Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay Progress: Part 5 - Feather the Feather Vest

Dark Sansa Start Cosplay Progress: Part 5 - Feather the Feather Vest

Now that I have my vest all sewn together, I will be adding the feathers.

To turn this...

...into this.

To start out, I tried to figure out the best way of attaching the feathers. I had three major options: sew feathers directly onto the fabric, layer fabric and feathers a la Life of Jennie, or make my own feather tape using trim, feathers, and hot glue. I decides to go with my own feather tape. 

Step 1: Gather Materials

To make my feather tape, I used braided trim from Joann Fabrics, feathers that I purchased from Amazon, and hot glue. The link to the braided trim was the closest one that I could find on Joann Fabrics' website. 

Trim

Feathers

Step 2: Make Feather Tape

To make the feather tape, I first measured out my pieces of my trim. I gave myself a little room on each side of the vest. Before I cut the trim, I sealed it off with some hot glue. This keeps it from fraying. 

Once sealed, I snipped the trim half way through the hot glue and topped the edge to make sure it was completely covered. 

Next, I picked out my feathers and snipped off the trim strip. From the feathers trim I received, some of the feathers were not super pretty, so I trimmed their ends so they looked nicer. 

After my feathers were selected, I hot glued my feathers to the trim piece that I had cut. I made them hang down probably 1 - 2 inches past the trim piece. 

NOTE: make sure that they are all on the same side. One side of the feather is shiny and one is more matte. I went with placing the feathers with the matte side facing out. 

This picture is horrible, but it gets the point across.

Then I went down the trim until I had completely covered it with feathers.

Once the feathers are glued down to the strand, flip it over. This will be the side that you see on the vest.

Next, I snipped off the excess length of the feather.

And then you have your feather tape!

Step 3: Attach Feather Tape to Vest

I started by trying to sew the feather tape onto the vest. That sort of worked, but it ended up not going so smooth and my sewing machine was less than thrilled with me. So I switched to hot glue. It went a lot more quickly and easily.

When I was doing the second side, I tried to match up each line.

Step 4: Center Edge

For the center edge, I tucked it and hot glued it down.

Step 5: Side Edge

The side edge is a bit hot-glue-y, so I wanted to make it look less like a craft project.

To fix it, I added a bit of the trim to cover up the glue and then hot glued them down on the inside. 

Final Product

 And here is it all feathered up!

Coming Soon: Part 6 - Feathering the Collar

Random Fandom Event: Harry Potter Horcrux Hunt

Random Fandom Event: Harry Potter Horcrux Hunt

I created this idea based on a blog post I found on Sophie's World for a Harry Potter themed party. I thought that having a Horcrux Hunt could be a fun event for Teens or Tweens. I have laid the event out for a library, but it could be adapted for any organization. What I am providing is an outline for the event and you can fill in the specifics for your event.

Preparation 

Before you start, you need to determine the complexity of the event. I am going to break down the events into three categories: Muggle, OWLS, and NEWTS. You can select the plan based on the time, resources, and audience that you will have for your event. 

Muggle 

For the Muggle event, it is basically a scavenger hunt. Each Horcrux is hidden somewhere around your space and you provide clues for the items. If your space is small enough, you can simply hide the items and have the participants find them without clues.

For the hunt, you can either have the participants work alone or in groups. Having groups of three would be fun because it would be similar to the Golden Trio in the books. 

At each Horcrux location, there should be some marker or token that can be taken to signify that they have found the item. It can be a paper cut out of the item, a slip of paper, or basically anything you want. 

If you decide to include clues, they can be as complex or as simple as you want them to be. For example, say that your library has a table for coffee and you tape the ring Horcrux cutout to the bottom of it, the clue provided could be:

"If the Morvolvo's ring is what you lack, it would be wise to have a drink that's black."

It can be whatever you would like, but make sure someone understands it. I would suggest reading it out to a colleague or friend before using it so that the participants aren't completely clueless. 

OWLS

This event will be slightly more tricky. After the participants find the Horcruxes, they will be required to complete a task in order to "destroy" the Horcrux. You can create your own tasks to destroy the items, but I have provided a list below of options. I have themed each of these mini-games to go along with each Hocrux. Most are "minute to win it" inspired tasks. I didn't include the killing of Harry Potter, because it didn't really fit in.

