Where to get outfit from for Book CHaracter Day

[secretsquirrel1]

My DD is nearly 7 but is very tall for her age so is in age 10-11 yr old clothes (This does not bode well for the next 4 years does it.....? )

Anyway,

She has set her heart on being Alice In Wonderland for Book Character Day on Oct 8th.

I have looked on-line only to find that nearly all the outfits only go up to age 10, and to make matters worse, they are all 'a small fitting'. Some of the companies are having a laugh, with P&P costing nearly as much as the damn outfit!

I'm a SM, I work full time & do shifts, so 'running up an outfit' is out of the question.

I went to one of the big supermarkets only to find that they had loads of Halloween stuff but nothing else.

Short of persuading her to be Winnie the Witch, I'm at my wits end. I have a week. Help please!

Can you find something in a charity shop? Any frilly dress and an apron will do and ribbon for the hair.

That's my job for Fri before a night shift...wouls be interested to hear how everyone else manages!

I've looked at adult size Alice costumes for you to see if you could adapt a costume but they are horrendous!

I would love to be Winnie the witch but wear would you get those cool tights for an adult.
Apron
blousel
www.marisota.co.uk/shop/product/details/show.action?pdLpUid=JY181&pdBoUid=2884&lpgUid=11096608#colour:0,size:skirt To tell the truth by the time you've hunted all this down and paid for it you might as well buy the costume.
I think befriend someone in a charity shop or just buy the apron if you have a blue blouse and skirt put bows all over the place and your done I think

Thank you Scurry & Nutty - yes, I saw some of the , er ahem adult costumes....well I don't think I will be bothering with any of them .

I am still looking but any ideas gratefully received.

Hi my daughter went as a witch from 'The witches' by Roald Dhal.Meant she could look like an ordinary witch.I persuaded her by letting her wear one of my floaty black evening dresses and my old black boots.Made her feel grownup.

Hmmmm Charity shop shopping list...

blue dress or
white blouse with collar & blue skirt
old fashioned pinnie
white knee high socks or tights
white alice band

The pinnie you could make with a pillowcase or tea towel - Here This is by a fellow mnetter.

ebay aprons
eg this over any blue party dress eg this, this, this

LM, SW & Mrs B, I'm nearly in tears with gratitude. Thankyou all so much - there is a light at the end of this ghastly tunnel.

Now to make you laugh....I must be the only person on Gods Earth who has never ever done ebay before. That's why I haven't mentioned trying it.

What is the drill for getting started with ebay? Is it easy to do?

first step is to get a paypal account - v easy if you have a credit card

Thanks, Mrs B. Will go onto ebay and set it up.

Oh, and now the little madam has started to make noises about being Little Red Riding Hood...........Gggaaahh!

OK, done it - and have now found a Red Riding outfit 10-14yr old; the only Alice ones were 'grown up' ones....

Thank you all for your help and ideas.

Now I can see why people spend a lot of time on ebay....it could be pretty addictive!