So, I looked all over for homemade costume ideas for the California Weekly Walk Through the Revolution program for 5th graders.
By the way, it is a fun San amazing program, and if you get a chance to go ( as a spectator- parent), I highly encourage it. Don’t let the 2.5 hours deter you. It goes fast and is very entertaining (and educational).
My daughter did it and was a colonist. I can’t remember her character, but I ended up buying a wig from Amazon and borrowing a costume from a friend. BTW- her left arm is behind her back. It’s funny if you know what I do at my job.
My son did the program this year, and was a British Redcoat.
I’ll be honest, between work and sports, our family schedule is kicking my butt. I forgot about his costume until Wednesday night and it was too late to even get a one day delivery from Amazon.
So- Homemade it was.
JC Penney for a men’s crimson shirt. Of course, all the ones on clearance were the wrong red colors. I know it shouldn’t have mattered, but it did. I got the shirt as a set with a tie for 50% off. Not bad.
My son liked the shirt so much that he was not on board with me cutting it up. Enter double sided carpet tape.
I hot glued pennies on the buttons and the button holes and angled the front of the shirt back with the tape. I also flipped the collar and taped it with the Capet tape. Then, a belt across the chest.
He should have been in white pants but I wasn’t spending more and I couldn’t borrow any baseball pants or sweats. Black pants worked fine.
I made the tricorn hat, embellished it with gold sharpie and adjusted it too fit.
