How to Make a Toga Dress for Kids

Make a toga dress in your favorite color fabric.

Togas were worn by the Ancient Romans and Greeks and consisted of a length of fabric that was wrapped around the body and held in place with brooches, pins and rope belts. Make a toga dress for your child quickly and easily, using whatever fabric you have to hand. Typical togas are white, but kids' toga dresses look attractive in bright colors and patterned fabrics.

Things You'll Need

• Plain T-shirt
• Shorts
• Four yards of thin fabric
• Long shoelace
• Cord or rope braid
• Pom poms
• Hot glue
• Fabric glue
• Safety pins
• Flip flops
• Florist's wire
• Fabric flowers
• Bobby pins

Instructions

1. Have the child wear a plain T-shirt and shorts in a bright color under her toga dress.

2. Fold the length of fabric in half and place it over the child's left shoulder, so that it hangs down to his knees on both sides. Gather the fabric on top of the shoulder, wrap a long shoelace tightly around it and tie it in a bow.

3. Spread the fabric out across the child's body at the front and back and pin it under his arms and down both sides with safety pins. Hot glue pom poms to the safety pins to add decorative detail.

4. Secure the toga in place around the waist with length of cord or rope braid in a bright contrasting color. Glue large pom poms to the ends of the cord with fabric glue.

5. Add flip flops with small pom poms hot glued to the straps. Make a matching garland by twisting a length of florist's wire into a circle that fits tightly on the child's head. Hot glue pom poms and fabric flowers to the garland and secure it in place with bobby pins.