I used more felt to make cuffs and did the same yarn swirl, added some fringe and used velcro to close them up. I bought some yellow felt and sewed loops and swirls of red yarn (left over from the braid so no extra cost there) onto two cut out pieces and safety pinned them in place on the shirt so the shirt could once again live on for another costume. I found large plastic button looking things on clearance at the craft store (no idea what they were actually for) and used little loops of elastic chord to secure them to the actual shirt buttons. The shirt was a Goodwill store purchase resued from another costurme. I watched a tutorial online to get a little feel for the right makeup style and attempted to pull off my version of it. I used a fabric/elastic headband to hold it in place and the hat fit perfect over it. I bought yarn and with my husband’s begrudging help got together a very Jessie-esque braid.

(Check one item off the list and I am all about saving a couple of bucks if I can!) Here’s the (toy) story of how my Jessie costume came to life… My coworkers and I decided to all dress as Toy Story characters for our group dress up day at work. I chose Jessie because I had recently ‘rescued’ a cowboy hat from items destined for donation or the trash when a friend was moving.

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