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Angel Costume Ideas



An angel costume is immensely popular with little girls.  Dress-up, parties, and Halloween trick or treating are all great opportunities to indulge your child's heavenly fantasies.

Dressing an angel can be done in many ways. The easiest is to find a light airy white or pastel-colored dress or even nightgown, then add wings and halo.

Alternatively, you can make your own quick and easy dress with about 2 yards of fabric.




Angel Costume

angel costume

Angel Dress

Materials:

2 yds. Fabric

Gold ribbon or rickrack

Scissors

Fold fabric in half until the short ends meet. Cut a slit in the folded end for your child’s head and slip on for fitting. Have her extend her arms and cut fabric to wrist length. Trim bottom as necessary and hem if desired. Attach a strip of gold ribbon or rickrack about 6 inches from the bottom with a running stitch.


~ Angel Costume Ideas ~


Angel Wings

Materials:

Heavy corrugated cardboard

Gold paint

Gold Glitter or white maribou lace (optional)

Gold cord, 8 yds.

Utility Knife

Draw a wing shape on the cardboard, approximately 2 ft. across. For an easy shape, keep in mind a butterfly’s wings or you may get as fancy as you wish. Here's a template to help you...

angel wings

The wings should extend from the top of your child’s hips to the top of the shoulders. Spray paint gold and let dry. You may wish to add gold glitter or white maribou around the perimeter of the wings.

Punch four holes in the center of the wingspan, two over two. Thread gold cord through two holes on each side, crisscross across child’s chest and secure in back to hold in place.

More Angel Wing Ideas using netting and feathers...



~ Angel Costume Ideas ~

Halo

Star glitter garland, found at your local craft store, can be wound into a beautiful sparkly halo to complement the gold accents on the angel dress and wings.