Easy DIY Girls Toad Costume

Hello! Today I'm sharing a super easy tutorial for a Mario Toad costume for girls. My cousin loved Toad, and insisted she'd rather be Toad than Toadette, so I made her this costume for her birthday.

For this costume, you will need:
-A big plastic bowl
-Red fabric
-White fabric (although paper could work)
-Blue fabric or a blue vest
-Gold acrylic paint
-A white dress
-Red ribbon
-Stretchy string
-Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks

Step 1.

Place the bowl upright on the fabric. Wrap the fabric and hot-glue it inside of the bowl. Cut the white paper or fabric into circles. Glue them on top of the hat (the bowl flipped upside-down). Her hat kept falling, so I suggest that you hot-glue string to go under your or your recipient's chin.

Step 2.

Cut a vest out of the blue fabric if you do not already have a vest. I actually painted black and white fabric blue because it was last-minute, but the acrylic paint made it stiff. Paint the edges with the gold paint.

Step 3.

Sew a white dress if you don't already have a white dress. i made mine from a skirt (I think I just added sleeves or red-ribbon straps. Once the dress is on, tie the red ribbon around it like a belt.

You're done!

This costume should be very inexpensive. I used what I had on hand mostly, so it costed me a dollar. I hope the directions were easy to follow. Thanks for visiting! I have more tutorials on the way!

-Lauryn

Modern Silver and Purple Girl's Mario Party

For my cousin's fifth birthday, she asked for a Mario themed party, so I was excited to try a unique color scheme, which was pale purple (or lavender), white and silver. It also had some pink and pink-purple shades in the watercolors and treats. Her favorite character is Toad, so you may notice a particular emphasis on Toad decor and mushrooms. The star balloons came from Amazon, the flowers were a mixture of backyard wildflowers and a bouquet from Currahee Gardens, the glow-in-the-dark car favors inside of the pinatas were from Dollar Tree, and the cake was from Ingles. Everything else, including the costume, was handmade (and I look foward to sharing those tutorials with you in upcoming posts). My brothers contributed by creating a white-and-purple pixel Mario (by Will) and giant Lego party scene (by Jacob), which they invented themselves. I made the crayons with a silicoln mold from Walmart. The holographic paper I used for the various signs/labels was from Michaels. I made the marshmellow treats myself, and I will share the recipe in a future post as well. I made the adult favors by printing wallet photo prints, creating holographic-confetti-filled stars and placing them in favor bags. The circle banner was just watercolored paper cut into circles and glued onto a string. You can view the Mario mystery box pinata tutorial here. Without further ado, here's Riley's fifth birthday party:

I hope you enjoyed it! I will post again soon!

-Lauryn