With four kids and a very limited budget, I decided I wasn't going to spend more than $5 on each kid's Halloween costume this year. That sounds pretty ridiculous, doesn't it? Would you believe that I came
under budget? (She pats herself on the back...:)
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If you are in your early to mid thirties like me, there's a good chance that you played with Strawberry Shortcake too. She sure has changed, hasn't she? Ahem...
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We actually "used what we had" for her costume. The green and white striped shirt started out like this...
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Got a make-over using Crystal's reverse applique
tutorial...
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and turned out pretty cute!
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We had the white tights and I stuffed them with newspaper before we painted the polka dots on.
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Lastly, we hot glued one of the strawberries from her plastic food play set onto a summer hat.
I will pick up some pink hair spray, you know the washable kind, to finish it off.
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Just in case you were wondering, we found Logan a mask at Goodwill for $2.99 which he is pairing with black jeans and a black t-shirt, I found Ashston a Darth Vader costume on Craig's List for $5, and the baby got a hand-me-down puppy costume.
If your kids trick-or-treat, are buying costumes or making them? I would love to see...:)
Go to Kimba's for other DIY projects!
10 comments:
Too cute! We're making our costumes on the cheap as well. I've blogged about both - Batman and Robin.
That is SO cute!!!!!!!
My mom is making Skye a Raggedy Ann costume :)
I love the Strawberry Shortcake costume. Very creative for under $5.
super cute! i loved strawberry shortcake when i was little. :)
Awe, that is too cute!
i think that the best costumes are homemade.....and this little strawberry shortcake is definitely a winner!! adorable (and so is the little strawberry shortcake wearing it!!). :)
Awh how cute and creative you are with this costume! I went with the fairy costume that I blogged about today. The more I look at a flapper outfit I might wait till she is a little older...I think she is still a little to young for it now after thinking about it during the day.
I should have gone cheap also...I was going to do a scarecrow and still might, who knows till that day!
Adorable - you are so creative and resourceful!
i love homemade halloween costumes! they're the best, and this one is darling!
It's interesting to see just how permeant memory has become in our lives. It's like everytime I turn my head, I see something with a card slot or USB port . I guess it makes sense though, considering how cheap memory has become as of late...
Ahhh... who am I to complain. I can't make it through a single day without my R4 / R4i!
(Posted from N3T 2 for R4i Nintendo DS.)
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