[Wrist Accessories / Costumes] Handmade Outfit Ideas for Sports Day

Doraemon

Doraemon, a character who is liked by almost everyone, is also popular as a costume for performances.

For younger children, adult-sized clothing works great.

Oversized clothes can be worn like a smock or a dress! So, prepare an oversized blue T-shirt and simply attach parts of Doraemon’s body, such as the four-dimensional pocket, to complete the look easily.

Adding your child’s name or accessories to personalize it will likely make them even happier!

Mickey & Minnie

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse are globally famous characters that almost everyone knows.

If kids all wear matching Mickey and Minnie outfits that both children and adults love, the cuteness will be off the charts! You might think you’d need full costumes to pull it off, but if you prepare black tops and bottoms, add pumpkin-style shorts for Mickey and a tulle skirt for Minnie, it will look pretty convincing, right? As for the ears, making them as headbands would work well.

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Minion

Minions are characters popular not only with children but also with adults.

They’re hugely popular at Universal Studios Japan, too.

With their cute look, kids dressing up as Minions would be absolutely adorable! Speaking of Minions, they have yellow bodies and denim overalls.

So how about wearing yellow clothing and matching a knit cap in the same yellow? Both are easy to put together.

And if you add goggles over the knit cap, it’s perfect!

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pirate

Pirates who appear in various stories like movies, anime, and manga are characters that really capture children’s interest.

Perhaps it’s because, whether they’re heroes or villains, pirates just look cool.

Try creating the key elements like a large, distinctive hat and a big cape.

It would be great to make skulls, anchor emblems, and trim tapes stand out with a luxurious gold color.

Not only the outfit, but items like swords and eye patches are likely to play a big role too!

Snow White

Just like Cinderella, the Little Mermaid, and Snow White in this outfit, beloved fairy-tale heroines have always been idols for girls around the world.

It’s not just the happy ending with a prince—the cute dresses are part of the allure too! Why not try tackling a complex costume like this by cleverly combining ready-made skirts and other items? You might come up with great ideas by looking at materials in person at a craft store.

paper cup wristband

[For Girls] Easy and Cute! Bracelet [Handmade Accessories] [Paper Cups]

A wrist accessory you can make with just two everyday paper cups and a pair of scissors.

Flatten each paper cup halfway, then cut the rim of one into a wider ring and the other into a ring about half that width.

The idea is to combine them at the end: insert the wider ring inside the narrower ring and shape it neatly.

You can use colored or patterned paper cups and customize it however you like.

It would be a fun project for everyone to make together during school craft time.

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Little Red Riding Hood

As her name suggests, Little Red Riding Hood is a character whose key feature is the red hood worn on her head.

This costume idea looks great—it seems to turn a red hoodie into a hood with a cape.

You cut the hoodie so it becomes a cape and tidy up the edges.

Then you add a cute ribbon so it fastens at the neck.

The matching dress made with the same ribbon is stylish and adorable! For boys, the technique of making a hood from a hoodie could be adapted for characters like elves, too!