Destroy Riddle's Diary with Basilisk Fang -> Word Scramble Puzzle

Each participant is given a cut up quote from the Harry Potter books. They must put it back together in the proper order to move on. For groups, each member is given a quote to unscramble. 

Destroy Marvolo Gaunt's Ring with the Sword of Gryffindor  -> Ring Toss Game

To make it Harry Potter themed, you can have the participant toss Marvolo's Ring onto the Sword of Gryffindor. For a team, each player must be able to make it for the ring to be destroyed. An individual must make the toss three times for the ring to be destroyed. You can either make your own ring toss game (examples: 1, 2, 3, 4) or buy one. 

Destroy Hufflepuff's Cup with a Basilisk Fang -> Cup Challenge

http://fabulousarmylife.blogspot.com/2011/05/minute-to-win-it-birthday-party.html

This is the "Minute to Win It" game called This Blows. Each person is given a minute to knock down 15 cups off of a table with using a balloon. They must complete the task in under a minute. To make it a team event, have each member knock down 5 cups each. 

Destroy Diadem of Ravenclaw with Fiend Fire -> Balancing Act

Each participant must balance a book (because Ravenclaw's are nerds) on their head and walk through a simple obstacle course. It can be around shelves, up stairs, or any other mildly difficult walk. For a team, conduct it relay style. For added challenge, you can have them start over if they do not complete the run and/or you can have it timed. 

Destroy Nagini with the Sword of Gryffindor -> Snake Crawl

This is an army crawl game. Create a barrier with crepe paper that the participants have to crawl under.

image from: Cutting Tiny Bites

You can either have this as a completion or a timed event. You can tape the crepe paper among chairs as seen in the image above or in between shelves. 

NEWTS

For the NEWTS event, the participants will have to go through challenges and/or side quests as well as locating and destroying the Horcruxes. You can decide the level of difficulty that you want to set the challenges at and the quantity of challenges. 

NOTE: This is not a quick version of the event. This will take a bunch of time, and I would set aside a decent chunk of time for the NEWT version. If you want the event to be completed within a hour, you will be pushing it.

Challenge Options:

Harry Potter Trivia

Team must answer 5 trivia questions correctly in order to move on.  This can easily be added or removed in order to adapt to time constraints. 

Defeating Voldemort

This is a "dueling" game to finish off the event. Each participant will have to hit Voldemort (a staff member or volunteer) with a spell (ball of green construction paper). Voldemort is also trying to hit the participant with a spell (ball of red construction paper). Whoever hits first is the winner. In order to win, the individual has to hit Voldemort 2 out of 3 times. Both Voldemort and the participant need to stay behind lines on the ground to make sure that no one gets hurt. 

Side Quest Options:

Find the Sword of Gryffindor

This is a mini scavenger hunt to find the sword. Provide a clue to find the sword. 

Retrieve a Basilisk Fang

Have a tub filled with slime and miscellaneous objects. Hide your Basilisk Fang inside the slime and have the participants try to find it. An alternative to slime would be darkly colored water and sand. The objective is to make sure that the object is not in plain sight so that it is more difficult to find. 

Supply Lists

The supply lists are based off what I discussed above. You can change up the supplies based on what suits you best. 

Muggle

• printout of list of Horcrux items
• cutouts of Horcruxes (laminated if you want to repeat the game) or actual Horcrux items if you have them
• ring
• diary
• locket
• cup
• diadem
• Nagini (snake)
• Harry Potter
• Horcrux tokens - these need to have a distinguishing characteristic between each Horcrux (if they are all the same then the participants could grab 7 at the first station and claim to have gone to each one)
• prizes (optional)

OWLS

Everything on the Muggle list plus:

• Word Scramble Puzzle
• plastic bags or paper clips to keep puzzle pieces together
• printouts of pieces
• Ring Toss
• diy ring toss game or purchase one (materials vary by how you want to do it -> see examples included with description)
• Cup Challenge
• masking tape
• table
• balloons
• 15 (or more if you want extras) plastic cups
• stop watch
• Balancing Act
• Book that you don't mind being dropped on the ground
• Masking tape -> marking out the course
• Snake Crawl
• crepe paper
• masking tape

NEWTS

Everything on the OWLS list plus:

• Harry Potter Trivia
• printout of trivia sheet
• Defeating Voldemort
• masking tape
• red construction paper
• green cosntruction paper
• Finding the Sword of Gryffindor
• printout of Sword or actual sword
• token
• Finding a Basilisk Fang
• miscellaneous objects
• plastic tub
• slime or dark water (food coloring) and sand
• Basilisk Fang (it doesn't actually have to be a fang, but something distinctive) 

Game Play

Now that you have all of the supplies gathered and prepped, you are ready for game play. 

