COSTUME WEEK DAY 3: "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" Music Video Stars

DAY 3: "Watch Me" Music Video Stars
Total cost for all four costumes: $9.39
Total time for all four costume: 25 minutes

Silento (Singer/Rapper)

• Red polo shirt (already owned)
• Jeans (already owned)
• Red headphones ($5, Five Below)

Steps

1. Get dressed

Tutu Girl

• Pink, yellow and blue tutus. I got two of each color so it would be fuller ($1 each, Dollar Tree)
• Shirt (already owned)
• Jean jacket. The little girl in the video wears a white one, but blue was all we had, so I went with blue. (already owned)

Steps

1. Get Dressed

Watch me whiiiiiip.

Watch me nae nae.

Red Dress

• Red dress or large red shirt (already owned)
• Black leg warmers or black boots (already owned)
• Yellow felt (39c, Michaels)

Steps

1. Trace and cut out "W" on yellow felt.
2. Glue to red shirt with fabric glue or hot glue gun.
3. Get dressed.

Now watch me superman.

Old Lady

• Yellow cardigan set (already owned)
• Black pants (already owned)
• Purse (already owned)

Steps

1. Get dressed.
2. Look WASPy :)

COSTUME WEEK DAY 2: Insurance Family

DAY 2: Insurance Family

Total cost for all four costumes: $28

Total time for all four costumes: 40 minutes

Mayhem (Allstate)

• Dumbells ($3.49 each, Target)
• Headband (already owned)
• Name tag (letters 2.99, Michaels)
• Bandage (already owned)
• Suit (already owned)

Steps

1. Make name tag
2. If you have a suit you're fine with ruining, ripping it at the shoulder seam would make an even better costume. 
3. Add bandage and dirt to face

Aflac

• White shirt (already owned)
• Orange pants ($4.50, Target. They're also turned inside out because they had hearts on them)
• Orange foam board (99c, Michaels)
• Elastic (already owned)
• Name tag (letters already owned)
• White feather boa (optional)

Steps

1. Trace a duck foot shape onto the foam board and cut an "x" in the heel large enough to fit over the foot.

   

   
   

2. Draw and cut out the duck bill from the foam board. Leave the center attached.
3. Poke two holes in the center of the duck bill and thread elastic through to make a mask.

   

   
   

4. Make name tag.

Geico Gecko

• Green shirt and pants or onesie
• Tan, green and black felt (39c each, Michaels)
• Black foam board (99c, Michaels)
• Headband (already owned)
• Name tag (letters already owned)

Steps

1. Make name tag
2. Draw and cut out tan felt tummy. 

   

   
   

3. Glue on shirt with fabric glue or hot glue gun.
4. Draw and cut out eye shape from black foam board. Include a tab at the bottom for glueing onto the headband.

   

   
   

5. Cover the eye shape, except for the tab, with green felt using a hot glue gun. 

   

   
   

6. Cut out eye balls from black felt and glue on. 

   

   
   

7. Glue tab to head band using hot glue gun.

We had to give her a lollipop so she wouldn't cry during photos. 

Flo (Progressive)

• White shirt (already owned)
• White pants (already owned)
• White apron ($5.99, Michaels)
• Blue letters ($3.99, Michaels)
• Black letters (already owned)
• Red lipstick (optional)

Steps

1. Add "Progressive" to apron
2. Add "Flo" to apron
3. Make "I Heart Insurance" pin

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."