Princesses Awesome: Girl Dresses that fight ‘pinkification’

In our house, we have a little girl who hates the color pink. She would do anything to not be seen wearing it or associating with it.

It’s nothing that we have encouraged or discouraged. It’s just the way she is.

But try getting her dresses that are not overwhelmingly pink or purple and we have a struggle on your hands.

The majority of dress shops don’t carry anything other than barbie doll prints and cute cuddly animals.

So it is great to note a new project on KickStarter has raised enough funds to continue creating dresses that are anything but.

The project called, Princesses Awesome, is the brainchild of Eva St Clair and Rebecca Melsky for

“a different kind of girly girl because girls shouldn’t have to decide between dresses and dinosaurs, or ruffles and robots”.

and

“Our dresses let girls climb trees, express their interest in dinosaurs, robots, trucks and airplanes – and be princesses”

says Eva St Clair, one of the founders.

If you support this idea, go help fund it: KickStarter Princesses Awesome Project

Ghost crafts are a lot of fun for kids to make and they’re a way to get into Halloween crafting that’s not really scary. Here are some easy ghost crafts for you to make with kids, whether it’s your kiddo at home or a class full.

I love this simple ghost made with a pompom or cotton ball covered in paint and used as a stamp. This one is from Crafts on Sea and you can have kids just hold the pompom or hold it with a clothespin to make it a little less messy.

Use cotton balls and printable facial expressions to make these silly ghosts from Housing a Forest. The post includes the printable templates or you can just add googly eyes.

Little fabric ghosts are a classic, whether you make them with white fabric or fall or Halloween fabric. Buggy and Buddy shows you how to make these little ghosts with a few cute embellishments. Just make one or two or make a garland or Halloween tree full of them.

There always seem to be paper plates lying around, and this paper plate ghost from Crafts by Amanda is a fun one. There’s a printable in the post for the facial features and arms, or kids can draw their own faces (and leave off the arms if you want to keep it simple).

What kid doesn’t love peeling dried glue? Turn that impulse into a craft with these glue ghosts from Friends Art Lab, and don’t miss the tip in the post that helps you turn these into window clings.

This handprint ghost in the window craft from Glued to My Crafts is so cute and easy for kids to make alone or with help. The post shows lots of variations so it would be fun to make these in a classroom and let each kiddo design their own “window” or add embellishments.

These sweet little tissue paper ghosts from Red Ted Art are actually mini pinatas, but you can just make it as a ghost without anything inside if you’d rather.

And you know I love a good kids’ sewing project so I can’t resist sharing these little felt ghost puppets from The Craft Train. Kids can sew them by hand or you can make them out of paper if you don’t want to try sewing them. The template for the ghosts is free to download, and you can also just make little softies instead of puppets if you like.

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