Turn a Basic Yellow Tutu Skirt Into An Amazing Ballet Costume

If you've got a bumble bee or sunflower fan on your hands, all you need is a yellow tutu to make their dreams come true. With things around your home or that are easy and cheap to buy, you can create an amazing ballet costume for your little dancer. For bumblebees, invest in striped tights or long, striped socks. Antennas are easy to make by adding pipe cleaners to the top of a hat. Or, for girls, attach the pipe cleaners to a headband. All types and colors of pipe cleaners are super cheap at any craft store. You can even pick out the color and style of the antenna to match the yellow tutu. Add black socks, slippers or flats for little bee feet and little bee hands. Use a striped leotard or shirt for the main outfit and don't forget to add some dollar store wings to match the tutu.

For sunflowers, you'll want to attach paper petals around your child's face. You can attach it to a hat or the hood of a jacket so it encircles the face. The rest of the outfit is green stem, though you can spice this up by painting a leaf or two coming off the stem. Fabric paints work best for this project. Don't forget brown socks or booties to look like roots and non-toxic yellow face paint to match the tutu that turns a Halloween costume into an elegant ballet outfit. Since yellow is a common color among flowers, a yellow tutu can be the basis of many types of flower costumes using the same steps as the sunflower outfit. Dancing marigolds, for instance, are easily assembled with the help of yellow tutus.

Another popular ballet costume you can throw together easily with a yellow tutu is a sun or star outfit. Utilize a yellow leotard for the sun, adding yellow or orange stockings or socks. A detailed face paint job completes the picture for a glorious, graceful sun. For stars, make the rest of the outfit white. Use silvery yellow and white face paint to create a star on your child's face. Then send them on stage to dance across the stage like a glorious shooting star. Other easy ballet outfits you can make with a yellow tutu range from fruit to fish. Yellow tutus are also a great starting point for fruit related outfits around the holidays. Songbirds and fish, from goldfish to koi, are easily replicated with a little creativity and a yellow tutu at your disposal.


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