My kids absolutely LOVE to dress up. They used to make dress ups clothes for each other for Christmas gifts, made out of old scraps of fabric, cardboard and duct tape. They were actually pretty ingenious outfits, but they didn’t last long. One of the kids’ favorites was Bibleman. I once shelled out the big bucks and bought my two sons real Bibleman costumes one year. They weren’t cheap.
So even though the kids are a little older, they still adore dressing up. Right now, they are “into” Daniel Boone, cowboys and Indians, and the early 17th century colonial period. I’ll have to dig out some photos of them all dressed up, and post them here. Believe me, they are HILARIOUS! They’ll definitely get a hoot out of some of the costume wigs I’ve found. Oooooh yeah!
ROFL! Kind of looks like my husband’s old photos from the early 70s. Like, WOW, man!
Well anyway, LOL, we’ve graduated from the cardboard and duct tape now, I am happy to say. What we do now is be on the lookout for inexpensive halloween costumes, and use them for dress up all year ’round. Because we are Christians, we do not celebrate Halloween, but I often take advantage of sales on Halloween costumes to get great discounts on stuff that the kids use all the time.
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August 22, 2008 at 10:28 pm
HA! That picture is funny! Oh btw, it’s the 18th century, instead of the 17th. Just like the 1900s were the 20th century.
… but then again, I dunno if the clothing of the 17th and 18th century changed much …
My, my, like, weren’t the fads of their time like, totally slow, and just, totally boring???? (Ha ha!) :D
Hey man, but like, one thing hasn’t totally changed! By comparing the two pictures above, people apparently STILL like to grow a TON of hair!!!! :D :D
August 22, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Hahha..I like the big Afro do!
August 23, 2008 at 2:03 am
Haha, those wigs are really cool! The funny thing is I remember people actually wearing their hair like the second one.