My DD13 and I want to do some disneybounding for our trip in 9/14. Like others have expressed, many of the "official" outfits we find to be not very "park friendly" (esp for hot months) For ex.: sweaters, blazers, high-heeled shoes. I'm sure these suggested outfits are not MEANT to be worn in the parks! So we are at the stage where we are looking and picking out ideas that ARE park-friendly and writing them down in a notebook to take to stores with us. I think the suggestion to pick out the theme and base color 1st is a good one. That's what we are doing. We plan on doing as others have said and checking clearance racks, thrift shops and similar as well as pulling stuff from our own closets.
Will be following this thread and hoping others post pix!! As we gather full outfits I will post pix too!
I just buy a stack of the lime green paper at any office store. (staples, office depot, office max) You can cut them out by the hundreds and laminate them, or stick them in the luggage tags.
Figured since I've done a few more trips I'd post some more Disneybounds today!!
Rapunzel:
FOTLK bird (attempted to approve my adding in feather hair extensions, blue shorts, and blue toms, people still didn't get it until I told them lol)
Animal Kingdom Disneybound (which Anne kinda joined in on without meaning to, haha, I also had a hair bow for this one)
Snow White:
Gaston:
Aurora & Phillip
Steven went as Mike and I pretended that I was Boo, but I put NO effort into it lol
Anna & Elsa (we even had Olaf!)
I find the best way to find clothes for it is to just pick up things when you see them, and not try to put something together for a specific character. Elsa was by far the HARDEST thing to find, and I STILL haven't gotten anything Periwinkle, but I found an awesome bracelet & earrings for Ariel last week!
Just wanted to add that etsy is a great place to find unusual accessories for cheap. Found a Raven necklace (Maleficient) and a bow and arrow necklace (Merida) for $5 each, including shipping.
I think color is the key, along with something that will remind people of the original character. Perry is dead easy, because of the fedora, as my eldest daughter shows:
Phineas and Ferb kept thinking there was something familiar about her outfit, but couldn't quite put their finger on it...
Daughter would have been happier with a long sleeved shirt she could tie around her waist but thought of the outfit too late, so we improvised. It didn't look too bad when the t-shirt was rolled properly, but of course we hadn't quite gotten the technique down for the pics with Phineas and Ferb.
With all that aqua, a CM at the Movie Ride recognized who she "was" as well.
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