Transforming an Old Halloween Costume into a New Costume

For those of you who are on a tight budget and want to find a cheaper option for a Halloween costume, perhaps this post will be just what you are looking for!

This year, I decided to fix up one of my daughter’s play princess dresses and transform it into a much better looking, elegant, and pretty princess dress. My daughter loves the color pink, and really wanted to wear a pink dress for Halloween. I figured that if I could add a little pink and fancy-up her old dress she would love it! She did...

From something that was only fit to be played in....to something beautiful!

Here is a picture I found of a similar dress (although not an exact design) before I transformed it.

Here is what it looks like now (picture does not do it justice):

What you need to know:

1) You really do not need to have a lot of skills to make a beautiful dress.

2) You can use what you already have around you or purchase your materials depending on your budget.

What I did:

1) I measured the tulle to fit the places I wanted to hot glue it to (you can also sew it if you have the time and patience...at this time I didn't). I added tulle to the skirt, the hip area, and the sleeves. I chose pink, because my daughter just HAD to have pink on the dress, lol.

2) I added some matching bows to the skirt portion to accent her dress and make it prettier.

3) I added matching beads to her old princess crown to make it beautiful! Hot glue them in place and make sure they match the dress.

5 4) I added marabou feathers to the back of the dress and hung down and back up like a cape.
5) I grabbed some extra beautiful, fuzzy pink fabric and turned it into a princess cape (it is tied into place, or you could even sew/glue it in place. If you also wanted to you could tie rubber bands or hair ties to the place you would tied around the shoulders to keep it in place.
Let me know your thoughts....

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