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Frugal Bunny Costume

Want a great idea for Easter? Why not make up a frugal bunny costume with no sewing involved at all? One of the fun things about frugality is being creative about reusing items that you already have or items that you can obtain cheaply. This next idea is a great one. Using a large stuffed bunny toy, this reader turned it into a bunny costume for Easter. She purchased the bunny at a yard sale. Then she took it outside and opened it up, making a large slit in the front, and then emptying the stuffing and saving it for … Continue reading →

Halloween in Japan

Happy Halloween! It’s finally here… the day it seems our family (well, at least my daughter) has been anxiously anticipating for months. The house is decorated. The treats are made. The costumes are ready. In just a few hours, ghosts, ghouls, pumpkins and princesses will take to the streets here in the United States, but have you ever wondered what the holiday is like in other parts of the world? In Japan, 2006, marks the first year Halloween will be celebrated throughout the entire the land of the rising sun. Little known two decades ago, Halloween is now becoming a … Continue reading →

More Costumes Ideas and Some Resources

If you haven’t figured out a Halloween or Harvest Day Costume yet, you only have a couple weeks left! Maybe some of these ideas or resources will help. The following can be made with sweat suits and fiberfill or tulle. They are affordable, simple, and cute. Cotton Candy Costume Dress your child in white sweatpants and a white hooded sweatshirt, hood up (paint face to match if desired). Pull, pinch, and fluff fiberfill to create globs of cotton candy. Mix quick dry, water-based craft paint with water and add to a spray bottle. Spray fiberfill lightly to give it color. … Continue reading →

Snowman Costume (or Snow-woman)

Grab some white sweatpants and a white hooded sweatshirt, extra baggy. Take in at the waste if necessary, but they should be pretty baggy everywhere else. Stuff the pants legs, the shirt sleeves, and the “belly” of the shirt with fiber fill. If you’d rather use other materials, have your child wear other clothes beneath the sweats to protect skin. Then, crumble up newspaper, tissue paper, etc., and stuff them inside. Your snowman will of course need a hat. Choose any style you like. If you have any New Year’s party favors still hanging around, you might be able to … Continue reading →

Crazy Costume: Basket of Clothes

This idea is cute, easy, and affordable. Pick up a cheap laundry basket at any dollar store. If the cheap ones seem a little flimsy, that’s okay in this case, because you want to be able to move and you’ll need to cut out most of the bottom and cut out arm holes. Put some clothes in the basket. You can use rags or old clothes and attach them to the inner sides of the basket with a little glue to keep them from falling out the bottom. Lay some flat, bunch some up, whatever you like. Leave a couple … Continue reading →

Harvest Party Scarecrow Costume

What better way to get a little more use out of an old pair of jeans that has seen better days, than to make it into a scarecrow costume? The more rips and tears and worse for wear, the better! Sew on or iron on a few patches just for details, and then add some straw or raffia peeking out from the bottom of the pants legs. Tie off the bottom of the pants (loosely) with some old rope or a piece of clothesline rope or twine. You may also be able to find some old bib overalls at a … Continue reading →