My niece just turned one recently and Neverland was her party theme.
She was Tinkerbell and her Kuya was Peter Pan. For my boy, it was a choice between Captain Hook and John Darling. I chose the latter because of 'value for money' reasons.
A camisa chino in Daddy's size worth around P200 served as the sleeping attire. It can be considered a sunk cost because Hubby will be using it as an undershirt. Then, I got this 'japorms' nerdy glasses for P150.
The trouble was John's Top Hat - (1) I could not find one in convenient places and (2) if I find one, it is highly possible that the hat is more expense than the rest of his costume.
DIY was the solution.
Here are my materials - not all I used. The only materials I bought for this purpose are two black cartolinas that cost P16.00 each.
Here is how I did it.
1) Roll one cartolina and staple the ends. Make sure that the hole fits the head of a person/kid.
2) Using the other cartolina, cut out a big square for the hat's peak or visor.
3) Carve out a circle in the middle of the square cartolina. The circle should be a good fit of the rolled cartolina.
4) Insert the rolled cartolina to the square cartolina (visor). This will also set the height of the hat's crown so adjust the square cartolina to your desired height.
5) Cut strips of the rolled cartolina then fold and stick them to the visor using a stapler.
6) It should come out like this.
7) Turn it upside down then cut the visor to achieve a circular shape.
Now, we have a hat!
Okay... it looks too long on my boy's head. I did trim it, about 3 inches. Also, the visor.
A Php32 top hat which I will re-use in our village's Trick or Treat. Now, that's value for money.
