With almost everyone growing out of their costumes we had to do most of them over or add extra accessories. We went as Indians so I thought I would describe an easy way to make these costumes if anyone was interested in doing this for the holiday or just as an exciting study on pilgrims as part of your homeschooling.
I had visited the local costume shops and was shocked to find that adult costumes started at $40-$60 dollars. That was NOT in my Indian costume budget! So I ran over to the thrift store and found loads of brown shirts (90 cents) and brown or black pants/skirts($2). We got them home and quickly cut fringes on the bottoms of the shirts and at the end of the arms (right at the cuffs).
For my little 16 month old twins I found 2 brown pillowcases (60 cents each) and cut a hole at the end and cut up each of the sides to make it tunic style. They were a little long so I cut off a few inches at the bottom and then used the extra material to make a sash to tie at the waste. It was perfect! At the jewelry counter I found 2 Indian looking necklaces and bought those ($1.99 each) and later bought some beads and black thread for the children to make Indian jewelry as a craft. You can use make up to draw lines on their faces for a real effect, the boys always love that. I will post pictures in a later post so you can view them.
You can do the same thing with Pilgrim costumes, buying black pants and shirts you can add white collars, aprons or with felt to make life easy. After all, this is all about having fun and enjoying the season.
What are some special ways your that family celebrates Thanksgiving?
I had visited the local costume shops and was shocked to find that adult costumes started at $40-$60 dollars. That was NOT in my Indian costume budget! So I ran over to the thrift store and found loads of brown shirts (90 cents) and brown or black pants/skirts($2). We got them home and quickly cut fringes on the bottoms of the shirts and at the end of the arms (right at the cuffs).
For my little 16 month old twins I found 2 brown pillowcases (60 cents each) and cut a hole at the end and cut up each of the sides to make it tunic style. They were a little long so I cut off a few inches at the bottom and then used the extra material to make a sash to tie at the waste. It was perfect! At the jewelry counter I found 2 Indian looking necklaces and bought those ($1.99 each) and later bought some beads and black thread for the children to make Indian jewelry as a craft. You can use make up to draw lines on their faces for a real effect, the boys always love that. I will post pictures in a later post so you can view them.
You can do the same thing with Pilgrim costumes, buying black pants and shirts you can add white collars, aprons or with felt to make life easy. After all, this is all about having fun and enjoying the season.
What are some special ways your that family celebrates Thanksgiving?
3 comments:
Oooh! What fun! We had an "Indian party" last weekend with the 2 cousins and they all looked SO cute. I will post pictures too. BUT, I had my mom to help sew...and a bit more time than you did! But it was so much fun. (We had just finished a unit of study on Native Americans.) We could use these costumes again around Thanksgiving, couldn't we?
that is sooo fun! my family just gets really really cooking frenzyish and we make lots of food and have my mom's side of the family over. It is tradition, however, for my mom and I to put up Christmas decorations either on thanksgiving night or the day after. however, this year because of a conflict, we'll have to put them up the day before thanksgiving, a little early, but the house will be very festive for the family to kick off the Christmas season!
I love this blog! I am learning so much daily as a homeschool mom, homemaker, wife and most importantly as a child of Christ. I am looking for resources to share with my children on how to best celebrate Thanksgiving (and even Columbus Day). I am looking for resources that share the "correct" Christian historical perspective. I, and my children are Native American and I am becoming more and more sensitive to the "playing indian" when so many indigenous peoples history is misrepresented. It is a struggle, as I look for resources. I love the Truth spoken here and I trust there are those out there that have wisdom in this area. Would love any advice.
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