Sometimes it’s nice to introduce a few new ideas and the how-to for achieving new looks. The Usborne Book of Dressing Up gives all kinds of tidbits on transforming a child into a lion, Frankenstein, clown, or pixie, among other things. It includes ideas and instructions for making costumes, masks, and painting small faces. Aimed a younger crowd (ages 4-8), I Can Make Costumes contains a collection of fun and easy-to-make costumes for characters ranging from superheroes to space explorers to joll...
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