Pirate:
You will need a big white
shirt, dark pants, boots, a bandanna, a wide belt and a little felt and
cardboard for accessories. Put the clothes on with the belt around the
outside of the shirt and poof out the shirt above the belt. Tie the bandanna
around the child's head. You can add some gold chain jewelry and a hoop
earring. Make an eye patch with black felt and an elastic. Make a sword
from cardboard and cover the "blade" with aluminum foil or paint silver.
Angel or Fairy:
White nightgown or dress
(pastel colors are great for a fairy). Make wings from poster board;
gold metallic pipecleaners for halo (angel), antennae (fairy).
Decorate wings with glitter and attach with safety pins or tie on with
wide ribbon. Add a wand for the fairy.
Princess:
Lacey nightgown or dress,
tiarra (glue shiny gems onto a headband or make a tiarra from cardboard
with lots of glittery gems glued on), gloves.
Butterfly:
Black leotard & tights
or leggings & turtleneck, pipecleaners for antennae, poster board for
wings. Decorate wings in bright colors.
Crayon:
Make a cylinder out of
poster board or felt large enough to fit around the child. Sew or glue
velcro along the edge to close the cylinder in the back. Cut holes for
arms. Make a pointed hat from the same material. Decorate with markers
or additional felt to look like a crayon. Dress child in a black leotard
or leggings and turtleneck.
Bunch of Grapes:
Green leotard or leggings
and turtleneck. Lots of round purple balloons. Dress child in leotard.
Blow up purple balloons and attach to child with safety pins. You could
also achieve this with green balloons for green grapes! You could
also tuck in some green leaves made from crepe paper.
Gypsy:
Big, colorful full skirt.
Lots of jewelry; Gold hoop earrings. Bandanna to tie around
head. You could also sew a black long haired wig (or use black wool)
inside the bandanna.
Robin Hood:
Green tights, long brown
vest, wide leather belt. Make a hat out of green felt and carry a toy bow
and arrow or make one from cardboard.
Peter Pan:
You will need a piece of
green fabric - fold in half, cut a hole for the head and cut the
bottom jagged. Tie on with a belt made from the same fabric. Depending
on the weather, shorts & green leggings or sweatpants. Make a
hat.
