Once the theme for Finn’s 7th Birthday Party was nailed down I was straight on the web to find some costumes for both Finn and Molly-May to wear but all I got was either way above £25 per costume or made out of thin polyester with printed on features. I also looked into hiring some fancy dress costume but could only find that service for adults so I decided to make one “from scratch” instead.
For Finn I purchased a white boiler suit from Amazon in size 6/7 (28inch) for £11.99 after reading the reviews that it’s coming up big I went for a size smaller than I usually buy him. I also purchased some Dylon Machine Dye in Pebble Beige (again from Amazon) for £6.41 (after doing some research via google I discovered that this is the most used colour for making a Ghostbusters costume, FYI I used the whole package to dye it) and a Ghostbusters Logo Patch for £1.38 from PatchWOW on Amazon unfortunately when it arrived it looked nothing like the picture so it was no use for me and I made an emergency purchase from the super friendly and helpful Ebay Seller ellultd who came to my rescue 2 days before the party and made an extra trip to the postoffice to send it off 1st class for it to arrive in time to stitch it onto his costume:
The finishing touch came with the personalised name badge from the Ebay seller patch_me_up for £3.95 with Finn’s last name to make the costume more authentic!
For Molly-May’s dress I sourced Ebay and found this beige NEXT dress in a size Age 4 (so more 3-4 years) for only £6 (all in) and stitched another Ghostbusters Logo Patch onto the front of the dress:
For some cheaper alternatives or as an extra for under the costumes I purchased 2 Iron On T-Shirt Transfers a A5 sized Ecto 1 design (£2.21) for Finn and a small A6 Ghostbusters logo (2.12£) for MM to iron on a plain white t-shirt:
As an extra I also made the kids some personalised Ghostbusters Proton permits which also doubled up as a goody bag item for all the kids to take home with a lanyard and a clear I.D. case from Ebay.
So overall I spend £24 on Finn’s Costume and £8.49 on Molly-May’s they might not be perfect (Finn’s Boiler Suit could have done with a 2. dye job to get it a bit darker) but the kids absolutely loved them thats what counts!
Have you made some DIY Costumes for your kids for a party? If so what was your favourite make?
Comments (8)
These are brilliant your so clever x
thank you very much! the kids are still enjoying it and Finn even wears his outfit to the supermarket! we had the odd “who you gonna call?” shout out which he loves (and promptly answers it too)!!
What would be the equivalent of a “boiler suit” in the US? 🙂 I can’t find anything like that in kids sizes!
I would say overalls or coveralls? I hope that helps and you manage to find some in the US!
hello these look fab and finding your site has saved the day as I never thought to dye a white boiler suit (face palm). My son is having a 5th birthday party and is ghostbusters mad. Out of interest how did you make the passes? were they a template?
These look awesome, you’ve done an excellent job fingers crossed I can do just as good!!
Hi Michelle
that is lovely to hear that I have saved the day! My son is still wearing the boiler suit sometimes its been such a huge hit and once he outgrown it his sister will be more then happy about wearing it too!
I will sent you an email with the templates for the passes. Hope the party prep is going well good luck I bet you will do a brilliant job! AK x
Do you have a link for the boiler suit? This is awesome
Heya Laura, Thank you this is a similar one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heavy-White-Polycotton-Coveralls-Years/dp/B00E4OJL3K/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1CU7RGBKJPKSI&dchild=1&keywords=white+boiler+suit+kids&qid=1599412425&sprefix=white+boiler+suit+%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-2