I made this costume for my friend’s 7-month-old.
It is red cotton with white eyelet sewn on for the apron. I didn’t want a separate apron for this – too many pieces, too many ties that could come loose – it didn’t seem like a good idea for a baby, so I made the apron part of the dress. I used an 80’s baby dress pattern for the dress itself, the apron parts were off the top of my head. I added the diamond pieces (fabric I already had) and then hand stitched a couple of stitches in each side using really thick embroidery thread.
The hat is made from Strawberry Shortcake licensed material. I made it super over-sized, it took 2 yards. You could use 1 yard and not have as much floppiness – I wish I had! I was really trying to match the original, but the hat kept slipping off all night. I suggest a smaller hat! It is just a gathered circle with two elliptical pieces for the brim. I elasticized the back for comfort.
The tights are actually adult Capri tights in a size XS that we found on eBay from Japan. Asian sizes are way small, my 10-year-old couldn’t fit in them, they were TINY. They fit the baby fine, we tucked the extra length into the shoes and they worked great!
The hair is just frayed yarn sewn onto some elastic lace and worn like a headband. A full wig would have been too uncomfortable.
There were tons of comments and praise for this. It is hard to find a vintage-style Strawberry Shortcake costume. The new teenage version isn’t quite as fun!
Total paid = $15.00
Related costumes:
Cool Strawberry Shortcake Costume 
Pretty DIY Strawberry Shortcake Costume 
Coolest Strawberry Shortcake Vintage Homemade Costume 
Coolest Strawberry Shortcake and Rainbow Brite Kids Costumes 
Adorable Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Costume 
Cute Strawberry Shortcake Costume for a Girl 
Cheap and Cute Mom and Baby Costume: Twilight Sparkle and Baby Spike the Dragon 
Coolest Homemade Mrs. Nesbitt/Buzz Lightyear Costume
That is the cutest thing I think I have ever seen! She looks like she could be the doll!
You should sell it on etsy.com. I’d buy it.
HEY I want one !!!!
My 3 year-old wants to be Strawberry Shortcake for Halloween, but I cant seem to find one at the stores anywhere. I hope I find one soon, but this is a very cute costume and, yes, you should put it on eBay. It would sell since they don’t sell them in the stores anywhere.
When my daughter (5) saw this, she just had to be Strawberry Shortcake for this Halloween!
This is soooo cute….I’m gonna do this for my daughter next year
hey my baby sister is having her 1st b-day and she has the same outfit !!=p
This is very cute. Were did you get the Pattern. I would like to make one for my new granddaughter.
I want this bad !!! Would you consider making another one?
By daughter mentioned that she would like to dress my granddaughter up like her Strawberry Shortcake doll that she has had since she was 2 years old for Halloween. This costume looks just like her doll. How can I buy this for my granddaughter? Please let me know….
I would pay you to make one for my 2 1/2 year old who has the real red hair and I’m dying to have her dress as SS before she starts telling me what princess she wants to be. Can you help!!
Hello
I am wondering if you would consider making this exact costume for my 16 month old daughter for a price well worth your time?
Thanks
P.S. Your costume is gorgeous!
Are you willing to make this costume of sell the one you made for me????
Hello, this was amazing.
Are you making them for sale. I know its started like a gift for a friend. But are you making them.
If U do, please let me know… THANKS..
Just love the costume and I am wondering if you would make it for my 3 year old granddaughter. She loves Strawberry Shortcake and this is the nicest one I have seen. Love it.
WOW! I’m putting together an SS costume for myself this year, and I’m also going for the classic style, not the newer style. I was browsing online for examples and this site came up – I must say its THE cutest and authentic costume Ive seen so far. Just adorable! Great job, I hope mine comes out even half as amazing as this.
Love your costume, and yes best one I’ve seen!
Would you consider making one for my baby girl that will be turning 2 in May?
Please contact me and let me know if you can.
Thanks,
Amelia
I love this costume. I have been looking everywhere for a costume like this. I want to make one for my niece’s 1st birthday.
Where did you find the pattern for the dress? Please need all the help I can get. Thank You
You did a fabulous job. I wish I could be as crafty as you.
I’m happy to see this is such a popular costume, thank you all. If you are interested in buying one, contact me. I make and sell a few costumes every year on eBay, but would be happy to make them if asked.
