Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Idea: Tinkerbell Wings?

My new crafty itch is because my daughter is in love with Tinkerbell.

There's this new movie that came out, "The Secret of the Wings" and she just loves it.
She loves that Tinkerbell has a sister, and that their wings are magic together, she loves it all.

So here it is:
(and a great shot of Tinkerbell's wings)


I just really really want to find a way to make my daughter some wings of her own!
She was Tinkerbell for Halloween back when she was a baby:


But I just made her wings out of some pantyhose and wire, and they're not exactly a replica of Tinkerbell's wings... and my daughter is a stickler for the details.
(Oh the charms of having a perfectionist princess for a daughter)

:o)

SO 
I was looking online the other day, and I saw these wings someone made on Etsy or somewhere:




And I thought, with some adjustments and a new design, I could probably make those myself, right? It can't be that hard. It just looks like some twisting.
And cutting. And ... ironing? Heating? Hmm time to read some more articles.
I just need the right materials... right?


So I've been doing some research and all I need is this fantasy film stuff and probably some wire. 
Ideally, I wish I could do it with cut aluminum but I just don't know if I have the right tools to be cutting big sheets of aluminum. 


(Somewhere in an alternate universe, I am currently hunched over my work bench with a wicked mask, a sheet of aluminum, some clamps and a laser in my hand...)

I'll let you know if I end up figuring this out. 

Maybe I'll make me some wings too (but bigger) so that we can play together.

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