How to Make a Princess Costume

Every little girl dreams of being a princess. There are glass slippers, big fancy castles and charming princes on white steeds. What girl wouldn't want to live in a fairy tale? That may be why princess costumes continue to be popular every Halloween. Making the costume can be easy and inexpensive. Just follow these steps.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Formal or prom dress
• Craft wire
• Heavy duty gold craft paper
• Dowel rod
• Gold spray paint
• Faux or plastic jewels
• Glue
• Scissors
• Bobby pins

1. Find a dress suitable for "princess gown" transformation. Look for a long, full skirt and possibly lace or sequin detail or anything else that looks appropriately regal. Old prom dresses or even an old wedding dress from a thrift store are excellent options.
2. Use glue to apply faux jewels around the hem, skirt and bodice of your gown. Use glue that specifies on its packaging that it is good for use with fabric to guarantee that the jewels stay on.
3. Measure a length of craft wire that is long enough to encircle your head. Bend it into a circle and twist the ends together.
4. Bend another length of craft wire in a zig-zag diagonal pattern to form triangles that will be the peaks of your crown. Twist the ends of this piece of wire onto the first piece to form the framework for your crown.
5. Cut triangles out of the heavy duty gold craft paper. Glue them over the wire outline of the peaks of your crown. Repeat this step until the wire frame is covered and no longer visible and all the peaks of your crown are complete.
6. Glue faux or plastic jewels all over the crown to make it ornate and elaborate. Set your newly bejeweled crown aside to dry.
7. Use bobby pins anchored around the lower wire circle to anchor the crown to your hair once the crown is dry.
8. Spray the dowel rod all over with the gold spray paint. Set it on newspapers in a well-ventilated area to dry.
9. Glue jewels on the dowel rod once dry to transform it into your royal scepter.
10. Don your crown, pick up your scepter and go find that knight in shining armor.