Last year I had made a list of ideas I could make for the both of us. I still like all of them, but for my daughter, they mean warm, possibly furry animal suits complete with heads (Pepe, the monkey from The Three Musketeers, or Kero from Cardcaptor Sakura) and I’m afraid these might be too warm for Montréal August weather. So I’ve had another idea:
Toadette from Super Mario
Wouldn’t she be cute? It’s basically a summer dress with, a vest and white shorts. For the mushroom head, I’ll use her bike helmet (which she likes to wear to watch tele) and make a slip-cover for it, mounted on an elastic so it can go on easily (my first helmet had one of those). The "pony-balls" will be made of Styrofoam balls covered in fabric and tacked to one another and the slip-cover. As for shoes, I’m sure I can find a pair of brown shoes her size either at a thrift store, or simply on sale at a retail store.
What about me I hear you wonder. Well, here is what I’m thinking of:
Princess Peach from Super Mario
I have wanted to make a Princess Peach costume for some time now. Besides, I look good in pink, I can style my own hair with a lot of spray net to get those flips, and it would be a fairly easy costume to make. Although Sarcasm-hime warns against the use of satin for Cosplay, I would like to make this costume out of Peau de soie (matte bridal satin). I should keep an eye out for sales!
For our first year going to Otakuthon together my daughter and I, I want to go for an easier project and I think this one would do.
Now if only I could convince Nancy-Raven or Marie-Ange-The-Celt to join us…
Princess Daisy from Super Mario
I'm sure that either one of them would look good as Princess Daisy.
(*Insert grinning face here*)
Wouldn’t that be fun girls?
I'm going to die in a dress , the weather is hot at this time of the year .
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ReplyDeleteLOL.... I don'T think so... there is a third princess I would have prefered but.... I had other costumes in mind XD
ReplyDeleteWhich princess is that?
ReplyDeleteI can't remember her name... she's in the new Mario KArt Wii though....
ReplyDeleteI think she's talking about Rosalina.
ReplyDeleteThere are actually a lot of Princess Peach costumes like princesspeachhalloweencostumes.net and a wide variety so you don't have to actually make one. But oddly, there are no Princess Daisy costumes around. Why is that?
ReplyDeleteYouve probably already made this, but I had an idea about the pony balls.
ReplyDeleteYou could slip them into pink pantyhose and tie around each so they are already connected and can move freely
Hyla, yes I did make the Toadette dress already. You can see it here: http://costumeholic.blogspot.com/2011/08/toadette-costume-detail.html
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