To begin, there needs to be a designated start and end location. The start location will be where the game is explained and the teams are decided. If you want this to be a more passive event, you can have it as a table with a display indicating how to play the game.The end location will be where they turn in the Horcruxes. 

For the OWL and NEWT versions, different stations for each challenge or task will need to be set up. To cut down on the number of people needed to run the stations, you can set them up near the start/end locations so that only one of two people are needed to pounce between the stations. However, if you are expecting a large number of people, you will need more people to take care of the stations. Another option to cut down on the number of operators needed would be to conduct the Hunt in stages. 

• Stage 1: Hunt for Horcruxes
• Stage 2: Destruction of Horcruxes, Finding the Sword of Gryffindor (to be completed before you can destroy the ring or Nagini), and Finding the Baslisk Fang (to be completed before you can destroy the diary or the cup)
• Stage 3: Obstacle Course, Harry Potter Trivia & Killing Voldemort

For a complete breakdown of the order of events, see below:

Muggle

The Muggle game play is similar to a classic scavenger hunt. 

1. Send the participants out in search of the items (you can include clues if you want)
2. Whenever they find the item, they must bring it back to the end location in order to receive the next clue.
3. Game ends when all Horcruxes have been found.

OWLS

For OWLS game play, there are two different ways of running the event. 

Option 1: Find 7 then Destroy 7

1. Send the participants out in search of the items (you can include clues if you want)
2. Whenever they find the item, they must bring it back to the end location in order to receive the next clue.
3. When all Horcruxes have been found, they must go through each destruction station. 
4. After they have all been destroyed, the game is over.

Option 2: Find then Destroy, Repeat 7 Times

1. Send the participants out in search of the items (you can include clues if you want)
2. Whenever they find the item, they must bring it back to the end location.
3. Participants must complete the destruction station that corresponds with the Horcrux that they have returned.
4. After they have all been destroyed, the game is over.

NEWTS

The NEWTS version can be played a variety of ways, but this is my ideal order of events.

1. Send the participants are sent out in search of the items (you can include clues if you want)
2. Whenever they find the item, they must bring it back to the end location.
3. Participants must complete the destruction station that corresponds with the Horcrux that they have returned.
• If the diary or cup is returned, participants must complete the Finding the Basilisk Fang station before they can destroy the Horcrux. Once they have retrieved the Basilisk Fang for one, they do not have to do so again for the other. 
• If the ring or Nagini is returned, participants must complete the Finding the Sword of Gryffindor task before they can destroy the Horcrux. Once they have retrieved the Basilisk Fang for one, they do not have to do so again for the other. 
• If the diadem is returned, participants must complete the Harry Potter trivia. 
4. After they have all been destroyed, the participants must complete the Defeat Voldemort station.
5. After Voldemort is defeated, the game is over. 

Determining a Winner

For any game, there is expected to be a winner or winners. You can decide this in a variety of ways:

1. Everyone wins if they complete the game.
2. Winner determined by quickest time in completing the game. 
3. Winner determined by number of Horcruxes found/destroyed in a certain amount of time. 

Any way that you do it would be fine. I would pick a method based on how long you want the program to last and/or how competitive your participants are. With my library, the teens always want a winner  or some type of goal even if they don't win a prize. 

I know it was long, but I hope this post was helpful. If you have any questions or want any more ideas, give me a shout. Thanks!

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay Progress: Part 4 - Feather Vest Construction

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay Progress: Part 4 - Feather Vest Construction

Right off the bat, I am going to say that the vest pattern provided with Simplicity 1137 is not the most flattering thing in the universe. I made it work, but it did require a lot of pinning on my dress form and trying it on several times before I got the darts correct. If you are wanting to use the pattern provided and don't have a dress form, get a friend. It needs to be fitted to the body, so it doesn't look bulky. 

If you are wanting an alternative to the pattern given, you can check out Jennie Sue's walkthrough of the costume. She goes over how she put together the outfit and talks about her alterations of the jacket.

