Busy Hands: Elsa's Cape

My Little Princess

This winter I saw lots of online chatter about the new Disney movie, Frozen. I wanted to go see the movie in the theater, but was too sick to go out and sit up for that long. I didn't tell anyone that I wanted to see Frozen. Instead I just enjoyed music and video clips that were available online. Then in March, much to my delight, my sister sent the Frozen DVD to me as a surprise gift! Because she's just cool like that. :) So that weekend we had a family movie night and watched Frozen. It was a big hit with all of us, and we've been singing Frozen songs ever since.

Adelaide's favorite character is Elsa. In April she asked for a cape so that she could dress up like Elsa. William's Darth Vader cape served as a temporary fix while Adelaide waited patiently for a few weeks for me to create an Elsa cape. 

I used an old curtain and threaded some blue ribbon through the hem. Next, I tied it around Adelaide's shoulders and trimmed the cape to the proper length. Then I hand-sewed a hem one afternoon while Adelaide and I watched Frozen together. 

It's not exactly like Elsa's cape, but it is much closer than the black Darth Vader cape! It is pretty, and girly, and Adelaide is perfectly content with it.

For your entertainment, here is a video of Adelaide dressed up as Elsa and singing Let It Go. (If you are viewing this post in an email, you will need to click over to my blog to view the video.)