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A Visit to Shetland’s New Skatepark & A Tutu Review

Published on May 30, 2014 β€’ Last updated December 21, 2017 by Elizabeth Atia

On the 17th of May this year The Shetland Skatepark Association saw their dream of having a skatepark here in Shetland finally realised. More than 20 skaters and BMX bikers attended the official opening, which we read all about in that Friday’s Shetland Times weekly newspaper.

Itsy Bits Boutique PackagingThat same day we received a parcel in the post from the lovely Claire at theΒ Itsy Bits Children’s Boutique in Leeds, England. Wrapped beautifully in red tissue paper and tied with a lovely reusable length of navy blue ribbon our daughter Amelie, age 7, opened her parcel which contained a stunning amethyst purple tutu.

How do you review a tutu? Our house doesn’t have the best light (or backdrops for people photos) and the local dance studio with the mirrored wall was fully booked. We thought about the flower park, but Amelie isn’t particularly a girly swirly flowery girl. A flower park just wouldn’t do.

That weekend was a long bank holiday weekend, so we thought we’d check out this new skatepark and maybe take a few photos for a tutu review at the same time. What an absolute blast we had! We stood for ages on the sidelines of the newly built skatepark, slightly shy and apprehensive as the park was packed with teenage boys on their skateboards and BMX bicycles. Was there any room for a tiny 7 year old wearing a bright purple tutu?

Lerwick Skatepark

The new skatepark is absolutely fantastic. Wheelscape, the designers, said: “As this park is the first of its kind on the island we have tried to incorporate as many standard features into the design whilst still making it a unique park. The Street course has many popular skatepark features; Stairs, Ledges, Handrails, mixed in with some more interesting obstacles such as the triangular hubba ledge/manual pad with wallie ends. This leads down to an open bowl with hips and a volcano going in and out of it giving a transition element and making this a well-rounded design.”

Lerwick Skatepark

I was a 90’s skater/grunge kid back in my day. Well I tried to be anyway. The most elaborate thing I could do was ollie up onto the kerb and I did manage to successfully land a 360 kick-flip, once. I kinda sucked at it, actually, but I had a lot of fun (and plenty of scraped knees).

Fortunately my daughter seems more promising in the skateboarding department. Armed with her bright orange vintage 1970’s Jupiter skateboard she stomped in her big black boots up to the top of the UK’s most northerly skatepark and gave it a mighty good go. The teenage boys were incredibly welcoming and accommodating. If they were annoyed at the presence of a little girl on their patch they gave no indication of it. In fact, they were giving her tips on how to stand and lean on the board and one of them patiently taught her how to coffin. Another mentioned how pleased he was that there was a girl showing such a Β keen interest in boarding.

Getting Skateboarding Instructions

Top tip from Amelie to you: wearing a tutu while trying to coffin on a skateboard is not a good combination. The layers of chiffon frills get stuck under the wheels and stop the board from moving! So, the tutu was ditched and she spent the next hour skating away with the boys. Her petite size meant she could sit on the board and ride down some of the steeper slopes, something which earned her plenty of awe and admiration from the older boys. One of them asked her if they could have a shot on her vintage skateboard. I told him her board had been made before I was born. His reply: “Whoa, that must be really old!” That’s it. I’ve reached old age in the eyes of the young’un’s! How did that happen?

Itsy Bits Tutu

So, back to the Itsy Bits tutu! Their website says, “This amethyst tutu is perfect for a special occasion, parties and dressing up. Layers of chiffon frills teamed with a satin lining and satin elasticated waist band and bow are made for swirling and twirling and dancing and fluttering Β  – an essential skirt!” We think it looks pretty awesome when skateboarding too! Retailing at Β£20 it’s not damaging on the pocketbook either.

Isty Bits aim to sell beautiful special clothes at affordable prices, and I think this is a really good quality item for the price it’s sold at. It’s got a lot of skirt too, with two swirling cloud-like layers of chiffon frills. There’s free 1st class postage in the UK too!

Amelie really likes her new tutu. She loves the colour and thinks it’s really comfy to wear. She loves it so much that she enlisted the help of her father and together they made this music video review.

This is what she has to say…

My Tutu Is Awesome

Amelie has rated her Itsy Bits Amethyst Tutu five out of five flags for her Kids’ Corner review.

Kids’ Corner is an online space for my own three children to have a blogging voice, to let people know what they think of the products they are sent for review, and it’s a place for other parent bloggers to share their children’s reviews. It’s a blog hop so do link up if your kids (or you!) been reviewing awesome things lately!

Itsy Bits have kindly offered Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary readers a 10% discount on orders over Β£10! Simply quote EKD10 at the checkout! They do all sorts of funky kids’ clothes so do check out their website.

Update 10 June 2014: Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary is now hosting an Itsy Bits tutu giveaway!

See my Giveaways page!

Giveaway ends on midnight 28 July 2014.flag-rating-five Itsy Bits sell awesome tutus

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Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent an Itsy Bits tutu for review purposes. All opinions expressed are our own. This is not a paid post.

Category: Adventure, Kids' Corner, Product, Review, Shetland

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  1. Heather Haigh

    April 26, 2015 at 1:00 pm

    Aww, that looks so much fun. So glad the kids have got such a fab place to go, and I love the tutu.

    Reply
  2. Krissie

    June 12, 2014 at 8:28 am

    Fab vid, rockin’ the tutu!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 12, 2014 at 8:33 am

      Thank you! πŸ™‚ We had so much fun with it!