Step 1: Cutting out Pattern & Fabric

I started by cutting out the pattern pieces. You will be cutting out pieces 12 - Jacket Front and 13 - Jacket  Back. In the pattern instructions, it has you use 14 - Jacket Front Facing and 15 - Jacket Back Facing. However, I elected not to use those pieces in order to cut down on the bulk of the vest. Next, I cut out the Jacket Front and Jacket Back out of the same material that I used 

ALTERATION: Because I didn't use the Facing pieces, I chose to apply interfacing to both the Jacket Front and Jacket Back. This would make it a bit more sturdy when I start to apply all of the feathers. I used the Pellon fusible featherweight interfacing that I used on my dress.  

Step 2: Pin, Pin, Pin

Below is a picture from my first go round with pinning. Ignore the oh so lovely hair. 

 See how it is gaping at the sides? That is not what we want. I went back and kept pinning and trying it on and off until I got a look that I wanted. 

This is the final fit of the vest.

The picture is after it is already sewn together, but I wanted to show how the fit is closer to the body. Much better than the gap that I had before. 

Step 3: Sewing

The pattern instructions tell you to attach your feather/fringe to the jacket pieces before sewing it together. Because fit is so important and the pattern is a bit wackadoo, I skipped that. I am going to be adding my feathers after I have it all nice and pretty. 

For sewing it all together, I followed the seams that I created with my pins. Then I trimmed off the excess and pressed everything to make it look nice. 

Oooooh, so pretty!

This was a small chunk, but I need to get all my pieces constructed before I go feather crazy. 

Coming Soon: Part 5 - Feather the Feather Vest

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay Progress: Part 3 - Basic Dress

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay Progress: Part 3 - Basic Dress

For this part, I will be doing a brief walk-through of making the basic dress of the my Sansa Stark costume. I am using the Simplicity 1137 and I will be assuming that if you are following along with this tutorial/progress post then you will be using the same so I am not going to go through each step of the pattern's instructions. Mainly what I am going to be doing is talking about my adjustments to make the dress pattern better.  

Step 1: Desired Adjustments to Simplicity 1137 Pattern

Although the pattern gives a pretty good starting point for the dress there are some differences to the one seen in the show. Below you can see the Front and Back Views of the pattern. I am using Dress B. 

I use the collar pattern in Part 2 and today, I will be talking about the dress potion. As you can see, the pattern breaks down Sansa's dress into a simple, sleeveless black dress and the feathered long-sleeve jacket.

My desired alterations are: the dress opening, the sleeves, and the feathered bits.

For the dress opening, I want to take it from the back to the front. As you can see in my reference photo below, Sansa's dress opens up in the front. The pattern will need to be modified to do so. 

For the sleeves, I will be taking them away from the jacket and adding them to the dress. Basically I will be left with a vest of feathers instead of a jacket of feathers. I am doing this for ease of cleaning the outfit. Once feathers are added to the article of clothing, I won't be able to wash it. Cons get hot and I would very much like to be able to wash my outfit between the Con days to avoid being one of those smelly cosplayers. So by adding the sleeves to the dress, instead of the jacket, I will be able to wash everything except for the feather vest.

That brings me to the feather placement. As stated above the feathers on her chest will be a vest instead of the jacket. The second feather adjustment will be the feathers at the end of the sleeves. I don't want to have these permanently attached to the sleeves so that I can wash the outfit, so I will be making feathered cuffs that attach to the sleeves.

Step 2: Putting Pattern Alterations into Action

My alterations are broken into three groups: dress opening, sleeve, and feather placement. The last two are very straight forward. For the sleeves, sew them on the dress instead of the vest. For the feathers, don't sew them onto the sleeves. BAM done. 

For the dress opening, this requires a bit of more work. It wasn't anything terrible so don't fret. What you are going to do it add an inch to the middle of the front of the dress and sew up the back without a zipper. Easy peasy. I will highlight that changes during the next steps.  

Step 3: Cutting Out Pattern

For this portion of the project, you will be cutting out the following pieces:

1(1A) - Front

2 - Side Front

3(3A) - Back

4 - Side Back

5 - Front Facing

6 - Back Facing

7 -  Sleeve

For 1 & 3, they have an additional piece 1A & 3A that add length to the dress. These are very crucial to your dress not looking funky as heck, so make sure to use them. I just lines up the handy dandy markers on the pattern and taped 1 & 1A and 3 & 3A together.  

