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Poundwise:
It's that time of year! My little girl wants to be Wonder Woman.

- Spend $25 on a readymade costume at Costco, or try to DIY?  I have blue chiffon which might be suitable for the skirt, but would have to buy shiny red fabric for the top/boots, and gold material for the stars, headband, and wristbands (the most important parts!)

Any other favorite ideas for fun cheap costumes this year?

meerkat:
Wonder Woman sounds fun! I'm crafty but not sufficiently crafty to DIY a Wonder Woman costume, there's a lot of parts and materials involved.

My two year old does not tolerate hats, hoods, masks, or any other head gear. He also runs hot and we're in a hot climate, most premade costumes are made for cold climates so they have lots of padding and frequently have hats or something head related, so DIY costumes will probably be preferable for him anyway. This year I finally decided to make him a tiger costume. He has an orange shirt and shorts already so I bought some orange fabric and black puff paint. The orange fabric is to make a tail, I probably have so velcro around so I can attach it to his shorts but it's not a big deal if someone else (or he) yanks on the tail. I may also make a little bag for him if there's enough leftover fabric.

My costume is less Mustachian - I'm dressing up as Jessica Jones and the priciest part was the jacket at $35 including shipping. I'm also getting a scarf ($9) and a wig ($9), both of which I expect to reuse a lot in the future. Everything else either my husband or I already own (hoodie, jeans, boots, messenger bag).

tthree:
I bought my daughter the Costco Wonder Women costume last year.  Wonder Woman wasn't as popular last year, so it was on sale for $15 when they were clearing out costumes.  My daughter is Wonder Woman at least once a week (it's still cute when your 4).  It was well worth the $15.

bognish:
My kids are going to be ninjas, so I am getting attached every night when I come home from work as they practice. I am going to get my craft on this weekend and hopefully come up with a fidget spinner for me.

AMandM:
How demanding is your little girl?  My inclination would be to use a red t-shirt instead of sewing a special-purpose costume, and just add the shiny gold trim.

Over the years, we had a lot of costumes based on craft-store t-shirts ($2 apiece on sale in those days) and felt.  Robin Hood, a Maurice Sendak Wild Thing, court jester were some of the best. We also used a lot of general-purpose items from the dressup bin, many of which were homemade: cloaks, skirts, crowns, swords, shawls. One year, my older daughters made chain mail for their younger brothers, who were really into knights, by loosely knitting grey yarn, and I made fleece surcoats. Those were worn for many years.

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