Ok, so we thought it would be cool to dress Luna in a character outfit for her first Con experience. After much debate over how many lumpy dudes in spiderman costumes there might be at a given time, Mike and I decided on Dr. Facilier (The Shadowman) from Princess and the frog. Luna loves him and wants to dress that way for the coming Halloween.
Since I got the hat constructed, it's been hard to keep it off her head! It's really cool how much she loves this whole thing.
I'm uberthrifty, so we explored all sorts of options before getting this one solid. I found a guy on Ebay selling old kid tux parts for crazy cheap. That solved, the next step was the hat. They cost more than I want to spend to purchase unless you've got an affinity for shoddy plastic crap, then there's loads in my price range and time availability! Googled how to make a top hat. Ok, doesn't take super human skills or a serger, so it started to look possible. But how to make it as crazy inexpensive as possible?
Let's break it down:
Giant purple feather = $2.50 ebay
Red Ribbon = $1
Black posterboard = .50c
Black bias tape = $1.99
Black puff paint = $1
Glue sticks = Had em (mostly)
Glue gun & etc = Had em
Black satin & netting = Thanx Jenny's mom!
Crown and rim = Thanx Lucky Charms box!
White Skull = Cut from the bag the jacket came in.
Big black jewel = Busted necklace part
Foam edging to size the hat = feather shipping tube
And half that expense is what would be used for a purchased hat! Whee!
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