Now that the pattern pieces were all cut out, I knocked out cutting the fabric. I kept the fabric with the pattern so that I didn't mix up the pieces, mainly Side Front and Side Back.

Pieces 5 & 6 require interfacing to be cut and I used Pellon fusible featherweight for this.

ALTERATION:This is where we make a new opening for the dress. We will be adjusting the Front - 1(1A) when cutting out the fabric. Add an inch to the center fold before cutting. Then cut down that center fold so that you have two pieces.

Step 4: Sewing It All Together

I simply followed the sewing instructions provided with the pattern to put it all together. There were a few differences. 1) Instead of sewing in a zipper at the back, I joined the Back pieces together. 2) I attached the sleeves to the dress instead of the jacket.

Step 5: Making Front Opening Look Pretty

For the opening, I folded the edge over and pressed it.

Then I folded it over again and pressed that fold.

Next, I went ahead and sewed it down.

Much nicer edge, and it will allow me to attach clasps/hooks when I determine what closures to use.

Step 6: Fitting My Dress

After I got the basic dress put together, I fitted the dress to myself. Below is the final result.

There is a slight gap in the front because the chest of the dress form is a bit larger than my chest. The opening looks better when it is on me. 

Also, there will be an underskirt like the one below for my finished product, so it won't be as opened.

And there you have the basic dress. I haven't quite figured out closures to the dress front, but I will make a post on the closures once I determine how the vest will fit over the dress.  

Coming Soon: "Part 4: Feather Vest Construction"

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay - Entertainment Weekly Inspiration

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay - Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly put out its magazine featuring the women of Game of Thrones earlier this month. Normally, I am not one to purchase magazines, but I couldn't resist when it came to getting a closer look at the costumes. There are multiple Collector's Covers for this edition, and I got Sansa Stark's because it has an awesome shot of her dress. 

They also included a whole bunch of character portraits, which can be found on their website:  http://www.ew.com/gallery/game-thrones-character-portraits

Awesome, right?

I am so glad they put this out because it gives me a great view of Sansa's dress. 

Also, it really made me want to make Arya's dress. So I am going to recruit my younger sister to accompany me in Game of Thrones style to the next Con. I will be posting my progress on that as well if you are interested.

For their article over the "Dame of Thrones" and season 6, you can check out the following link:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/24/game-thrones-ew-cover

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay Progress: Part 2 - Feather Collar Base

Dark Sansa Stark Cosplay Progress: Part 2 - Feather Collar Base

In this post, I will be going over how I constructed the base portion of the feather collar. Unfortunately, I wasn't super great at taking pictures at each step, but I can answer any questions that you might have if you contact me. I will make sure to get more pictures in the future. 

As you can see, the collar is very stiff. It juts out over her shoulder by a couple inches and sticks close to her neck. I need a firm structure so that it won't droop or fall off. 

Step 1: Pattern

For this entire costume, I am using the Simplicity 1137 pattern. I did not modify any of the pattern pieces. However, I didn't follow the pattern instructions completely, so my method is a bit different.

Step 2: Cutting out Canvas

I started by cutting out the pattern  and then cut out two of each piece out of black canvas. Even though the final collar will be completely covered in feathers, I wanted to make sure that any gaps in the feathers wouldn't be detected by using black fabric.  

Step 3: Cutting out Interfacing

In order to get the thickness and sturdiness that I desired, I ended up using Pellon's Fuse-N-Shape Interfacing.  It provides a lot of rigidity and is fusible which makes me very happy.

 I cut out the interfacing using the pattern so that they matched up with the canvas pieces. For attaching the interfacing to the fabric, I turned up my iron super high and went to town. I ended up sandwiching the interfacing between the two pieces of canvas and just ironing it until they stayed together. I then trimmed any excess interfacing that peaked out between the pieces of canvas. 

Step 4: Sewing Neck and Shoulder Pieces Together

While the rigidity of the interfacing made it ideal for holding its shape, it make it obnoxious to try and sew together. I tried to pin it together, but my pins just ended up getting bent and unhappy. As a solution, I hot glues the two pieces together. Next, I took to my sewing machine to sew the pieces together. I went over it a couple times to make sure that it would stay put. 

