Easy Elsa Esk Costume

Easy Elsa Esk Costume

• I love Disney. 
• As in I own a premium Disney pass 
• that can get me in the park year round, 
• it includes parking 
• and I often go there to write...
• That type of "love" for Disney.
• But there is a rule at Disney "adults can't dress as characters,"
• A reasonable rule really
• It's based on the fact that teens and adults can have their moments
• And no one needs to see an adult Captain Hook or Cinderella have a moment
• There is one exception 
• During their new-ish annual Halloween party adults can come in costume
• Only one time a year
• So what's a Disney fan to do with all those other days?
• There has been a truly delightful response to this by Disney lovers 
• Many adults wear character inspired clothing
• Truly one of my favorites was a 40s style red dress with white polka dots, accessorized with black gloves, and Minnie ears
• Not to mention a Alice in Wonderland esk ensemble that I wish I had a photo of. 
• So here is my Elsa inspired outfit
• It had to fit three criteria
• Super easy to make
• made in a few hours or less
• Required materials I already had
• And it had to capture the look but seem "almost" normal for a person to wear out in public
• So, here is my process
• Materials: 
• Needle, 
• Blue thread,
• A light blue sheet
• A strip of ribbon
• An aqua marine tank top
• Blue sparkly fabric, or Tulle
• Sewing machine (not necessary but came in handy)

Fold the sheet in half, so it's a rectangle

• Wrap the sheet around your waste
• It should fit around your natural waste 1.5 times
• Also check out the length, should reach just above the floor
• If it's too big, cut to a smaller size

• Safety pin the sheet around your waste at two key places,
• 1. Where the sheet first makes it all the way round your waste the first time

• 2. And where it hits when it's completely wrapped that last half

• Check again for fit,
• Is it comfortable?
• Do you like where the slit is?

• Can you move in it?
• If all systems go then we are going to mark those spots...
• I partially undid my safety pins, keeping them in one half the fabric and added pins into the spots where the safety pins had connected everything.

• Line up your eyes and hooks so they will connect right

• Where your safety pins are, add hooks

• Where your pins are, add eyes

• Try it on again, did it work?
• My skirt dragged a bit on the floor

• So I sewed up the lower corners

• The skirt is done, worn with a tank top the dress is almost complete

• But it wouldn't be a frozen costume without a cape
• So many capes in that movie
• And sadly so many of them are lost or tossed
• To which my cousin and I gave sad sighs for each one in the theater
• Speaking of my wonderful cousin, 
• she gave me the piece of fabric that I used for my cape
• I took a piece of ribbon and wrapped it comfortably under my arms, 

• then wrapped the ends around my tank top straps til it reached the top of my shoulders
• And tied it around my neck.

• The cape is under her arms in the movie, so I added pins on each side almost even with my tank tops side seams, as points for the cape. 
• Note I'm not connecting the ribbon to the tank top, just finding out where to connect the cape piece on the ribbon

• My fabric was wider then my marked spots 

• so I folded the fabric like a fan on each side and pinned it to the ribbon (to add flounce to the cape)

• I used my sewing machine to connect the ribbon and cape fabric
• To put the cape on I wound the ribbon under my arms, wrapped it around my tank top straps, and then tied the ends behind my neck
• This way I can re-purpose the tank top and lose the cape when I want to

• Then I put all pieces together

• It's not the 'perfect Elsa dress' but...
• It's quick
• It's easy
• And I can wear it to Disney Land!
• Plus it cost me nothing ;)
• This can most certainly be improved on, 
• I would love to hear what others are doing