Little boys and princesses

[AngieWin]

There just isnt much fun dressup stuff for little boys at WDW. My DS3 (4 on our trip) loves Cinderella and really wants to go to the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique and be Cinderella. While I love that he dosnt have the gender stereotype issues, I would like to very gently suggest other options (preferably that dont involve fighting or swords). Is there prince costumes/dressups for boys?? I would think he would get tons of attention from the princesses at the parks if he were a mini-Prince Charming. Maybe that could persuade him. Any ideas?

We went to the Cinderella III sneak preview at the theater and they had a local place doing the little girls hair. I finally gave into his pleading and they did a spikey do for him with glitter.

 

[Perditamarie]

What about Peter Pan with a bag of pixie dust (glitter/confetti) instead of a dagger....or a dalmation? I love that he wants to dress up...I bet he could get a spiky do at BBB.

 

[kmk160]

My son, almost 4, loves the princesses too but was more than pleased with the idea of going to bbb and getting the "Cool Dude" package.
He told me that the dresses were for the girls and he could be the "dude."
They spike the boys hair and use glitter and even painted a Mickey head on the back of his hair.
He got LOADS of attention in the parks!
I think it was 10.00 and it is called just that, the "Cool Dude" package.
Good luck!

 

[GEM]

I understand exactly where you're coming from.

My 3.5 year old DS begged and begged for a Cinderella dress on our last trip. Now, I'm about as liberal and open minded as they come, and we do NOT reinforce gender stereotypes in our house . . . but that was a bit too much, even for me. (And this is coming from someone who made it clear to his preschool teachers that, if he chose the pink ballerina costume during dress up time, then they were NOT to tell him he couldn't wear it!) We finally negotiated him into a Peter Pan costume instead.

We also took him to the Pirate and Princess party, which he loved, but he made it VERY clear that he preferred the Princesses.

Have fun!

 

[asktriplets]

at 2 and 3, my ds liked to dress as cinderella, too, when his sisters were in their belle and ariel dresses.

at that time, we ordered the prince philip costume from disney, but it looked like a cheap bit of silver vinyl (uncomfortable looking and unattractive and not very disney costume worthy, imo), so we returned it.

my mom made my son a generic "prince" outfit: for a tunic, she used satin-y royal blue fabric and trimmed it with gold ribbon (basically one long piece of fabric with a hole cut in the middle to go over his head...so easy that even I might have been able to do it!). we found a shiny blue and gold cord to use as a belt. she also made a cape with the blue on one side and yellowy gold on the other side. this outfit still wasn't as appealing as the dresses, but it fit all of the preschooler criteria for attractiveness: "shiny", "fancy", swishy", and "twirly". to this day, i don't think my kids have seen any of the movies with the princes in them (sleeping beauty, little mermaid, snow white, cinderella...well, they've seen parts of that, but they don't like the stepmother), and when we read the books, i skip over the fight scenes/scary parts, so most "heros" don't play a big part in our lives, which is, in part, why the interest to be a prince isn't there.

we introduced the kids to robin hood befoer they turned 3, and my son really liked that, so he was robin hood (at almost 3 yo) for halloween (green shirt, black pants, belt, felt hat, and suction cup bow and arrow from $ store). THIS year they are ALL about peter pan (we've got peter pan, wendy and tinkerbell), but they've never seen the movie. tinkerbell treasures in MK is a GREAT option for a little boy buying "accessories"...my son picked out his peter pan hat there and the CM behind the counter made a nice little production out of putting the red feather in it! i agree with you about the weapons...we did get a plastic dagger for his peter pan costume (green shirt, darker green pants, brown belt), and i had REALLY mixed feelings about it. i actually wasn't even sure he'd know what to do with it, but my dh was captain hook for halloween, and my ds, our little peter pan, initiated a sword fight, so i guess i just have to accept his loss of nonviolent innocence! it's interesting, though, because unless we are all playing peter pan (i have a princess tiger lilly costume, so the whole family gets to dress up!), and dh is captain hook, he doesn't even think to ask for the little dagger (we keep it put away), thankfully!

good luck,

 

[rt2dz]

I can't help you with the BBB, but I can help you with the little boy thing--I have all boys.

