Dressing Up Box - 2.5 years old...

FairyPrincessk

elsien wrote: »

I can remember being seriously annoyed as a child when my brothers got cowboy outfits and I didn't. Ended up making my own by nicking a waistcoat and putting a star on it.
Don't forget belts - good for holsters and tucking things into.

Likewise don't worry if your son wants to put on a frilly frock or tutu it is all part of the fun of it and I've seen little boys crushed when told to leave what looks like the most exciting item in the box for the girls.

Pepperoni

Thanks so much everyone! Really helpful.

Pepperoni

FairyPrincessk wrote: »

Likewise don't worry if your son wants to put on a frilly frock or tutu it is all part of the fun of it and I've seen little boys crushed when told to leave what looks like the most exciting item in the box for the girls.

Gosh no, wouldn't dream of stopping him. (No offence intended to anyone who would / does mind).

Spendless

At 13 my DD still has a 'dressing up box' because she attends a drama group.

Accessories are fabulous for turning one outfit into many guises. If you have a Claires Accessories Outlet they often run a 5 items for £5 where you can pick up bags. lacy gloves, hats, (fashion) glasses, tutus and so on.

The best time to pick up costumes is just after a 'celebration' holiday. The Halloween themed items that are left over will be cheap from November 1st and then a pig to find not much later on. Believe me DD was once a witch in a school production in December and an outfit was a nightmare to find! Likewise there will be plenty of fancy dress costumes in the shops for Christmas stock, but it will be less plentiful from January onwards. I think all costumes holiday en-masse during the summer because they're difficult to find then. I now look for my DD's outfit straight away when she does summer school, as I learnt the hard way about leaving it.

THIRZAH

We;ve always had a dressing up box-as well as providing DDs and their friends with hours of fun it was useful if I needed to produce a costume for a school play. I nearly got rid of it when DDs went off to uni but then found that they needed costumes for various themed parties so in the end I kept it. DD2 (aged 30) was rummaging in it only last week as she has been invited to a Halloween party at the end of October.

theoretica

If you pop the lenses out of an old pair of glasses they are good for costume use.

phizzimum

Pepperoni wrote: »

Thanks - I've never really witnessed any role play with a dress up box so that's a great help. I keep thinking I'll have to go and buy like a doctors outfit etc but I'm sure there must be cheaper alternatives that are just as good!

An old white shirt is brilliant as a lab coat for a doctor or mad scientist. I did buy a little plastic doctors kit but added to it with extra bandages, calpol syringe, etc.

Our dressing up box was mainly full of hats, scarves, bags, garish items from charity shops or my own wardrobe. I think kids play better with things that can be used in lots of different ways.

You'll be amazed at how inventive they can be - have fun!

monnagran

Hats and hair things are always in demand.

My DGD, aged 2 was desperate for fairy wings. DIL ordered some and when they arrived duly fixed them on her. We have a superb photo of said DGD in full fairy rig, mid tantrum because the wings didn't work.

She still couldnt fly.

x

suki1964

Wow that's a trip down memory lane

I remeber feather boas, opera gloves and glasses,

Also remember dads old shirts, hats, clip on ear rings , strings of beads , doctors kit, old blankets ( made the dens under the tables )

Great aunt pat donated old compacts and rouge boxes Mum might give a stub of lippy

Dressing and and pretend were a large part of play in the 70's. Everything was bought at jumble sales or just given from attic clear outs

We also had a plastic till and cardboard coins and grandad who worked for the post gave us "official" forms and an old date stamp and pad Granny used to save things like empty boxes of salt and baking powder and fairy so we had either a shop or post office. Mum used to give us old soaked off stamps and envelopes.

Best was when growing season was over and dad let us make wigwams in the garden with the garden canes

Simple things

Oh and Nanny's button tin was a marvel All those lovely different colours, sizes and textures

esmy

My 3 year old DGD loves hats, scarves (which when affixed with a hairband turns her into Rapunzel) anything that can be a cape, jewellery, her doctors kit, a police outfit, and her auntie's old makeup kit.