Inexpensive dress-up/pretend costumes? Now?

[alkagift]

Is there a place online for cute inexpensive costumes for dress up? The ones I've seen at toy stores are pretty plasticky and the ones online are horribly expensive--I want DS to have several dress-up things for his birthday and I don't want to spend $50 each! I can sew but I don't think I have time to make three.

I thought they would be cheap this time of year, but evidently not! Unfortunately, most of them are also for girls. Agh.

Allison
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[bunnisa]

Just one idea for a cheaper alternative:

I'm picking up some hats from kidsurplus.com - pirate, construction worker, firefighter, viking, etc, and pairing them with large playsilks (ordered from Thai Silks). The hats are inexpensive and I think can set the mood quite well, and the playsilks can be made into capes, headdresses, sashes, skirts, etc.

Bethany
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[alkagift]

very good idea!!


Allison
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[trumansmom]

Try a Dollar Store. I saw lots of things around Christmas, and just the other day I saw several boy things, but no girl things. (Darn it!)

And while you're there - pick up a cheap balloon. You can get two latex balloons or one mylar balloon for a dollar. It's my favorite cheap treat for the kids when I feel the need to be a hero. :)

Jeanne
Mom to Truman 11/01 and Eleanor 4/04
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[bunnisa]

>And while you're there - pick up a cheap balloon. You can get
>two latex balloons or one mylar balloon for a dollar. It's my
>favorite cheap treat for the kids when I feel the need to be a
>hero. :)
>

We do the dollar store balloon thing, too. That and the Target pretzel makes DS very, very happy!

Bethany
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[SewSarahSew]

If you are not opposed to used items, you can find some really nifty dress up things at thrift stores. I filled a box for my son with real clothes for dress up. I got a lab coat for playing doctor, a plaid blazer, tie, and black loafers for being a banker or office worker, several funky hats, flip flops, a size 7/8 raincoat that looks like a firefighter jacket... And then several dress-up hats from places like Walmart: a red cowboy hat, a construction workers hard hat, a fireman's hat. Then I made him a cape and every year his Halloween costume is added to the pile. Oh, I found a few plush halloween costumes at the thrift store, an alligator and a lion.

I just have this picture in my mind of kids pulling out old clothes out of chest in the attic, real clothes. So I tried to re-create that. And it only cost me about $25.