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Many thanks to all who helped! I got many great responses and am in the process of looking for the material to make my costume. I also received many requests to post a hit, so here it is. Carol Kolenet, Media Specialist Green Hills Elementary School Greendell, NJ 07839 ckolenet@hotmail.com Wal-Mart has dragonfly fabric. Yellow background colorful dragonflies. -Lesley Sheldon, Rolling Ridge Elementary, Olathe, KS 66061 For dragonfly material, check out the local quilt shop. That novelty print is very popular for children's quilt now and if they don't have it will know how to get it. Good luck. -Carolyn P. Van Etten, Northern Potter Jr./Sr. High School, Ulysses, PA 16948 I recently dressed as Lotta Scales. I bought a simple yellow dress from the Goodwill store and used a large butterfly stamp from the painting section at Wallmart to stamp on butterflies. I made a simple stuffed tail out of green fabric and stitched it to the back of the dress. I bought a $5 Lady Godiva wig and wound it up into a beehive hairdo. I used oversized green sunglasses and glued on posterboard cut into the shape of her glasses, added some beads and glitter for fun. Good luck! -Deborah Davis, St Andrews School of Math and Science, Charleston, SC 29407 I just made my own dress. I did the Miss Lotty side with butterflies. For either side, just purchase yellow fabric (I bought mine at WalMart). Sew the dress, add white lace (another WalMart purchase) around the neck and sleeves. Then stamp your designs. That way you don't end up with an inappropriately placed design!!! To stamp I used a firm foam "chunky" stamp (from WalMart) and acrylic paint with a textile medium (also from WalMart). I used freezer paper, waxy or plastic side up under the top layer of fabric. I mixed my paint and textile medium together, then painted the stamp with the mixture. I used a blue and a purple. I put it on the stamp with a small paintbrush, like from a child's watercolor set. Then stamp carefully (do a few test stamps). Then repaint, Stamp etc. When one side was done I let it dry a couple of hours. Then remove the freezer paper and heat set the paint with an iron. Flip the dress over and repeat the process on the other side. WalMart also had a dragonfly stamp I think. I now need to stamp my butterfly on white felt, cut it out and add a beaded string to each side for a necklace. I made the tale from plain green fabric and just made an elastic circle to go around my waist under the dress. I did need to wear a slip (no Princess Di here) so that the green of the tale wouldn't show through the dress. It was great fun. I need to get a picture posted on my website for all to see. -Anne Oelke You might try the Upstart catalog. I doubt they have a costume, but I know they have a library dragon storytelling rug, and other dragon items, so you might find something useful there. Ruie Chehak, Sallie Jones Elementary School, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 I made a costume and wore it last week for the schools. The tail is detachable and I plan to wear it every so often to keep them wondering. I went to our local fabric store and looked around. The kids would say things like, "That looks like her dress," so it was close enough. I attached a picture. It was fun but was old for me by the end of the week. This week I had lots of questions about where the costume was. I also have some Kindergarteners that call me Library Dragon and have no idea of my name. Have fun with it. Connie Marr, Elderton Elementary School, Elderton, PA Ebay? I'm serious. Also perhaps a larger Rag Shop or Joann Fabric would carry something? Suzanne Ng, South Mountain Elem. School, South Orange, NJ A thought about the dress for library dragon - get a yellow dress or fabric, a dragonfly rubber stamp, and stamp your own. You could use a permanent ink and heat set it, or use fabric paint. Nancy Andersen, Our Lady's Christian School, Erie, PA. _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfeeŽ Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------