Princess dress-up question

[Punkin's Mom]

I've read a lot about little girls wearing princess dresses to the parks, and I'd like to have one for our Princess character meals, but I really don't want to spend a ton of money (on top of the 2 tons of money I've already spend on this vacation!!) Does anyone have any tips on finding cute dresses for bargain prices?

 

[o2bacelt]

Try your local Wal-Mart and Target stores, they've been clearing a bunch out from Christmas. Even at the regular prices of about $20 it's a real bargain over the parks. Clearance prices I've seen have been between $12 and $15.

I don't know how old or what size you daughter is but I got a cute little dress at Wal-Mart the other night for $10 that is a little spaghetti strap tank dress that has a tulle over skirt and there is a little white t-shirt under it. It has Cinderella on it. They had a Minnie Mouse one as well.

Hope that helps!

 

[Punkin's Mom]

Thanks - I need to go to Walmart (for like the gazillionth time for this trip) anyway so I'll take a look. I'm definately NOT buying a dress at the park! She's only 4 and I've spent enough already!

I've heard people say they've found princess nightgowns that don't really look like nightgowns. Anybody seen something like that?

 

[RangerPooh]

I also suggest checking out WalMart or Target. They sell them in the toys section for a reasonable price. Or if you're crafty you can always make one. You can get the pattern at Jo Ann's or WalMart fairly cheap. It's by Simplicity.

 

[Fionasmommy]

I've seen them at Target and WalMart, or check Ebay for a Disney Store Halloween costume if you're willing to pay a bit more. My dd has a very pretty fancy dress from her Christmas ballet that she'll probably wear to CRT. I just have to make her a Birthday Girl sash to go over it.

 

[hopesmommy]

As for the nightgowns that look like dresses, check out Avon. They have alot of Disney Princess stuff pretty cheaply and hold up well.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Sometimes the Disney stores have nightgowns that could pass as gowns.

 

[TravelinGal]

eBay!

Did a search and found this one (2t-4t)
http://cgi.ebay.com/DISNEY-PRINCESS...466294010QQcategoryZ15635QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (throw away the shoes! or at least don't let DD see them until AFTER you get home from Disney! nightmare for her - and you - if she wears them in the park!!)

and this one (4-6)
http://cgi.ebay.com/NWT-Disney-Prin...034058214QQcategoryZ19172QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

this set looks like the outfits would be much cooler for summer!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Royal-Princ...033101677QQcategoryZ19172QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

many more too - I did an eBay search for Princess Dress - lots of prom/formal dresses came up too, but these were just on the first of 9 pages!

(I do not know any of these sellers - just listing the first ones I saw from the search)

ETA - just saw this wig set at a great price too...might be too hot for your DD, but it sure looks fun! http://cgi.ebay.com/LILLIAN-VERNON-...ryZ80914QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Stephres]

We bought my daughter a reasonably priced Cinderella dress for Christmas at ToysRUs. I bought her a Belle dress at Wal Mart but the tulle is right up against her legs and she says it is itchy.

 

[ThreeMusketeers]

We bought our princess dress for dd at Amazon.com, it was $20. A good deal, and she still wears it for fun around the house. She wore her sneakers with the dress, and we got her a wand at the Dollar Store. She looked cute..was extra special for her..and only cost an extra $21 dollars.

 

[jeriber]

I just ordered from the Disney shopping website. They had a set of four dresses with shoes and a bag and it was only $34.00. Figured that way she could have a dress to wear to Princesses on Ice and a different one for the character breakfast at WDW.

 

[beth_cam]

We are doing the Princess Tea. It is with Aurora so I had been contemplating a new Aurora costume. My dd told me the other day how much she liked her cinderella dress and the ones I was looking at on the net because - from what she could tell in the pics anyway - they dont have that awful scratchy stuff. SO at Walmart the other day I found a Pink long sleeve (we are going March 2) dress kind of a stretchy material bodice and sleeves then a double layered satiny skirt with a ribbon and some thule inbetween the layers (so it shouldnt scratch) for WOW $7. This was my starter. But I needed to make it more aurora. So while I would like to say I got a deal, I just bought full price ($6) an Aurora Crown from the toy dept. I have found that sometimes it is hard to find the right princess so I didnt want to pass it up. Then later at toys r us (ours is closing) I found an aurora purse with neclace and earings for $4. I'm looking for some special slipper type shoes. Picked up some today for $7 at walmart but they dont fit. We already have an aurora wand. so if they had I would have had her dressed head to toe with a purse for $20. The Walmart/Target cosumes are too small for my dd. Well they are tight and scratchy anyway. Last spring we saw some of those type dresses at KB toys and Clairs.

I also wanted to add that last year we did the same thing. Her Cinderella dress was a VERY VERY pretty dress that we managed to pick up at a resale shop for $15. It was a very fancy dress but the sizing was odd. My barely 6 year old who wore maybe a 6 atleast close to fit this size 10 dress. ANyway We got the crown already had the wand and picked up a little pair of soft/comfy lacey mary jane style light blue (perfect lol) shoe at walmart for $5. Totalled less than $30. She has been very happy with her 'Original' costumes.