      Reply
  3. Zoe Corkhill (Mama Geek)

    June 11, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    What an amazing review! I think my little lady would love one of these tutus!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 11, 2014 at 3:29 pm

      Thanks Zoe πŸ™‚ I see you’ve entered the giveaway – best of luck! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Jane

    June 7, 2014 at 9:37 am

    I absolutely love this post. The video review really made me chuckle, fantastically directed by Daddy. I really want to order a tutu ready for our new baby but I think its too soon as she still hasn’t arrived yet ;0). She really rocked that tutu at the stake park.

    The skate park also looks amazing, we have one near us and I think its great the kids have somewhere to go.

    Thanks for linking up with Small Steps Amazing Achievements :0)
    x

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 7, 2014 at 12:13 pm

      Thanks Jane, so very glad you enjoyed it! πŸ™‚ I do believe they do baby tutu sizes!

      Reply
  5. Tina Mansfield

    June 5, 2014 at 11:50 am

    I’m loving your rock chick and she is right the tutu is awesome!

    Reply
  6. Pippa Ainsworth

    June 3, 2014 at 9:55 pm

    Your daughter and her tutu are both awesome! She looks perfect in it and I love that there is a skate park on Shetland.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 4, 2014 at 8:54 am

      Thanks Pippa πŸ™‚ The committee worked really hard to get this skatepark here in Shetland; they’ve done so very well!

      Reply
  7. Laura k

    June 3, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    Aw what a great post! It’s great to see a ‘big girl’ in a tutu! Im sure Hannah will love wearing one when she’s older too. I’ve just ordered a black one for her to wear to the wicker-man festival, so she can be a bit rock chick too!x

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 3, 2014 at 12:47 pm

      Thank you Laura πŸ™‚ I’m sure your Hannah will look fab in a black tutu at the wickerman festival – I hope you will be sharing photos! πŸ˜€

      Reply
  8. Kim Carberry

    June 3, 2014 at 10:19 am

    Skateboarding in a Tutu!! Fantastic!
    She looks so cool x

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 3, 2014 at 10:40 am

      Thank you Kim! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  9. Amanda Walsh

    June 3, 2014 at 9:03 am

    Oh my word that Tutu is , I love how she is rocking it out with boots and tights! #TriedTested

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 3, 2014 at 9:10 am

      Thanks Amanda πŸ˜€ I think it’s a pretty good combo too!

      Reply
  10. James gibson

    June 3, 2014 at 8:05 am

    As soon as I saw the title I knew I was going to love this post ! I even started singing avril lavignes skater boy song ! One of Canada finest ;-p great review too glad the teenage lads helped out πŸ™‚

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    • Elizabeth

      June 3, 2014 at 8:21 am

      Thanks James! πŸ™‚ We introduced Amelie to Avril just a few weeks ago as we thought she’d really like her (she does!)

      Reply
  11. Amy

    June 3, 2014 at 7:54 am

    Looks like great fun! The tutu is lovely too and she looks super cool! #iPotLinkup

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    • Elizabeth

      June 3, 2014 at 7:57 am

      Thanks Amy πŸ™‚ We had a lot of fun that day and I can’t wait to take her back there. πŸ™‚

      Reply
  12. Karen Bell

    June 2, 2014 at 10:36 am

    I love the look of that skatepark, loads of fun and well done to Amelie for doing so well on the skateboard. The tutu looks great, my girls would love it!
    Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids

    Reply
  13. Merlinda Little (@pixiedusk)

    May 31, 2014 at 11:39 pm

    Your daughter is so rock n roll =) #countrykids

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 1, 2014 at 7:36 am

      Thanks! πŸ˜€

      Reply
  14. The Reading Residence

    May 31, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    That place looks brilliant! Love that tutu that your daughter is rocking, too!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      June 1, 2014 at 7:35 am

      Thanks πŸ™‚ It is a pretty awesome skatepark and I know we’ll be there as often as we can get. Super good fun!

      Reply
  15. Sara (@mumturnedmom)

    May 31, 2014 at 6:56 pm

    I think that video is the best product review I’ve seen! Awesome πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      May 31, 2014 at 7:10 pm

      Aw thank you! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  16. Vohn McGuinness

    May 31, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    πŸ˜€

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  17. Vohn McGuinness

    May 31, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    That is one very cool tutu, which your very cool daughter wears so well. Awesome review Amelie! GO YOU! x

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    • Elizabeth

      May 31, 2014 at 2:46 pm

      So glad you like it πŸ™‚ She really is a shy thing, our Amelie, but once she lets loose – why – the things she can do! πŸ˜€

      Reply
  18. Holly Nelson

    May 31, 2014 at 11:03 am

    I love this so much – your daughter totally holds her own on that skatepark!! And that video is amazing! Tell your daughter that I think she is awesome!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      May 31, 2014 at 12:19 pm

      Heehee, thank you, I will do! She’ll be so chuffed πŸ˜€

      Reply
  19. Jacqueline

    May 30, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    What a gorgeous looking tutu, Think ive found the just present I was looking for for my daughters birthday.

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    • Elizabeth

      May 30, 2014 at 7:14 pm

      Fantastic! Yea, I’m really quite pleased with it. I would have loved one of these when I was younger (and if I’m being honest I wish I could get away with wearing one now!)

      Reply
  20. Julia

    May 30, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    Fantastic review Amelie! I agree – the tutu looks awesome!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      May 30, 2014 at 7:16 pm

      Thanks Julia! x

      Reply
  21. Claire @Itsy Bits Children's Boutique

    May 30, 2014 at 4:27 pm

    Thank you and Amelie for this ‘awesome’ review. I never expected a rock video, I think you have got a little superstar on your hands there. Brilliant! β™₯

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      May 30, 2014 at 4:49 pm

      So very delighted that you’ve enjoyed it! We had so much fun with this product review, best one yet! πŸ˜€ Thank you for the opportunity!

      Reply

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