Costuming Overload

I love crafting and DIYing.  However, I rarely find time for it anymore. But when it comes to my children, I must always find time for it!  This past week has been a week of costumes and dress-up.

Wednesday was Monster day at the library, as well as a photo shoot for story time at the library. So...My little girl wanted to be a purple googly-eye monster. Mission accomplished!  We found large purple pompoms at Michaels.  We used a pink headband and purple pipe cleaners to finish off the headpiece. Her shirt was just a purple youth shirt that we glued the goggly eyes to using a permanent fabric glue.  She asked for it to be in the shape of a heart! To top everything off and make it extra fun, we braided her hair, tied them into rings and sprayed her hair entirely purple.  The lighting is not great so it is hard to see, but I think that was her favorite part!

Saturday was the Pirate Party at the library.  How could we resist dressing up like our favorite pirate from Jake and the Neverland Pirates?!  Izzy was a very simple costume.  Luckily we already had purple pants and brown boots.  We purchased the pink shirt and bandana from Michaels and the gold hoops from Walmart. Since the shirt was a little big for her, we used the bottom seam of a white t-shirt that we were turning into rags to be her belt - it definitely added what we needed to make her look more like a pirate for free!!  I made the pixie dust bag using felt and ribbon and a small plastic bag of salt to give it body.  She was so excited to be Izzy, she immediately started running around the house yelling "Pixie dust away!"

Our final costume project was an addition to her Halloween costume.  She, along with 80% of all little girls, will be dressing up as her favorite Disney princess - her choice, Anna from Frozen.  How can I make her costume a little more unique since it is store bought (a gift from her Gramma and Poppa for becoming a big sister!)? I decided she needed a special treat bucket.  Who better than Olaf to accompany her trick or treating!  This was really simple, especially since I found the white bucket in the Target Dollar Spot for $3.  A little felt and some large googly eyes, and I think we did it!

We are super excited about fall and Halloween!!