Eco-Friendly costume...

My niece joined the Universal Children's Month Celebration. She is the grand winner in the Kalikasan Costume. It was held at Antipolo plaza. This program is for each day care center of the barangay's.

We made her gown with recycled and indiginous materials.

The materials we use are dried corn husk, corn grains, newspapers, cashew nuts, mussels, old fabrics and cardboard.

First i made the peticot out of light materials so she can freely move with it along with the gown.
Then, i made A-line pattern for the skirt and for the dress i make a backless tube with sleeves. Filipiniana is the theme of her dress.
We put the corn husk one by one in the skirt using glue gun and then we top it with corn grain...To make it shiny i spray it with white varnish.

And for the dress we put crumpled news paper, cashew nuts and mussels.
And lastly for the hairdress i use corn husk, cashew nuts and corn grain. I put it in a big hair pin using glue gun. After that i paint it using plastic varnish. The earrings are also recycled.

It's a pleasure to think that we won the grand prize.
All our hard works are worth it.