Princess Dress Costumes

Imagination forms a large part of any child’s life and at some point, every little girl wants princess dress costumes. Whether it is for a school play, Halloween, a princess party or simply to play in around the home, your little princess will have hours of dress-up fun.

The only thing that might stand in the way of your creating a perfect princess dress for your little one, is your imagination. This enables you to create a unique dress that will transport her to a world of fantasy.

You can use a pretty dress, a ballet tutu or a bodysuit as the base. Remember, princesses love frills, so add some frills, bows, beads and fabric flowers.

Accessories are big when it comes to princesses and no princess costume is complete without a tiara or a crown. You can use shiny pipe cleaners to create beautiful tiaras and other accessories. Alternatively, you could opt for a princess hat. Simply use construction paper to create a cone and use elastic as a chin strap to secure the hat. Drape with chiffon scarves that flow from the tip down to her shoulders.

If she wants to be a fairy princess, she will need some wings. This can be constructed from wire, covered with sheer mesh fabric. Ribbon straps tied to the wings can secure them to her back. Alternatively, you could use craft glue to stick crepe paper or sheer fabric to cardboard.

Let your child help you to decorate the wings with butterfly patterns and craft glitter. Old shoes can be decorated with glitter, stickers and beads, provided they are still comfortable enough to walk around in.

Princess parties are becoming ever more popular and there are many ways to give your princess a party she will never forget. A Princess tea party is a great way for princesses to share beauty ideas and secrets.

A princess cake can never be too elaborate. Favorites include a castle cake decorated with frosting flowers and edible gold and silver balls. Cupcakes are very popular with princesses. Other foods suitable for princesses include jellies, strawberries, tiny sandwiches and ice cream.

Many decorating books include recipes for a fairy princess cake with a doll in the middle. The cake, which forms the skirt is baked and the doll is inserted during the decorating process. Again, silver balls, pink and white frosting and flowers make the perfect decorations for this unforgettable princess cake.

Combining a pamper party with a princess party will make you the coolest mom around. As an older sister or aunt to come around to administer the beauty treatments. This could be a simple cream facial cleanser and moisturizer, followed by non-toxic skin glitter and a soft pink lipstick.

Give each princess a pamper pack when they leave. Thrift stores sell cheap jewellery, peel off nail polish. and other interesting trinkets that could be used as party favors. You could also make your own bath salts, using Epsom Salts, baby oil and pink food coloring with a drop of strawberry or floral essence. Put the bath salts in pretty packets and hand out to all the princesses.

If you do not have the time or inclination to do it yourself, you could visit a number of online stores that sell princess dress costumes.