Amazing DIY Rapunzel dress tutorial from Googiemama!! Read on to find out how to make a Rapunzel dress with this fabulous tutorial.
12 years and 4 months ago I gave birth to my first daughter.About 15 minutes later i sewed my first princess costume. Since then I’ve had three more girls and a boy…and sewn everything from cinderella (twice) and belle to woody the cowboy and an evil dr. porkchop. gone with the wind gown + pink princess + my fair lady gown + woody costume
I’ve done generic “princess” gowns for play and parties, alice in wonderland, kimonos when guinevere went through a japanese phase, movie inspired gowns, masks and wings and tutus. Between the ages of 2 and 3 my son never, EVER went out of the house in normal clothes. he was a different superhero every day of the week—superman, batman, buzz lightyear—we had ‘em all. he even managed to sneak his mr. incredible costume on under his dress clothes one sunday. after all, he explained to us, superheroes always hide their uniform under their regular clothes.
How do you argue with that?
I love dress up. I love make believe.
Supplies:
Also from my fabric stash: the green felt for this little guy He was truly a labor of love. I was just committing to a dress. I’m not a stuffed animal maker. But really–what’s a princess without her requisite sidekick?
you want a pascal? sorry, you’re on your own. okay, i lied. check here. i made it up as i went and couldn’t remake him to save my life.
Let’s talk about rapunzel’s crowning glory—her golden tresses. I was going to do a yarn wig—there’s some really cool tutorials floating around the web. Then i realized three things:
o1) yarn—even cheap yard, in that amount—ain’t so cheap (and i used up all my coupons on the fabric!)
o2) she’s already got blonde hair, we just need more length.
o3) i’m not opposed to fake hair anyway–in everyday situations. yup, i’ve used it 😉
$4.99 at my local hair and wig store. i call that winning. It’s synthetic, so you can’t do much with it in the way of styling. But it came out of the package already looking for all the world like rapunzel’s braid. I just braided gigi’s real hair to the back and attached this with a rubber band.
Rapunzel Dress Tutorial:
So you’ve got your pascal, and you’ve got your hair. What about the dress? That’s the easy part.
you can customize any basic bodice pattern to look rapunzel-ish. I started with a standard sleeveless scoop-necked bodice pattern that I had already drafted for gigi. I traced it onto the fabric with an erasable fabric marker, then sketched out a new sweetheart neckline and extended the waist into a point.
i cut that new shape out and got to work…
Lace some pink ribbon through the grommets and you’re set! I added some lace around the neckline, and sheer pink sleeves—just for authenticity’s sake. 😉
To finish i simply made a full skirt—sewing in a contrasting triangle right in the front. It’s gathered to fit and attached to the bodice.
And that’s it! You’ve got yourself one lovely long-haired, pan-toting, bare-footed, tower-bound princess! We had so much fun playing with this dress!
Comments & Reviews
Max says
This is SO cute! But did you really sew a princess dress 15minutes after you gave birth????
shannon/googiemomma says
ha! okay, not really. but it certainly feels like it sometimes 😉
kate says
This is so cute! Great job Shannon!
Laura says
ADORABLE….Peyton Rose loooovvvveeeeessss hand me downs 🙂
kristin says
SOOOO cute! Especially love her fabulous locks and how happy she looks in it! Thanks for the tutorial, Shannon!
Chelise says
This is awesome!
Granny Lane Sewing says
Your version is sooo much easier than the one I did! I used the Simplicity version. I swear, they were trying to make it bullet proof!
charlotte says
Love the dress, but the hair makes it. So real you can fool people!
Kimberly says
So cute!! My daughter loves repunzel. You almost had me fooled on her hair. Lol
You did a really great job!!!
RaeAnna says
LOVE!!! Your daughter is precious!
shannon/googiemoma says
thanks everyone!
Rachel says
WOW that looks amazing!!
Katrina says
Lovely! I have a dress and a pascal for my little girl. She’d like the hair…can you tell me the length, color, or part number of what you used? She’d like it glowing so I am looking into long glow sticks for Halloween night that I may just add in. And working on her Rapunzel birthday celebration coming up. Any info you can give me would be helpful. Thanks!
shannon says
hi katrina!
i bought the hair at a local hair and wig shop, but i found a store that sells it online here:
http://www.138beautysupply.com/x-pression/60-x-pression.html
we bought color #27.
the glow sticks sound awesome!
hope this helps!
xoxo
s
PamB says
Great job, Mom. I’m already a few years ahead of you, and have been through every version of princess dress with my only daughter. Let me assure you, though, when your time comes for the wedding dress, all the experience with the princess dresses will help, but the feelings will be so much deeper, so much sweeter. Six years later now, I’m working on my precious granddaughter’s princess dresses!! They’re a little more detailed than anything I made for her mother, but it’s just as much fun!!
Joanna L says
Great job! Thank you so much for sharing!
Britney {Jesse's Girl} says
This is amazing! Too bad I don’t have a little girl. Or sew…
Anna Bland says
I adore this! Is there any way to get the original dress pattern you started with? I want to use this tutorial to make an American Girl Felicity dress, and I have yet to find a dress pattern I like. I love the sleeves, the shape, and the little point at the bottom of the bodice. Oh, and I must make a drawer full of dresses with the original pattern if at all possible too. Perfection! Thanks!
Ellis says
This is great! My daughter has informed me she would like to be Princess Sofia for halloween and I should make her a dress like Sofia’s. Haha as demanding her request I agreed to it. I like to push my creativity to the next level so why not try and make a princess dress? This tutorial gave me the perfect idea of how and where to start! Thank you very much for sharing this!
[email protected] says
🙁 I tried to buy the hair from the site you linked… I was so excited about the $4.95 price! … then I saw the shipping to australia is over sixty dollars… sad times.
Sarah says
I need to dress up as rapunzel for a party.I am having troubles finding the long hair piece that you talked about.What store is it?
Judybmk says
Your tutorial inspired me to make a Rapunzel dress for my granddaughter’s 4th birthday this month. It is finished and I have emailed you a picture.
shannon/googiemomma says
hi judy! shannon here–the rapunzel dress maker. just saw this and i’m assuming you sent the pic to andrea @ the train to crazy. i’d love to see the dress you made if you could send me a shot too? talktothemomma at gmail dot com
thanks!
Cal says
I have a pattern for a corset, but I can’t figure out how to put straps on the corset without sewing them on. Any help at all would be amazing!!!
Andrea @ The Train To Crazy says
Carolyn,
I would think you could hand sew some little rings to it so you could thread the ribbons through it. (if that's what you're referring to) If you're talking about shoulder straps I would use those little hooks like swimming suits have to connect the strap to the bodice if you want the straps removeable. I would imagine you could find those hooks at a fabric store but I'm not sure.
Best of luck!
Andrea