You dress up like Prince Charming or Peter Pan. Or Buzz or Woody.

You can get him all the pirate gear, minus the sword/gun. It's actually fairly cheap too.

It's our tradition that we postpone haircuts close to a Disney trip and go to the barber shop on main street. They cut, color, Mickey head drawn on the back, & use Mickey confetti. LOADS of attention and fun there.

We have quite the collection of hats. The large Goofy cap is the favorite. It's a bit large, but is easily adjusted with a large paperclip or safety pin.

 

[belle&beast]

You could take him to get his hair cut in MK's barber shop on Main Street. They do the pixie dust and colored gel, too. We went last year, DS and DH had their hair cut and DD had her hair styled (before BBB) and it was lots of fun, inexpensive (haircut was 14.95, style was 5) and time saving since we were already in the park. They do not take appointments, but if you get there first thing, there is not usually too long of a wait.

 

[belle&beast]

Also, don't forget about the character meals. DS turned 2 on our trip last year and we went to Akershusfor the Princess Storybook Lunch. We thought our DD4 would love it. Well, she did, but our little prince stole the show! He left with kiss marks all over his face and he would not let me wash his princess kisses off!

 

[Diamondintheruff]

We too are trying to raise our children in a gender neutral way, and sometimes it seems the rest of the world has not caught up to us yet. There are lots of boys out there that like princesses and barbies and other things considered in the realm of girls. It's still not as socially acceptable for boys to act "girly" as it is for a girl to be a "Tomboy". But if you keep your ears and eyes open you will find others like your son.

 

[zoemurr]

with a box full of photos of my son in a tutu.

My DD is not at all into dolls or dress-ups, but my son will put on a dress and sit and play barbies. We purchased him his own Bitty Baby because he wouldn't leave his sister's alone. (Now he has a My Twinn doll, which is just a bit more manly, and he loves that thing like crazy.)

I let him do what he wants at home.. but the day that he cried because I wouldn't let him wear a dress to the grocery store (his sister was) I just couldn't believe what I was arguing with him about. I guess I'm a bad mom, but there was just no way..

He's 5, and also loves to watch Rachael Ray and H&G shows.. I like to think that he's just well rounded. He's as happy with a truck and a pile of mud as any little boy, however I often think that we have more in common than my DD (8) and I do.

 

[JenEeyore]

Our DS "lived" in his Peter Pan costume 2 trips ago (age 4) - with no dagger, but hat with feather, full costume etc, and everyone LOVED IT -he even had a girl want his picture with her, and made a real splash with the PP characters at the meet & greet, this past trip in Nov he switched gears to Captain Hook (minus sword) complete with big hat with Captain Noah stitched on it, and again got fun attention from characters, CMs and fellow guests with fun pictures.

We are also big fans of Harmony Barber Shop on Main Street for the reasonable haircuts, pixie dust, and mickey heads of colored gel. We got our own concert from the Barbershop Quartette that hung out there while we waited last time -what a riot!

Have a blast!!!

 

[meeskamouska]

Wow, I love to see all of these gender nuetral families!!! I get so worried that noone will really get us and then I am enlightened.

We try to raise our daughter in a way that makes her realize she can be and do anything. Glad to see she has peers that will get her later in life.

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[AngieWin]

Thanks everyone! He is excited about Peter Pan coming out, so that might be a good idea. And I will definitely have to check out the Cool Dude package at BBB.

Which would be better, BBB or the Barber shop though?

 

[rt2dz]

Barber shop will probably have less of a line, and less temptations to go off into Cinderella mode!

 

[Oceana]

You never know what your kid will do once there

I was certain I would be walking around escorting my 3 year old DS in a full ball gown, instead he bought a sword and proposed marriage to any young lady dressed as Cinderella with a blond wig

Goodluck
julie