My main reason behind my costumes this year is my love for Disney…. I have always had a love for Mary Poppins and I’ve been told I look like her. Well it just so happens that my boyfriend kind of looks like Bert! With the new Mary Poppins movie coming out in December (called “Saving … Read more
When my kids were growing up, I always made their Halloween costumes, so now that I’m a grandma, my daughter expects a homemade costume for her daughter, but it’s a lot tougher these days to come up with something special due to the plethora of commercial costumes available! So this year we were pleased when my … Read more
My husband and I love Halloween. We start thinking the day after Halloween what our plans will be for next year! This Mary Poppins costume was pretty easy to do after finding all the parts ( which was the hard part!) My husband always pokes fun at me for having a “vision”, because I get … Read more
Last year Halloween was VERY wet and VERY cold. I almost didn’t take my son trick-or-treating because it was so miserable outside. However, the munchkin was dying to go and I had to find something quick that would keep me warm. I dug around in my closet (I LOVE clothes and have a ton of … Read more
My hubby and I were invited to a Halloween party and we wanted to go as a couple, without spending much money, and we wanted something that would be comfortable to wear for an evening….so after hours of perusing websites, we decided upon a perfect couple Halloween costume: Mary Poppins and Bert. Mary Poppins was … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted to be Mary Poppins this year after watching the movie so I made the sweetest homemade daughter and father Mary Poppins costume by doing a lot of scavenging. I visited a bunch of local thrift shops and what I couldn’t buy I borrowed from kind neighbors. We also made the chimney brush … Read more
The thrift store played a major role in our Mary Poppins and Chimney Sweep Couple Costume. Almost everything on Mary Poppins besides her umbrella and hat came from the thrift store. The Chimney Sweep’s, chimney sweep was put together using a broom stick, cardboard, hot clue and pipe cleaners. This costume was a lot of … Read more
Here is my Baby Girl and I for Halloween this year. I found a few vintage dress patterns from the 50’s to help lay out her dress. And on my jacket, I got a white tux and taped out some stripes and just painted away. Lots of fun , and everyone around us kept stopping … Read more
My family loves Mary Poppins and the kids’ grandmother and me put this Mary Poppins and Bert costume together. My mom made the coat as well as the little pleated collar with the bow at the neck. I found a cheap straw hat and died it black. When I died it the hat kind of … Read more
I used items from my wardrobe and a piece of red ribbon for the necktie. The only item I had to buy was the hat which was 99p from eBay and I customized it with a homemade flower. This is the perfect costume for me as I am a real life Mary Poppins, looking after … Read more
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down… Who would not be able to recognize this costume? I wanted to pick a costume that would be easily recognizable and bring back some childhood memories. A Mary Poppins costume was able to achieve just that! When I was at a party with this costume, … Read more
MARY POPPINS COSTUME: SHIRT – I already had a white shirt that I had been saving (for years) with this costume in mind. I sewed thrift store lace around the wrists but I ran out of lace for the collar… so … I took some white thrift store seam binding, cut some slits in it, … Read more