Well, my oldest daughter, Miss Bug, recently had her 8th birthday and she asked for a bed canopy! I wasn't even sure where she had gotten this idea and of course, she told me that she had seen in on TV. Since my girls have bunk beds in their room, I kind of dismissed it at first - letting her to believe that it wasn't possible.
But - the more I measured and looked into it, I decided that it could be done! This is a REALLY simple design that was fairly inexpensive and only took me a couple of hours to assemble. (It might have taken less time but I was doing this between the hours of midnight and 2:00 AM and probably wasn't thinking real clearly!)
Here's what you need:
1 small hula hoop
5 spools of ribbon (each 30 feet)
12 yards of tulle (or more if you want it really full)
1 hook to hang it from the ceiling
flowers, butterflies, etc. for decoration
no-sew fabric glue
How to make it:
1) Cover the hula hoop by wrapping ribbon around it
2) Cut the tulle in to 8-10 foot pieces (depends on your ceiling height)
3) Wrap them around hula hoop and glue
4) Glue two pieces of equal length ribbon across the top to form a cross
5) Cut your other ribbon pieces and glue them around top of hula hoop so they hang down against tulle
6) Glue flowers around the top (could also use a feather boa here for fun)
7) Clip on butterflies, glue sparkles, etc.
Check out the final product and the HAPPY girl!!
It turned out beautiful, Amy!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! We are going to have to give this a try!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable!! A bed canopy in our house would look more like bug netting and camo fringe! Ahh... the joys of boys ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful canopy! Thank you for the tutorial and photos. I'm in the middle of making one with an ocean theme to surprise my daughter when we move into our new home.
ReplyDeleteThanks again. :^)
I dont understand how the ribbon on top works? The part you use to hang it
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