I realize it’s been a while since this was posted, but do you mind sharing the source for the hat fabric? I’m wondering if it is still available. I’m planning to make the costume for my granddaughter, but have not been able to locate the hat fabric. Thanks.
This costume is awesome!!! I would totally buy this!
Under what name can I find you on eBay?
I love this costume!! How can I order one? I know you said contact you but how?
I’m also wondering how to contact you. would love to buy this costume!
Or if you can contact me if you’re willing to make one that would be great.
Email is leothecult73@yahoo.com
thanks.
If you are making these for Halloween, I would like to purchase one. It is adorable! What would your price be? I would need a size 6/6x
I am interested on this costume can you please contact me is for my daughters 1st year birthday party and the theme is strawberry shortcake . thank you hope to hear from you.
I too would love one made for my daughter’s first birthday. Please contact me if you can make one for me. thank you
My 2 year old is obsessed with strawberry shortcake. When she saw this she got so excited. Would you consider making them? If so how much. i would love to be able to surprise her with this.
Please let me know if you would be willing to make one of these for my 2 year old. I would love to surprise her with it. This is the cutest costume I have seen and have been looking for a long time. Please let me know.
Hi, your costume is so cute I would like to buy it from you for my daughter or if you can make me one for this Halloween
Hello KC,
How do we get in touch with you? How much do you sell this costume for? I looked on eBay but didn’t see it anywhere. HELP!
thank you sooo much for the idea… I grew up on strawberry shortcake and knew that’s what my 2 year old should be for holloween.. just couldn’t find the real strawberry shortcake costume… thanx for the ideas..
This is an absolutely beautiful costume and for over a year I was in hopes that the talented lady who made this costume would start selling it on eBay. I could never find the costume on eBay, so then I went and contacted the lady through eBay and she said that she is not going to be selling this costume. I just wanted to let you all know as I kept looking on eBay and never found this lady’s strawberry shortcake costume on there.
What I did was bought a strawberry shortcake costume pattern similar to the one on here and just got someone to make it.
Hope this helps anyone who is still looking for a costume like this :)
My eBay name is recycled_raggs and my email is cls0680[at]yahoo.com. Price depends on size needed, but generally $80-$100 which pays mostly for labor time. I don’t use patterns for custom jobs. I make my own patterns based on people’s measurements, so it takes a lot of work. I only do a handful a year because they are tedious – but fun!
I don’t know if the fabric is still available. I think I got it at Joann’s but I remember seeing it at WalMart maybe earlier this year and thinking how much cheaper it was there!
KC,
This is an amazing costume. I can’t get over how adorable it is. I am sure it was a lot of hard work. I wish I would have found you earlier this year; that way I could have tried to have you make me a costume. You should consider selling on etsy. You can be making a fortune on these. Also, adult sizes I am sure are a lot more work and require a lot more fabric but I can see them buying them for Birthday party entertainers. I know my 4 year old would have loved to have Strawberry shortcake at her birthday party.
Thanks for posting this amazing work of art.
I made these costumes for my twin daughters for Halloween 1982. Although it doesn’t show well in the picture, the hat was a small print of strawberries on pink background. The red yarn was sewn into the hat which was stuffed with tissue paper. The socks were cheerleader socks purchased from J Penney catalog that I cut off the toe and restitched to make them fit. They won the Grand Prize at the Halloween Costume contest.
I really love this costume. I have not seen one anywhere near as good as this one. Am having a Strawberry Shortcake theme for my daughter’s 1st Birthday party next April 2011. Would really love to buy one and was wondering if you would be able to make one for me? I too think you could make a fortune with this. You are very talented.
My niece is having her Strawberry Shortcake party for her berry first year!
So I need a cute costume for her!
Please contact me as soon as possible.
My email is: sandra_raquel_rodriguez@hotmail.com
I would love to buy one from you for my daugthers 1st birthday. Please contact me my e-mail is dianapizaguirre@katyisd.org
Are you making and selling this costume? I would LOVE to buy one.
Would like to know if you are selling these?? Would be interested for my 2year old.my email is ced1174@att.net
thank you!!!
This Strawberry Shortcake Costume is just precious. I know that others have asked, but since it’s been so long since you originally made the costume, I was wondering if you still would make them to sell?
