My Princess is finishing up her first year of dance. She has adored dance class, and I’m excited to see what she’s learned. We haven’t had a sneak peak of what they’ve been doing since Christmas, so it will be interesting to see if she does more than a Freeze Dance. Of course, no matter how she performs, the hubby and I want to share it with all of our family. Which leads to the obvious, super cute {and girly} dance recital invitation.
I have a Cricut, but I do not have a cartridge with any dance cut-outs. I also remember when I didn’t have a Cricut and how frustrating it was to run across cute tutorials that require a die-cutting device.
Skill Level: Beginner
Materials Needed:
Paper for “foot” (I used cream)
Paper for dance/ballet shoe (I used bright pink- it’s the color or Princess’ dress)
Coordinating ribbon
A decorative brad
Hot glue gun with glue
Elmer’s glue stick
Printer
Step One
Roughly sketch a foot as shown below. Cut it out. Use this to create a “shoe” that will cover the foot.
Step Two
Use the Elmer’s glue stick to glue the shoe to the foot. Don’t worry if it doesn’t match up completely- the excess can be cut off later.
Step Three
Using a hot glue gun, glue the ribbon. Here is the best order that I found to glue the ribbon
- Glue the lower diagonal ankle ribbon piece first.
- Glue ribbon across the top of the shoe
- Glue the upper diagonal ankle ribbon.
- Glue the middle ankle ribbon
Step Four
Type up the invitation wording and print it out on the foot colored cardstock (in my case, cream). Use the foot template to cut around the wording. Make sure that the wording is centered in the largest part of the foot.
Step Five
Place the front and back of the invitation together and attach with a decorative brad. I considered making a cute flower or other piece to put around the brad, but I was afraid it would be too much…
Clean up any excess. 🙂
Sweet invitations.
So cute! My daughter currently thinks she is a ballerina (only 2)and these will be perfect if she is still in to dancing for her next birthday! Found you on I should be mopping the floors.
Amber
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What an adorable idea for any little dancing star! I will have to tell my daughter about this idea for our little granddaughter and her dance recital!!
extreme cuteness! Thank you for sharing the template too xo
That is such a cute idea, I love it!!
So cute! I love seeing my little niece at her dance recitals. Girls in tutu’s and sequins never gets boring. If you’re looking for another place to share your awesome tutorial, head on over to Etcetorize (http://etcetorize.blogspot.ca/2012/04/make-it-great-monday_29.html). Party is on now~
Oh my word – that is so creative and adorable!!!
Thank you so much! I’m glad that you stopped by!
Love it! I’m considering putting my daughter in dance just so I can make these invitations. 🙂
Aww…so glad that you like them!
These are adorable, great job! Stopping by from “Not You Ordinary Show & Tell Link Party”!
-Melissa
There’s No Place Like Home
These are too cute! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday!
LOVE these invitations Melanie! They do look so professional! Hope you all have fun at the dance recital!
Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
These are absolutely adorable. What a creative way to send an invite.
These are so adorable. I wish I had a little ballerina to make them for they are so much fun!
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These are fabulous. COuld be great for a little girls birthday party as well! Not a mom, but I can see myself making these one day!
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Love this idea, but I might be semi-lazy and set-up a template for my Silhouette to do the cutting!
So Fabulous!!! My daughter has her dance recital this weekend!! I have to show her these!
Thanks for sharing at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!! 🙂
Those are TOO cute! I love that you have non-Silhouette projects for those of us who still don’t have one. 😉 Thanks for entering One Crafty Contest; good luck!
These are very cute for a dance recital or for a ballet party. Thanks for entering One Crafty Contest and Good Luck, xoxo
This is adorable! I don’t have a Cricut, so thanks for the pattern. I have a couple of girly birthday parties coming up this summer!
Adorable idea! They came out great!!!
Those are so cute! My 6 year old is in ballet and would love these 🙂
Such a cute invite! love that you don’t need a pro cutter to make them as well! Thanks for sharing with us at tip toe thru tuesday!
Those are fantastic! And I love they aren’t machine made! LOVE IT!
These are DARLING! My girls would go nuts over these! Found you on TT&J linky party and I’m glad I did! 🙂
These reminded me of some I did for my daughter years ago but I like yours oh so much better and featured them today on this week’s Motivated Monday at BeColorful
pam
Thanks for linking up. These are SO cute. Shared it on our Facebook wall.
Jen
I saw this as part of your top posts of 2012 and had to come get the template. What a GREAT idea!
Thanks, I’ll be making canvas art with the cut outs.