Colonial day costume diy

Dress like a pilgrim with the Pilgrim Bonnet made out of paper. What a fun craft to entertain kids before dinner or make as a party favor.

We love learning about early American History. My boys are especially drawn because of the idealism and courage that our forefathers needed to buck the system and stand up for their beliefs. And let’s face it, people are captivated by narrative. When it comes to studying this particular period of history stories reign supreme! If […]

Making my children costumes inspired by their British and Irish heritage for their school's Harmony Day celebrations.

Out of all the patterns I've designed in the past 18 years, the Girls' 1780s Portrait Dress pattern is, hands down, my own daughters' very favorite. I've made them so many dress-up dresses from this pattern in toiles and stripes and prints, and they want new ones as soon as they outgrow them! But

Dress like a pilgrim with the Pilgrim Bonnet made out of paper. What a fun craft to entertain kids before dinner or make as a party favor.

Mob caps were popular with women for centuries, which means they are also a popular accessory for many period costumes ranging from medieval times through the American colonial era and up to the Civil War.

Exude piety, humility and devotion wearing a Colonial-style costume. Men, women and children of the Colonial period dressed in a simple fashion. Basic dresses, and tunics with breeches, are easily enhanced with Colonial-specific accessories.

A tricorn hat is a tribute to the colonial days, and making tricorn hats from scratch is an appropriate and stimulating activity for kids to teach them about the types of clothing that people wore during colonial times.

Please excuse the unironed costumes. I didn’t want to wait until Halloween to take the pictures for my quasi-tutorial here, but today turned out to be very, very chaotic. You can still …

he has a singing and a speaking part. He is very excited and so am I. **EDIT: Easy costume to make...I think that may be why we're getting so many views so I thought I'd tell ya. baseball pants...fluffy shirt bought in the girls department. cut sweatshirt and sewed glitter stuff to it.