Are you making these for sell? If so how much? Email amandafox@concast.net
I would lOve this for my daughter – I cant find your email to contact you! PLEASE email me at klangkopf@gmail.com
Can you please email me at jamiebettsaka05@yahoo.com, if you are sewing and selling this costume? I would love this for my daughter for Halloween. Thanks
Can you please email me at davina614@yahoo.com, if you are sewing and selling this costume? I am planning on making my 5 year old Strawberry Shortcake and her twin sisters Plum Puddin’and Blueberry Muffin and would love to have your work displayed on them!
Thanks,
Hi,
Can you help with any ideas? My 2.5 yeards old wants to be Strawberry Shortcake and my 4 years old daughter wants to be Plum Pudding. Can you give me some ideas of how to make it?
Kind Regards,
Hila Katalan
Los Angeles, CA
My daughter’s 1st birthday will be in november this year. I would like to have a costume like that for her to wear. Do you sell it as well? Do you know where can I buy it? Please help!!!!
Thanks
I live this custom, would you make it for sale?
Let me know, my email address is: junelfris@msn.com
Hi
My name is Mary my daughter will be 1 yrs old in October her theme is Strawberry Shortcake, I fell in love with this version love it. I have looked online but they are just not the same can you please help?
My email address is maryl_taylor@ yahoo.com
Phone # 832-794-6088
Hi !My name is Jennifer my daughter will be 1 yrs old in January her theme is Strawberry Shortcake, I fell in love with this version love it. I have looked online but they are just not the same can you please help?
Thank you to everyone who has left such kind comments about my work. I really didn’t think it would be this popular! I get emails about this costume at least monthly all year round, and I’m grateful for your appreciation of my sewing and I SO wish I could help everyone who contacted me. I made this costume in 2008, and at the time, it was a side job for me to create custom costumes for anyone who requested them. It was a great hobby and I enjoyed it immensely! However, the last couple of years, my kids reached that aged where they have sports and music and friends and extracurricular activities pretty much constantly, and I started coaching sports and playing myself, so things changed a little. I have not been able to sew on the side like I once did. While I really wish I could help everyone on here who sees and enjoys the costumes I created, I just haven’t been able to find the time to put into them that they should have. Please feel free to use my photos and ideas if you are able to find someone you know who can sew. I do appreciate all the nice complements and praise and I hope I have at least been able to inspire you in your costuming! When my kids make it to the age where they can drive themselves to activities (creepy) and don’t want me to coach or watch because I’m embarrassing, I will be back ready to sew once again!!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
Cute. What was the pattern number that you used for the dress? I have quite a number of older patterns that my mother used when my children were small, so it may be one that I have. Thanks for your help. Alice
My daughter is 3 1/2 years old and wants to be Strawberry Shortcake for Halloween. She is just on the smaller side (2T & 3T) If you are interested in making one for us let me know thanks!
forshellyj@aol.com
This is darling and inexpensive she looks just like her! My daughters gonna be her this halloween thank s for all the tips :)
@Alice: I don’t use patterns, so I wish I could be more helpful! Patterns confuse me!! I end up ditching them when I try :) I’m sure any pattern for a simple baby/toddler dress will work. I can tell you if you want puff sleeves and the pattern doesn’t have them, make the shoulder part twice as big (wider and slightly longer) as its supposed to be and gather it as you sew it across the TOP of the shoulder. That will create a puff sleeve. This is also how I made the hat, for the most part. Otherwise, any dress pattern with long sleeves should work. – GOOD LUCK!
Youre right, Alice – I did use a pattern for the base of this come to think of it. It was Simplicity 5817 – I found it on Google :) My grandmother gave me a tote full of old patterns a decade or so ago, and I only ever used 2 of them, so I got rid of them a while back. I remember that one though. I changed it a bit, too – ruffle at the bottom and I did add the “apron.”
Hi –
WOW you are most talented. I hope its not too late for me to find you…I see most of the comments here are a few years old. Do you still make costumes and if so can you let me know how I can get one…Thank you so much for your time.
If by any chance you could make one for my 2 years old toddler I would be so happy to buy it.
My email is cindyguima@gmail.com
Thank you so much!
Cintia
Hi KC,
I commented on this photo because I am interested, like everyone else who commented here. Please contact me at chrmndelmundo[at]yahoo[dot]com.
Thank you.