Janette's Crafty Goodies

Carnival time with Shrek & Co

Carnival season is now over, We only entered one (Silloth) this year.  It was a last minute decision as circumstances meant we had the costumes.

I was asked to make my niece a Princess Fiona Dress for her birthday,  as she is mad on Shrek and wanted to go in this to the carnival.  When the invites arrived for her party, and we discovered it was fancy dress I had to rustle up something for my youngest two.  Kieran decided he wanted to go as Gingy (the gingerbread man) and Libby (being too young to choose) got the easiest option for me, a fairy.

One of my many sisters (I only have 4 it’s not really that many) dressed as Shrek for the carnival and her youngest daughter dressed as donkey.

Libby wasn’t meant to be going in the carnival,  I decided to enter her on the day.  We managed to win the best decorated pram (by default, we were the only entry) Which I felt quite guilty about, given that the pram was decorated in a mad half hour rush that morning, with whatever I happened to have to hand. And I cheated on her costume, everything was bought,  I did sew roses to her wings, socks and wand,  and to some ribbons for her hair, also my mum knit the cardy, so I suppose some of her costume was hand made.