Hard to believe that Halloween was over two weeks ago! As Nora’s birthday followed soon after, I haven’t have a chance to post pictures of their costumes until now. Nora wanted to be a “rainbow unicorn with a yellow mane and a yellow tail.” (stay tuned for more rainbow unicorn fun, as that was also her birthday party theme).
After looking a bit on the internet, I found a unicorn costume that she and I agreed would be a good starting point. In mid-September, we happened to find the perfect pants and shirt for her outfit at Mama Goose, our fabulous local kids consignment store. I had already figured out that the mane would be attached with yellow duct tape, so the clothing would be completely in tact after Halloween.
We had a Repunzel wig that she had received for her birthday the year before that I used for the mane and tail. I trimmed the tail and hot glued the trimmings on a strip of felt. I used hair bands on the tail to make it look a little more horse-like at the top. I hooked a piece of string though the top and tied it to her shirt. .
The horn is made with craft foam and hot glue. I painted it “rainbow,” as requested, with acrylic craft paints. It’s then attached at the bottom to a piece of felt covered craft foam about 2-3 inches long, which acts to place the horn on the forehead rather than at the top of the head. The original version of this costume suggested attaching the horn extension and ears to a headband, but after a trial run at the Wegmans costume parade the Thursday before Halloween, I found that this didn’t work well at all. The headband kept sliding out of place because it was on the hood rather than behind her ears. So, instead I just hot glued the horn extension onto the felt part of the mane and taped it all down with a thin layer of duct tape. I taped down the felt ears and “hooves” as well.
Total cost of the outfit was under $10, plus she’ll wear the rainbow clothing for the next year. I also attached the mane and horn back onto a headband so it can be reused for playing dress-up.
Finn’s Dinosaur costume has been Nora’s from the year before. He refused to wear the headpiece for more than the 30 seconds it took to get this picture. It actually worked in our benefit, however, as without the triceratops head, his costume looked a lot like a dragon and everyone loved how well the unicorn and dragon went together.
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