Diy george washington costume

What is it about dress-up that kids love so much? My oldest son STILL hasn't outgrown the fun of donning a costume, which is probably why he loved this project so much. In honor of George Washington's birthday (February 22), we made a wig to replicate his signature grey locks. Supplies 1 paper grocery bag cotton balls (you'll need a lot!) low-temp glue gun and glue sticks ribbon How To I carefully cut the bag to fit my son's head, trimming off excess and gluing folds in places to make the…

George Washington DIY hat

George Washington is one of my favorite people, and there are lots of good books about him. I loved getting the chance to learn even more about his life during this unit. Here are some nice anecdotes about George Washington. The children liked this story too. And here is my favorite story of all about the Founding Fathers—the prophet Wilford Woodruff's vision of them in the St. George temple. There are claims that this story is untrue, but this link gives a bit of explanation and historical…

DIY George Washington costume

Our Homeschool Teen Club is performing "Wind in the Willows" in April. My daughter is playing the role of "Mole", my son is working on sets and behind stage and I am working on costuming. Our costume committee has done a fine job with all the outfits and they are almost complete. One of my tasks was to figure out how to make a judge's or barrister's wig. You know the kind...it looks a little like a George Washington wig. I searched everywhere on-line for some simple directions and came up…

Made this tricorne hat for last minute George Washington costume. Used a rough idea from this site http://makinghistorynow.com/2014/10/diy-colonial-kids-costumes/ and then modified it by not adding the top of the hat and also hand sewed pieces together. Glued cotton balls to white felt and sewed that into the inside of the hat since it was too hot to wear a wig.

George Washington, History Day at Stratford Classical Christian Academy, made by Carmen Sánchez-Buster, Felt and Yarn for the hair (attached to hat), old hat painted black, gold trim, foam paper for the shoe buckle, recycled woman's jackets (white; for the ruffles), kids tuxedo (only some stitching so not to ruin the jacket)

The original idea was a Pinterest pin from Yandy Costumes, way before the movie was ever released. They created an Ali Hamilton Costume. I loved it and tried to buy it on Poshmark, but at $90 it was pricey and gone at the blink of an eye.

Happy Halloween! This year was Blair's first year of Trick-or-Treating, so we wanted her to have a creative and fun costume that was ea...

I spend the first quarter of the year researching costumes and trying to come up with something unique for my mom to make. It was easy when my son was