Crafty Mom I Am. LOL

Having kids means Always spending extra money. Sometimes it's not the, "We don't have the money for this."  A lot of times it's "I'm not wasting money on that." Needless to say, 2 theme kid parties within 2 weeks times 3 kids equals 6 costumes/accessories that will never be worn again out the house. One party, a 50s theme, the other a Superheroes theme. The things I could do with the money that I would spend on these parties....

So I got to thinking. There has to be something I can do to make this happen. Having 2 boys who didn't care too much about the 50's theme. I decided to keep them simple. White socks, white t-shirt, cuffed jeans. My daughter though, needed a poodle skirt. I knew I would be better off making the skirt vs buying it. Online they were running around $40- not gone happen. I preferred not to sew and just in time I found a couple no-sew instructions and made it happen for just under $6. Found some inexpensive pink and white felt at the fabric store. Already had sparkly sequins and funky ribbons. Also used my hot glue gun and a button and that's about it..  Even made a skirt for her doll.  Came across a poodle template at www.obseussed.com and resized it to my daughter's shirt and her doll's skirt. Such a fun activity to do with her and Grandma!!

For the Superhero costume party, I decided to go ahead a just do a major search for a few days for the costumes my kids wanted and found pretty good coupon codes online. Four costumes with masks for just under $70 with shipping was the best I could do. However, my youngest really wanted to  be Captain America because he wanted the shield!! Ughhh! That's all he really wanted. Well, I decided that we would have to make the shield and the night before the party, we did.
Used the cardboard box the costumes were shipped in, an old blue folder from last school year, the white packing paper from the costume packaging and red spray paint, which we already had.  Saved myself $20 and the shield actually looked pretty good! Cost- FREE!


I'm pretty crafty by nature, just not always very precise.  Overall, I was pretty pleased with my last couple projects for the kids. More importantly, I showed them that there are plenty of things you can create right at home with supplies we already have and save a little money.