Unique Group Costume Ideas

by Stephanie P
(Caledonia, MI USA)

Airing our Dirty Laundry: Unique Group Costume Ideas

After browsing photos online, our kids passed up the opportunity to be candy and popcorn and instead chose to be appliances and dirty laundry, lol!

Our oldest was the washing machine, complete with a door that opens made from a deli tray, 'bubbles & soap' blue cellophane and bubble wrap, plumbing attachments in back, and a REAL water feature a squirtgun suspended inside that sprays through the 'soap dispenser' made from a Frosty top.

Our middle child was the dryer. It features a barrel door again, made from a deli tray filled with clothes that spin and dryer sheet hair ties! Both the washer and dryer are topped with soap, dryer sheets and misc clothing, have labeled control panels with knobs made from orange juice, milk and pop bottle caps, as well as electrical plugs in the back.

Our 'baby' was the dirty laundry basket, full of laundry, clothespins, and stain spray, complete with a detergent cup headband.

The process took approximately 16-18 hours and went a little like this:
1. Found an old box, cut it in half and painted it - proceeded to measure and cut out holes once dry.

2. Gathered bottle caps and deli trays, cut and covered them in tinfoil - added knobs and laundry tubs to machines. Designed, printed and added stickers, etc to the control panel.

3. Velcroed or glued on accessories such as detergent bottles, plugs, plumbing, and added clothing, bubble wrap bubbles and cellophane soap to tubs.

4. Cut a hole in a laundry basket. Added sock suspenders, clothing, and old stain remover & dryer sheet containers. Slit the bottom of a detergent cup and added it to a headband.

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