Dress Up box

[creations]

At what age did you introduce a dress up box for your LO?

What would you say are the 'top' items that no dress up box should be without?

And, did you make your LO's dress up box non-gender biased?

[speechie]

As soon as he was on his feet we played dress up.
nick loved our hats, gloves, my scarves, high heels, daddy's tie,
Plus we have the usual, firefighter outfit, police, chefs apron, cowboy hat and boots, etc etc.
Love it!

[aisling]

Yup about 1.5 years old here and all types for all genders. Friends come to play now and they do a fashion show with made up get ups, like construction worker fairy  or army man nurse.  They go down the runway for all the adults.  Even our 15 year old niece participates as the announcer and squeezes into a few get ups as we have loads.

Fairy wings, lady bird/bug wings, butterfly wings and antenae, tiara, feather boa (that was mine from a striptease work out at the gym I did! ) Magic wands, wizards and witches capes and hat.

Dracula teeth and cape, Frankenstein mask, zombie mask, wolf man hands

Superman and batman cape. Chef hat and apron

Darth Vader mask, storm trooper mask, darth vader costume, Indiana Jones whip and hat, king tut hat with cobra

Army shirt, army hat, drinking canteen, walkie talkies, spy gear

Cowboy hats,  construction hat and tool bags, fireman and policeman hat, nurse and doc kit and scrubs.

Various foam weapons, purses, glitter wig, doodlebopper antennae, cheerleader pompoms, ballet tutu

I have them in three laundry hamper bins stored away in the closet downstairs. I buy or bought most at 2nd hand shops, charity, hand me downs, pj's, sales after Halloween and the craft and dollar store.

[creations]

Ooh great!
Aisling I want to come to your house

[amayzie]

I think aisling's house would have LOTS of fun things on offer!! We don;t have one yet- but we had one as children. We LOVED it and played LOTS of 'adventure games'.. we are now both into acting! We LOVED capes- mum made these big silky capes from a dress she'd had. they were great. My sister LIVED in this horrible green dress that was a 'princess dress'  i mean LIVED in it!!!! I'm wondering if there's a case for less specific 'costumes' IYKWIM- but a collection of clothes and outfits, hats and belts etc that can be created into 'fireman' and 'doctor'? Does that make sense?

[Papaya]

Creations, I just started making one for F this week! It's going into next week's toy rotation

So far I just have mostly 'real' clothes that she can experiment with putting on - so hats, scarves,  loose teeshirts (a couple of sizes too big), some socks. Also some fabric she can use as a cape etc. I'm trying to find a small apron...it'll slowly build up I'm sure

[amayzie]

Have you seen these? http://www.silkplayground.com/ play silks- i like the concept HEAPS- but not the price.. i found some silky lining material on sale for $3 a metre or something and bought a metre in each rainbow colour... thought that idea might be a nice addition to dressing up box....

[Papaya]

ooo, they are gorgeous! Bit out of my price range for a dress-up box though

[amayzie]

yes.. hence the $3 silky liner material... not as fancy... but do the job!

[aisling]

Have fun ladies! Oh and btw, it is a bit messy, even now I'll come downstairs and see a trail of costume dress stuff on the floor and have to crack the whip to clean it up!  It's worth it though there have been hours of fun in this house with dress up at all ages. Xx

[amayzie]

We LOVED ours- can i say that again?

[Papaya]

Right, will be off to the fabric shop this weekend to look for cheap liner material! Will have to find some shoes she can play with inside as well - she LOVES to shuffle round in mine but they generally have to stay outside.

[aisling]

Yes you can say that and us too Katy, just loved it. As we got older, we started doing talent shows and skits for all the relatives so many don't memories, my cousins and I still reminisce about those days.

[Love, laughter, & PJs]

Love these ideas!!  I need to get on this one. 

[speechie]

nick spent most of yesterday in his dad's high school baseball pants. Lol, belted tight and baggy around the ankles.
I wanna come play at Aislings house!