festival fancy dress Fairy Tale theme - ideas??

[ruffletheanimal]

for three little boys, dh and me.

the 4yo has declared he is going to be a bat.
i can only think of Witch or Fairy for me

help me find a fab costume i will enjoy wearing pls

ta !

Think Fergie in Its A Royal Knockout

eh??

i was kinda hoping for some links to fab items and instructions on how to put them together... :cheeky bugger:

teensy picture

oh if only the boys would go as the three bears... (they almost definitely wont, i havnet even asked)

three little pigs and you be the wolf?

a gingerbread man, a fox and an old lady? and man?

whassat then, long purple cape and a long flame-haired wig?? (i have short blonde hair)

snow white minus 4 dwarves?

You go as the pied piper with your old school recorder and the three of them can skip along behind you

Princess -

bridesmaid dress, pref with lacing across the bodice (look in charity shop, ebay), ballet flats on your feet and the hat - make a tall cone from glittery cardbord and trail a long floaty scarf from the top, secure with elastic. o be Rapunzel, make a long plait from thick wool and attach it to inside of the hat.

OR
Little Miss Muffet

bridesmaid dress/long skirt and gypsy-style top (New Look have these), ballet flats, mob cap (circle of fabric, gather with elastic to fit your head), add a plastic spider dnagling down, tie a spoon to your waist by a ribbon.

ive found this www.woolworths.co.uk/disney-tinkerbell---medium/694404746.prd?prdToken=/p/prod2505083-sku3645 970
which is a bit lazy... and not cheap... and would look better if i didnt eat. or drink. which isnt going to happen.

i do prefer the idea of putting some of it together myself a la purple merkins advice (love your name btw)

long cape a good accessory to work in i think. unless im a wolf or summat.

lolol at minus 4 dwarves. my perpetually confused expression would work well for this idea i think...

Don't be a wolf - too hot and soggy of it rains.

ah yes, good point.

so indeed, a cape would be a good thing to have in any event; rain cape, sun cape, seating and beer belly coverer all at once.

something with a cape then. hmmm

list of fairy tales here

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales

i havent even heard of most of them

should be more cape wearing in general I feel.

Not that that helps with costumes

agree

so where to find one?

Um. When you need it for?

OOoh we're planning our costumes too

Not really following the theme properly but are thinking of a set of russian dolls, the characters from The Enormous Turnip or The Porridge Pot, Chicken Licken, GingerBread Man. Lots of ideas....... although ds just wants to be spiderman at the moment. he'll come round.

Three Billy Goats Gruff for you?

I agree that more capes should be worn in general

29 july flamers

a family theme is out yogini. there is no way i will convince my three to dress for that. (which is why i had my fun dressing them identically while they were v little and could not argue - those days are long gone, but hey, so are the nappies, so i aint bovvered really)

why are costumes for women almopst always slutty?? whats that all about? i want to be a fairy tale character, not a hooker, tho, i spose in these economic times one oughtnt to rule out the possible income stream [boak]

I like being a slut when I get dressed up.

Or just in general.

Think it comes from my lack of sex life

I could run up a cloak by then. Can't do the rest of the costume quite so easily, but cloaks I ain't bad at.

Oh whilst you're here... can you ask small ruffles 1 & 3 if they know where my back door key is?

oh no, really? will ask.

oh yay, really? cool ! will have to have Important Meetings to discuss Sort of Cape.

have ordered things from ebay and american apparel. vaguely fairyish sorts of things in the main. no-ones going to actually ask who im meant to be anyway, right?

snow white

elves and shoemaker

rapunzel

mother rabbit and peter, flopsy and mopsy and cotton tail