My niece and her friends decided to all dress as Disney princesses. She asked me to make her a Belle Costume from Beauty and the Beast. My favorite way to make costumes is to deconstruct thrift store items and make them into something new. This dress was made from; a yellow bridesmaids dress (Bodice and … Read more
I made this dress in this Homemade Belle from Beauty and the Beast Costume by altering a dress pattern I used for my sister’s bridesmaid’s dresses. I gathered up the skirt panels to give a fuller effect to the skirt and to get the rouching like Belle’s dress in the film. I used brocade fabric … Read more
Each year we do a group theme for Trunk Or Treat at my friend’s Day Care center. This year our theme was Disney Princesses. I decided to go as Belle. After looking for a ready made costume for a few weeks I decided to make my own Homemade Homemade Belle Costume. I searched through second … Read more
There’s actually a history behind the concept of this Beauty and the Beast costume… my wife’s favorite movie is Disney’s masterpiece “Beauty and the Beast”, and I took her to see it in the theater when it first came out (she was 14 — which was quite a few years before we were married). She … Read more
I feel it is such a privilege to have the talent to make a child feel so unique and special on costume related occasions…Halloween especially! Four years ago when my little girl was only 3 years old she really wanted to be a princess for Halloween. I am not a huge fan of the wigs … Read more
I have always loved the Disney Princesses, and Beauty and the Beast is my all time favorite. I made this Beauty and the Beast/Belle Costume from a set of drapes my daughter found at a thrift store. These drapes are very old, rubber backed and heavy. The entire dress weighs about nine pounds, plus the … Read more
For this Halloween, my daughter wanted to be Belle. I purchased the costume pattern from the store. The fabric was yellow satin that was on sale for a $1.00 a yard. I used and old petticoat that she had from a previous costume to fluff the dress out. I used stick on flowers instead of … Read more
As always I left it to the last minute. The Beauty and Beast costume was still wet when I left the house! I used a large plastic plant-pot painted white and gold with the face of the character drawn and painted on afterwards. I’m a bit of a novice when it comes to using craft-store … Read more
At the University of Leeds (England) there is a pub crawl called the Otley Run which is traditionally completed in fancy dress. It consists of around 20 pubs/bars and ends in one of the main clubs in the city centre. For my 22nd birthday I had decided on a ‘Kids!!’ theme for the event and … Read more
As always, I began stressing about how to top the previous year’s Halloween costume in August. After a friend suggested my fiancé went as Genie and I as the Magic Carpet, it dawned on me-he should go as Lumiere (the candle stick), and I as Babette (the feather duster) from Beauty and the Beast! Everyone … Read more
My children attend a school where they are given a theme for the costume dances. This year’s theme was ‘Disneyland’. I have four children so they each thought of which character they’d like to be. My sophomore son decided he wanted to be Chip from Beauty and the Beast! * I started looking for ideas … Read more