Remember the last minute gift I got for my nieces? Well, my 6 year old niece designed her dress already! Actually, she designed TEN different dresses (including a “rainbow” dress, a “halloween” dress, and an “apple” dress), so we picked out her favorite design. A couple weeks ago we went to pick out the fabrics and last week I was able to present her with her dress!
Here’s the dress she designed (pink with black flowers on the bottom, and pink on the top – please notice that she CROSSED OUT the ruffle on the bottom. No ruffle, Auntie Jeannie) with the fabrics she picked out:
And HERE is the finished product!
This picture makes it look like the dress flares out more than it actually does (because her hands are on her hips) and, sadly, it’s teensy bit too small in the arms so she can’t wear it until that’s fixed… but she did really like it! More than anything, I think she was proud of her design. And when we were at the fabric store, she found a whole bunch of fabrics she wanted to make pajamas out of (hmmm… another last minute gift, maybe?). I’m happy she stuck to her original design and picked out a pink fabric and a corresponding pink fabric with black flowers. The orginal design included black buttons on the front, but she decided against those.
I’m so proud of her!
what a fun creative and interactive idea! talk about fostering the young mind and encouraging it to be creative, make decisions, and come out the end with a finished product with the help from auntie jeannie
Great job auntie! that’s one gift that keeps on giving! 
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That is such a clever idea! Jacquelyn had SO MUCH fun designing the dress. She has since designed at least another twenty.