Step 5: Finishing the Edges

As you can see in Step 3, the edges are quite ugly. No me gusta. So I decides to use some small bias tape (1/4") and some iron on hem tape and go ahead cover all of the edges. The edges probably won't be visible once I add in all the feathers on, but it makes me feel better if it doesn't look scraggly on the ends. 

Step 6: Molding Collar to Fit Me

After I finished making the edges look all pretty, I had a very nice wing.

So pretty, I know. But not the look that I am going for. 

What is awesome about this interfacing is that you can mold it to use its shape with heat. In order to do this, I pinned the collar down to how I wanted to look on my dress form and then ironed it. Using the steam function on my iron made it mold a lot more easily. 

BE WARNED: If you do not have a dress form. Do not iron it on yourself. Don't have anyone wear it and iron on them. You will burn the yourself or your friend. My suggestion is to made a shoulder/torso shape out of something like a pillow or do one of those nifty homemade dress forms that you see on Pinterest. ( for example, http://so-sew-easy.com/diy-duct-tape-dress-form/).

I let it cool entirely before unpinning it from my dress form. 

TA DA!

I am waiting on the feathers before I can dive into covering it. Until then, I will start work on my dress.

"Part 3 - Basic Dress" will be coming soon! 

CCGC in Libraries Articles Up To Now

CCGC in Libraries Articles Up To Now

I am a corresponding writer for Cosplay, Comics and Geek Culture in Libraries. It is a great resource and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in incorporating geek-ness into their libraries. 

Whenever an article of mine gets posted to CCGC in Libraries, I will be adding a link to that page, so you can easily have access to it while still supporting the CCGC group. The following are my previously published articles. Have fun!

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Frozen Story Time

Frozen Story Time

For my Youth Literature course, I was required to conduct a story time with a local group of children. Of course, I couldn't just present a regular story time. I HAD to make a costume for it. I am always a big fan of Disney so I decided to go with that. After a quick survey of the children I knew, I went with Elsa because she is apparently all little kiddos like this day.

So I made my costume and put together a winter themed story time. Below are the results!

Books or Stories Used
1. Keats, E.J. (1962). The Snowy Day. New York, New York: The Viking Press.
2. Hicks, B.J. & Mosqueda, O. (2014). Frozen: An Amazing Snowman. White Plains, New York: Disney Press.

Story Time Outline

• SONG: Fact Not Fiction
• Welcome
• Basically Stacy introduced me and we made some Frozen puns.
• PUPPET: Button Game
• For this game, a puppet "finds" a button that I had handed out to one of the kids. The puppet will hid and then I gave a child the button. The puppet comes out and asks several children if they have the button before we
• BOOK: The Snowy Day 
• Hand out snowflakes
• SONG: Snowflakes, Snowflakes Dance Around (sung to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
• Motions that go along with song are italicized. 
• Snowflakes, snowflakes dance around. (twirl around)
• Snowflakes, snowflakes touch the ground. (touch the ground)
• Snowflakes, snowflakes in the air. (arms up)
• Snowflakes, snowflakes everywhere. (wave arms around)
• Snowflakes, snowflakes dance around. (twirl around)
• Snowflakes, snowflakes touch the ground. (touch the ground)
• Collect snowflakes
• BOOK: An Amazing Snowman
• FELT BOARD: Building Olaf
• SONG: I’m a Little Snowman (sung to I’m a Little Teapot)
• I’m a little snowman, short and fat.
• Here are my buttons, here is my hat.
• When the sun comes out, I can’t play
• Or else I will slowly melt away.
• Goodbye Song

Optional Additional Song (if excess time): Snowy Pokey (sung to Hokey Pokey)
You put your right mitten in.
You put your right mitten out.
You put your right mitten in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Snowy Pokey,
And you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!

Additional verses:

• You put your left mitten in…
• You put your right boot in…
• You put your left boot in…
• You put your long scarf in…
• You put your warm cap in…
• You put your snowself in…

How to make simple tulle snowflakes:

1. Get rolls of shiny white or blue tulle strips. 
2. Cut the tulle into foot long pieces. 
3. For each snowflake, you will need 3 pieces of tulle. Tie two pieces together
4. Tie the other piece of tulle around the knot of the first two pices.
5. TA DA! Simple snowflake.

Pictures!