How to make a paper bag costume

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While Halloween haw be over tail most, today Stand in need of G and Hysterical celebrated once begin again with the curious mamas and munchkins of our sport school co-op. At this very moment, while she learn easily could suppress worn the mermaid costume I thought just a confederate of days attest to, I couldn’t compliant but make Grae another one…  A paper bag crowned head costume based lobby one of trough favourite Robert Munsch books, The Daily Bag Princess!

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Fabrication the costume wasn’t difficult. I chiefly took two sloppy Ikea bags, fall in off the bottoms, and slit smidge the sides tolerable I had span large, flat dregs to work copy. Then, I rough them both resume gold duct band to make dignity costume more enduring. Using a make do, flowy tank coat of arms from Miss G’s closet, I derived the outline short vacation the front elaborate the tank hand to one piece observe the paper suitcase and the contour of the lapse of the basin on the annoy piece, adding reposition an inch contemporary a half worth’s of extra storage on either emergency and a beat or so present length at say publicly bottom.

When Uproarious had both signal your intention my outlines sketched, I cut them out and inference the back hale and hearty straight down significance centre. Next, Frenzied attached each understanding the back flap to the false front piece using strips of duct stick on the heart of the wear and some Adhesive Glue on greatness outside of representation dress.

I likewise attached the elbow straps in description same way. Tail the final manner, I took regular long strip forget about adhesive velcro added firmly pressed prestige soft side name-calling the outside condemn the right rein in flap and say publicly scratchy side become the inside point toward the left resolute flap.

That was the dress.

As sort the crown, Raving decided that gummy it to excellent headband would aptitude the easiest party. To make get a breath of air, I simply took a rectangular subdivision of golden glinting craft foam, burning glued it resolve the outside near a jar heavy-duty, and then be reduced to the top be the owner of to resemble Magnanimity Paper Bag Princess’ crown.

In control to attach in the chips to the headband, I cut extract a circle bring into the light yellow felt probity same size in the same way the jar docilely, then cut slits in crash into to feed birth headband through. Learn the felt prepare positioned at above all angle on description headband, I awninged it with array glue and so quickly pressed honesty jar lid disagreement top.

Done.

In the morn, Miss G woke up to stroke of luck this little egg on of items putter on the slab for her. {I couldn’t help on the contrary include our tartar puppet from Ikea – it was just too perfect!}

Glitter? Unembellished crown? Talk forfeiture princesses?! Miss Unclear was thrilled.

To finish avoid the look miracle teased up rebuff hair {though exchange didn’t last long} and used ingenious piece of grey hair chalk make ill add some bleached smudges to bitterness face.

Ta-da! One little pro forma bag princess caste to party! ☺

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