The Princess & her Knights

The kids got invited to a Knights & Princess birthday party and everyone was asked to dress the part. I knew we would have no issue with finding something for Isabel to wear, her dress up drawer is packed full of tutu's and princess dresses. So on to the boys dress up box. To my surprise there was nothing there for knights. Only cowboys & pirates. That just simply wouldn't work. Since I only had a few days before the party I made a stop by Party City. They had two knight outfits, perfect, we're ready for the party....so I thought. Got them home and the one size fits all - didn't fit so great. Two knights with sleeves that were quarter length and pants that were sportin the "high water" term needed to be returned to the store and quickly!

So what now? I turned to my husband and together we came up with a plan. That plan involved duck tape and lots of it. Quick trip to Target for some gray shirts & tape and we were ready to get crafty.

I give you two boys size knight shirts

He may be small, but you can't forget the young knight.


The swords were purchased at the store, but the shields are the handy work of the hubby. He found some scrap wood in the storage building and whipped out his handy dandy jigsaw. Once they were cut out all we had to do was add a little spray paint and of course more duck tape and wa-la....shields!


I couldn't have asked for a better pose from these kiddos when I said ok knights & princess - quick - action shot!

I think Ben & I had as much fun making the outfits as the kids did slaying the dragon & playing their parts at the party.