DIY: Princess Peach Halloween Costume

My work crew decided to go as characters from Mario Kart last year. Being female and blonde automatically elected me to be Princess Peach. No matter, the costume was super easy to put together and cost about $12.

Here's how I would advise transforming into Princess Peach:

Start this project with a trip to a home improvement store. Pick-up a can of the cheapest pink spray paint you can find and procure a long empty box. 

Remove all flaps from the cardboard box with scissors and take it outside for a makeover. Spray paint the box by spraying a few inches from the cardboard to prevent running. For my box I used the entire can of paint and gave it a light layer all the way around.

                                                

This was my point of reference for Peach's car

                                                    

This Rustoleum paint was at Lowes and cost about $3

I painted wheels and head lights with craft paint and printed a quick decal for both sides. The tulle straps on the inside kept the car balanced from my shoulders so it looked as though I was sitting inside.

 Now for the princess skirt.

This roll of tulle was on sale at Hobby Lobby for $2.99. I bought a baby pink and hot pink to use for my costume. Both rolls had 25 yards. I used the tulle for my princess skirt as well as the bow on the car.

I simply used elastic, cut a strip as long as my waist, pinned it together in a circle and cut the baby pink tulle in one yard increments. To secure it I formed a loop (with the tulle even on both sides) and pulled the tulle around the elastic until it was secure. I then proceed to repeat 20 times.

Viola! Skirt!

My pink tank top body suit was actually my mom's from the 1980's. To add the poofy sleeves I simply cut the hot pink tulle and looped it around the tank top portion of the suit.

As for the crown, I started with some thick presentation board. I free handed the crown pattern, cut it out and bend it to shape. I then used clamps to secure the bend while hot gluing the seam. Once dry, I cut two tulle strips the length of the diameter of the inside of the crown and hot glued them in an 'X' fashion to the inside. This gave me something to put bobby pins through to secure the crown to my hair and keep it from falling off. 

                                            

For the jewelry, I used the same gems featured on the crown (the whole box was $3 at Hobby Lobby) and hot glued them to cardboard. I used tulle as the string, hot glued it to the cardboard cutout and slipped it on moments before the costume party.

Here is the final product!

Thanks for stopping by the Humble Hammock! What will you be going as for Halloween this year?