Considering Glenda

There's an old saying in my family; "Considering what it is and who it's for, that's good enough".  In that case, considering this is a Halloween costume for a 6 year old, this is good enough.  It's finally as complete as it's going to get.

I'll be repeating myself with some of the description but here goes.

The dress is pink costume satin with tulle sleeve caps, bodice decoration and two layers of tulle on the skirt.  The stars and dots are glitter glue or paint.  Once all the paint and glue was dry I added a few stick-on rhinestones to the center front for some extra bling.

You can see the wand at the side of the picture.  It is made from two layers of glow in the dark polymer clay and decorated with glitter glue and red glass "jewels".  The handle is a dowel rod that was painted with gray paint and glitter paint for a second coat.  It's about 3 1/2 feet long, so just about as tall as Emily.

Here's a closer look at the top of the wand.  It really does glow in the dark.

Last but not least - actually the crowning glory is the crown.  It is made from the satin left over from the dress.  I covered that with 8 layers of Mod Podge, 4 front and 4 back.  At each point is a bundle of paper coated floral wires, spiraled at top and bottom then glued to the crown.  When the glue dried I painted the wires with glitter glue and painted random dots of glitter on the surface of the crown.  On the top spirals I stuck some more rhinestones and the center front is also decorated with rhinestones.

Below is a closer look at the center front section of the crown.

This whole costume is a testament to Walmart and Michaels craft supplies.  Everything except the dowel rod for the wand came from either one of these stores.  This really was fun, even though it took a lot longer than I expected.