COSTUME WEEK DAY 1: Team Ronda Rousey

I'm kicking off a DIY costume series on the blog this week. Here are my criteria for costumes:

1. Easy

2. Cheap

3. Quick

4. Not a skanky version of something else (i.e. sexy nurse, slutty cat)

Day 1: Team Ronda Rousey 

Total cost for all four costumes: $11

Total time for all four costumes: 45 minutes

Ronda

• Black sweatsuit (already owned)
• Yellow letters ($2.99, Michaels)
• Mittens ($1, Dollar Tree)
• Black, silver, gold foam sheets (99c each, Michaels)

Steps

1. Add letters to sweatshirt. For a more permanent costume, use iron on instead of stickers.



This was her "tough" face. It's ridiculous.

2. Cut ends off mittens so they look like training gloves.

   

   For older kids you can consider taping their hands or adding tape on top of the mittens, but I thought this would be more comfortable for her.

3. Trace a circle onto a 12x18 inch piece of black foam board. (I traced a dinner plate) Leave strips on either side of the circles for the belt portion.
4. Trace a smaller circle onto the 9x12 inch piece of silver foam board. (I traced a salad plate)
5. Cut out the letters UFC from the gold 9x12 inch foam board.
6. Glue
   

   

   The actual UFC belt is not a circle. But I was having trouble free handing the actual shape, so circle it was!

7. Poke two holes at each end of the belt and thread ribbon through.

Referee

• White shirt (already owned)
• Black pants (already owned)
• Duct tape (already owned)
• Whistle (optional, but then you have to listen to whistling)

Steps

1. Tape stripes to the shirt. That's it. 

She's eating a chicken nugget right now.

Joe Rogan

• Microphone ($1, Dollar Tree)
• Name Tag (letters $2.99, Michaels)
• Suit or Tux (already owned)

Steps

1. Make name tag. 
2. Hand microphone to Joe.

Ronda Fan

• Yellow letters (already owned)
• pom pom (already owned)

Steps

1. Add letters to shirt. I chose "Fight Like a Girl."