In my never ending quest to use up all the tulle in my house without making another no sew tutu, I decided to make some hanging decor.
Namely…a tutu chandelier.
I am not saying this craft turned out perfect. I think I have a long way to go in figuring out exactly all the details of how I want to perfect this, but for a first try, I thought it was cute. More importantly, my daughter loved it.
I will warn you that I put it all together and then realized I should probably add the tutu. Then I had to rip it all apart, so in some spots you may see some torn lace or extra glue. Those are my “moronic crafter” pains.
What you will need to make your own tutu chandelier:
- A solid ring (I got mine for $2.30 at Hobby Lobby)
- 6 inch spool of tulle
- lace or decor ribbon for the outside of the ring
- 8 flowers you can pop the heads off of
- spool of beads for the droop
- hanging bead string for the middle
- ribbon to hang the chandelier
1) First lay out four ribbons on the four sides of your ring. I first hot glued the ribbons together near the bottom and then set on each side and hot glued to the ring itself. This is what you will use to hang your tutu chandelier, so make sure they are as long or short as you need them from the destination, leaving a little room for trimming and error of course.
2) Cut all your tulle pieces out evenly. I used the entire spool at about 12 inches per length. Then add to the ring in a standard no sew tutu knot. If you do not know how to do them, please refer to my How to make a Tutu Post.
It’s easy peasy.
3) Then I decided to go around and knot every other piece of tulle to its neighbor. This gave it a little something extra. Of course this is competly up to you. Leaving it hanging straight is also quite pretty. If you really want to get creative, do two layers and leave one hanging and one knotted!
4) From the inside, add a piece of your beads from the spool. I cut about 8 inches and drooped. The easiest way to keep this even is to count your tulle knots. I knew that every 8th knot I needed to glue down the other side. If you start your beads on the outside, it wont lay as flat for your decorating ribbon or lace. Once your beads are evenly around your chandelier (like a lamp) take hot glue and glue your decorating ribbon right onto the top of your tulle and all the way around.
5) All you have to do now is tie your ribbon up and hang some middle beads. If you care to, add flowers around. I used 8 flowers, putting one at each starting point of the ribbon and alternating colors in the middle.
I think the point of any crafting is to be inspired and make it your own! I hope you love this craft and find a great way to incorporate the idea in your princesses room.
All done!
Your tutu chandelier!
~Trisha
If you would like to share my craft on your website or blog, you are welcome to use (1) picture and a link back to this article. Thank you so much!
I am excited to make one of your tutu shades, but am confused on how it is attached. Please let me know how to attach it to the light fixture.
I think it is perfekt – just love it – TY
This is too cute! Thank you,
How to attach it to the light fixture ?
I just had my first gran baby and would love to make it for her room.
Beautiful !!!!!!!
How did you attached it to the light fixture? Or is it attached to the ceiling?
You are brilliant! This is beautiful! How did you attach it to the light fixture?
Very cute and creative! Thank you for sharing!
I too would like to know how it is hung from a light fixture. Thank you so much for sharing. I love it. I am in the process of making the ballarina bow holder for my 3 month old grand-daughter. She has lots of hair.
Beautiful!
So I got all the stuff to make this absolutely beautiful chanelier for my daughter’s room. I am so excited. Could you tell me (a very un-crafty person, lol) how you attached this to the light fixture? Thanks!
Adorable! Could you post a picture of how it is hung from the light fixture? Do you have it hanging from a ceiling fan or standard fixture?
that is just the cutest thing! That will be very nice in my dd’s room! Thanks for sharing!
Trisha, if you don’t mind sharing about how much do you think it cost assuming the only supplies already on hand are the glue & gun? My niece is very into ballet right now & her birthday is right around the corner.
the metal loop is about $2.50 at hobby lobby…you can also get ribbons on hobby lobby for 50% off atleast once a week, so i would say $2 a spool, you need 2 spools. Tulle at 6 inches is about $3 most days…if you want the flowers, thats the expense. Flowers run about $1.50 a flower on the ones i buy, so 8 of them … that adds up to about $12. Now if you keep your eye out you can get those cheaper…OR you can change adding a flower to adding a ribbon, and that would be free if you bought a spool already. The hanging jewels cost me $5.
I love your chaneliar!
thankyou!
That almost made my ovaries quiver…
cute
Wow! I’m impressed! This is so adorable. What girl wouldn’t LOVE this! Thanks for the detailed instructions and great photos!
This is really cute! I can even see my 11 year old daughter loving this, especially if I let her make most of it herself and pick out all the trimmings!
So cute!