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Recipe for a no-spend Nancy Drew costume: Pleated skirt, oxford cloth shirt, cardigan with an N “monogram” (printed from the computer), knee socks, flashlight and handy notebook for clues. I also had a rare Martha moment and made Miss C a Nancy Drew button pinned to the right side of her sweater (which you can’t see in the photo) with a small picture from the cover of Nancy Drew’s first book. I went to Walgreens in search of a magnifying glass but they had clear customizable buttons with pop-out covers on clearance in the picture frames section. That moment of inspiration deserves some sort of mommy badge for creativity, especially since I hadn’t even had a cup of coffee yet.
I know, I know Nancy Drew would probably never wear fuchsia knee socks but Miss C is not a plain white knee sock kind of girl. Besides, pink leopard or peace sign theme knee socks don’t exactly scream girl super sleuth. And trust me, I know screaming. I have two girls.
So cute! Sus was Fancy Nancy, and I had so much fun coming up with the outfit. I’m going to try to post a pic, but I’m not great at getting photos on my blog.
I commented that if it were me 30-something years ago, I would have been Nancy Drew.
Mary I was thrilled with Nancy Drew as she is currently obsessed with Selena Gomez.
She was getting frustrated over ideas and then looked at her bookshelf and said, “Nancy Drew!” (and I was soooo glad)
Oh and I cannot forget her Goosebumps series love. That’s the subject of another post entirely.
Adorable – this was my FAVORITE series as a little girl. What a great outfit and she is such a cutie pie.
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great costume. My girls love Nancy Drew books… and the recent movie!
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Cool … at school (my daughter’s school) on Monday, in honor of Dr. Suess, there were a bunch of little girls wearing all black, tails attached, crazy hats on. It’s a cute way to get the young ones interested in reading an actuall book
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That is so cute! And very impressive.
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This is so cool! My big girl is very into the Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series right now. Maybe I can get her to consider this for next Halloween. (She was Tinkerbell this year, and at almost-six, probably too old for that costume.)
My mom saved all of my Nancy Drew books and now Miss C has them in her room. I LOVED them. We have not seen the movie…must remedy that!
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Very cute and very creative!
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I bet Bess would totally have gone with the fuchsia knee socks. And Nancy would have totally borrowed the idea, you know, to impress Ned while she was apprehending culprits. I can see it.
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Seriously Adorable! I loved reading Nancy Drew when I was a kid….still have my old books!
Then you dont get to rest mush if you got two girls…
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Great job on the costume. You’re promoted to Master Costumer! And I just loved Nancy Drew when I was a kid.
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That is such a cute costume and so creative.I adore those pink tights!
I loved Nancy Drew books when I was a kid.Everyone would call me a snoop
Thanks for sharing
I love Nacy Drew books and movie I wish I was girl detective like her.
great idea, i used to love to read those books…and the hardy boys