‘Do It Yourself’ Mary Poppins Fancy Dress Costume Tutorial Guide:
When it came to choosing a costume for the latest fancy dress party I attended, I decided to choose an English favourite; Mary Poppins!
Even you are unfortunate enough not to know who Mary Poppins is, click hereΒ for all the info about the movie off IMDb. Growing up I loved the original Disney movie ‘Mary Poppins’ and I wasn’t disappointed with the recent sequel either ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ as it was another wonderful play on imagination and creativity. But let us get back to my DIY tutorial guide for my Mary Poppins fancy dress costume…
I already had the basics of the outfit which I’m sure most people would also with it being a white shirt and black skirt. So it turned out to be an easy option and something that’s easy to put together last-minute or when short of time to organise and search for a complicated outfit with lots of things to source out.
Items needed for Mary Poppins DIY Fancy Dress Costume:
- White skirt
- Black skirt
- Black tights
- Red bow tie
- White gloves
- Black hat with white flowers and red berries
- Long umbrella
- Mary Poppins magic bag
DIY Mary Poppins Hat:
- Black hat
- White flowers
- Red berries
The choice is yours if you decide to use plastic flowers and berries, real ones or you could even draw them on as an option. I decided to go down the real route and took some scissors outside and cut myself some white flowers and some berries. The berries were green and purple, so my creative compromise was to use a red permanent marker and colour in the berries to make them look red.
I felt like the outfit came together really well. If I wanted to make it even more fitting to the real thing I could have used an all black umbrella instead of a white and black one and I could have searched for a bag with a pattern closer to the one used in the movie.
However, considering I came runner-up in the costume competition I’m still proud of the job I did, especially the creative effort I put into my hat & the imaginative idea to useΒ a red bow hair slide clipped onto my shirt instead of buying a red bow tie.
Here is how it looked – Do you agree it all pulled together well?Β Let me know in the comments what your verdict is…
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Adorable! Well done. π
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Thank you, I did feel cute ππβοΈ
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Very cute. Love how simple it is, too.
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Thanks Katelon, was simple but effective for looking like a lookalike. Defo felt cute in it thanks π
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Simple but effective. Great idea for a costume
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Thanks Kelly, was a simple but fun one for sure ππβ¨
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Love this you look amazing. Great fun!!!
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Thank you! It defo was good fun & enjoyable πππ
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This is so fun! Thanks for sharing. I love how it all came together. π
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Thanks Savannah, it was really fun putting it together & posing in character for the pics too ππΈππ
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