The search for a children's carnival costume for many parents becomes a real challenge, since the urgent need to buy it arises on the eve of the New Year holidays, when there is already a lot of things to do. And if the outfit of a gypsy or sailor can be made with your own hands in a fairly short time, then the outfit of a mermaid or a tiger cub can only be created by an experienced craftswoman.
Large chain stores
When you need to buy a fancy dress for a child, the first thing that comes to mind is to go to a large store. Indeed, in large retail chains specializing in goods for children, dresses for carnivals and matinees have been on sale since mid-November. The price range and quality of costumes in the stores "Detsky Mir", "Korablik", "Academy", "Children" are very wide. Here you can find both a simple musketeer's outfit, consisting of a plastic hat with a feather, a cloak made of synthetic fabric and a toy sword, as well as a real dress for the first Cinderella ball. Unfortunately, such shops are not represented in every city, but, as a rule, in regional and regional centers. Another disadvantage is that the likelihood of children in the same costumes appearing at the matinee or on the Christmas tree is very high.
Large chain stores of children's goods have official websites where you can order the product you like.
Specialized online stores
Any search engine for the query "children's carnival costume" will give out dozens of links to online stores dealing with such clothes. Some of them sell truly unique products, developed by novice designers and made in Russia, while most simply sell typical outfits supplied from Southeast Asia. In any case, it will be possible to find a costume suitable for a particular child in all its diversity, so this is a very convenient option for buying clothes for a children's masquerade. However, it also has its drawbacks. Firstly, the declared size may differ slightly from the real one, so it is worth clarifying all the details and, if necessary, taking measurements from the child. And the second minus - if the ordered suit is delivered from another region, there is a possibility of encountering a delay in the parcel on the way, because before the holidays the mail works in an emergency mode.
If you wish, you can contact the atelier, where a unique carnival costume will be built and sewn according to the sketch, but it will not be cheap.
Free classifieds sites
A carnival costume is most often used by a child 2-3 times - at a matinee in kindergarten or at school and at a New Year's performance. After that, he is cleaned until next year, when it turns out that he has become hopelessly small for the grown baby. Therefore, it makes sense to look for advertisements for the sale of used fancy dress costumes on specialized sites, because the wear of the material of these clothes is minimal, and it is not particularly influenced by fashion, so it will not become outdated. The chances of buying a New Year's outfit of the right size for half the price are not very great, but the time spent is also minimal. It also makes sense to visit children's sites where mothers communicate. There, as a rule, there is a section "Flea market" where you can exchange or buy children's things that someone no longer needs.
