing how easy it looked I thought I would give it a try. I also had visions of my little ones enjoying a little ribbon dancing, gymnastic stylee....

Here's a great example on Buggy and Buddy's website:

Ours has been played with constantly and pulled apart constantly. I even found one of the ribbons tucked under my pillow the other day! So sadly no picture but that proves how much the girls loved it and it's another quick, easy and cheap make. I used ribbons from my supplies, letting the girls choose some colours and textures, and a teething ring to tie them around and voila.

Enjoy making!

Tutu's are a girls best friend.....

but maybe not for my little one! 

After staying up very late one night to make a tutu for my friends little girl. I also made one for Eloise, thinking this would be a lovely surprise for her in the morning when she woke up. Needless to say that was not the reaction and I think I have worn it more times than she has pretending to be ballerinas in her bedroom!

Thankfully my friends little girl loved hers so all was not lost. For any budding ballerina's out there these are really easy to make and look amazing. You literally tie strips of netting along with desired ribbons around a ribbon waist band and voila.....

Simple and effective my favourite kind of creating.