Hi there! Today my awesome VA Clarisse takes over and will explain how she made a perfect Halloween costume for her six year old without breaking the bank, enjoy!
When I was a kid I never had a chance to attend a Halloween Party. And now I have a 6 year old daughter and I want her to experience the Halloween Party. She is so excited but I’m more excited than her because this is her first time! I asked my friend who works as a Supervisor in one of the fast food chains here in our small city if they have a Halloween Party for the kids and luckily they have. So I immediately purchased a ticket for $5 (tickets are limited) with freebies and lots of prizes.
Halloween Ticket
After reading some blogs about how to make a costume without spending a fortune, I was inspired to make my daughter’s own costume! She wanted to be a fairy, at first I suggested she could be a witch but she doesn’t want to be a witch. hahah!! We don’t need to buy her a fairy costume because I will reused her school costume from last August’s “Buwan ng Wika”, that is the Filipinos “Month of Language” event, where she danced to Filipino music and wore a native costume.
Hmm so we have a dress, now what do fairies need? A fairy needs a fairy wand, a fairy crown and of course some fairy wings! This is my first time to DIY and again I was inspired by reading your blogs about DIY (thanks guys), so much that I even entered this costumes contest!
To make the fairy wings here is what you need:
thin wire (I prefer using this rather than a hanger), glue with glitters, white stockings, garter, pliers, cutter and scissors
1. Form and shape the thin wire into a wing, use pliers and cutter to form that one. You need to make 4 different shapes for the pair of wings. (with some leftover wire or a hanger)
2. Insert the used stockings (if you have some) into the shaped wire. And then stretch the stockings so that it will form well and knot the end. ( I used this during my college days)
3. Connect the four shaped wings and decorate it with glitter glue! I just made it simple since I’m not that creative. I bought it for only $0.05 and it has blue, yellow, green, silver and gold.
4. Saw the garter in the side for her to wear the wings. We have lots of garter here. And tadaaa here are my fairy wings!
We are done with the fairy wings and now on to the fairy wand.
You will need thin steel, tinsel garland, foam, ribbon, glue and scotch tape
1. I cut the thin steel to a perfect size for my daughter as a wand.
2. Supposedly she wants a star wand but I don’t know how to form a beautiful star so I told her a circle wand is a great wand too. hahah!! So I cut a circle from the foam.
3. I covered the steel a ribbon and put some scotch tape. I bought the ribbon for only $0.01 for 1 meter.
4. Since we already put our Christmas tree I got tinsel garland from it to cover the circle foam and yes it’s like a magic wand already!
And last but not least the fairy crown.
You need an old crown and glitter glue
I saw an old crown from my little sister and my daughter refused to use it because the color was fading so all I did was put some glitter glue on it and then looked like a brand new one!
My expenses were:
Glitter glue $ 0.05 and ribbon $ 0.01. I never expected it will only cost me $0.06 and the ticket is $ 5! I will post some pictures after my daughter’s party!
What do you think? Do you have other ideas for cheap DIY Halloween costumes?
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Holy cow that’s a cheap DIY costume! Good for you and hope you guys enjoy the event!
Thanks! I’m sure we will. 🙂
That looks great Clarisse! Our daughter is six as well and she is all about princesses right now. If we were more crafty we’d try and do some of it ourselves, though I fear what she’d look like in the end. 😉
Why would you give it a try and see the result? 🙂
That is an awesome idea =)
I bought my 4 year old a cupcake costume off of ebay. My two year old is going as a gnome =)
Thanks! I’m sure your kids will definitely enjoy the party too!
Six cents for the costume…you can’t beat that! I’m not that creative and good with crafts, but my wife is. But we have a boy…so we’ll need a cheap DIY boy costume!
I’m happy with the result and this is my first time to DIY.
I hope my two kids will experience Halloween Party. Wow, with a small amount of money, you crafted a very nice Halloween costumes. I see the image of Jollibee, my son love to eat their yummy burger.
How old are your kids? I love their burgers too! 🙂
The elder is 7 years old and the one is 5.5 years old
Nicely done Pauline. I dig the DIY Haloween costume idea. I once went as a Golf Champion by wearing a green jacket. It is a pretty cheap last minute costume.
Thanks Deacon!
Wow – you can’t be 6 cents for a costume. And you’re daughter is beautiful, Clarisse. 🙂 She is going to have a wonderful time at her first Halloween party. Can’t wait to see the pictures.
Every day when she wakes up she always look at the calendar. hahaha!! Thank you Shannon.
That’s adorable. When I have kids, I’ll be shopping in my parents attic for all the old halloween costumes my brother and I used to wear.
That would be a brilliant idea using your old halloween costumes for your future kids!
Very cute! I saw a DIY bat costume made out of a black umbrella that looked equally clever recently. =)
I never imagine you can use a black umbrella for the halloween costume. Thanks Mrs. Pop!
Clarisse! First off, any friend of Pauline’s is a friend of ours! Glad to see you and your marvy ideas! Here’s one: take a red magic marker and color in the back of one’s neck and attend a Halloween party. Native Texans love this costume especially when a native, NY Yankee like me pulls it off!!!
Heh, heh, heh….
Thank you CJ I’m going to try that one! hahaha!
That’s a really cool idea. Really cute costume.
Thanks for the compliment Romona!
Thanks for sharing this post because it’s nice to see that people still actually make costumes rather than buying into the commercial made costumes which cost a fortune. My best friend is making his daughters costume and I look forward to seeing what he comes up with.
Wow for sure your friend’s daughter will make a good Halloween costume.
Nice work! I remember when I was a kid my parents and I would always make my costumes with what we had. One year I was a fireman witch because we didn’t quite have enough to pull off either costume the whole way. Another year we bought a cheap blond wig and I wore my tennis clothes and carried my racket and went as Andre Agassi back when he had the long hair! I remember those memories very fondly!
You are a superb mom I guess. I think Halloween party is everyone favorite especially for the kids. Everything you made looks wonderful and the tips that you shared here I think it will to others mom also. I like the crown most because through you make your princess beautiful..