Cinderella was an obsession of DD's for a long time. We watched the movie almost every day. DD would also give a detailed reenactment of Cinderella being transformed for a maid to a princess. So that year, Cinderella was the inspiration for Halloween that year.
Almost a year before, DD was a flower girl in my brother's wedding. My SIL picked out a silky, lacy, long white dress for her to wear. This dress served as Cinderella's dress. I pulled DD's hair up into a pony tail. I then took the pony tail and doubled it over toward her forehead and secured it with a big pearl hair clip. When I finished, her hair looked like it was up in a bun with a tiara on her head. She wore some of her frilly socks and a pair of clear plastic slippers she had in a dress up box. To collect her candy in, she carried a galvanized bucket with her Cinderella book tucked in it. She even performed her reenactment a few times.
All of these costume ideas, I have shared with you were easy to make. They just required a little imagination. DD was very comfortable in them too, because she wore most of the clothing we used to make the costumes. They also weren't tight, binding, or awkward for her to wear. The best part for us as family on a tight budget, they didn't cost us much which we liked a lot.
Homemade Halloween is simply a good thing!
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