Exterminate!

It's Tuesday and I am totally excited to be sharing this costume with you!
CBC had a robot party on Saturday night and I wanted to make a Dalek costume!  I've wanted to make a dalek costume for a while, well since I was 14, but especialy ever since I started wearing 50's dresses with big petticoats!  Because, that's like the shape of the bottom of dalek!   So when CBC, said he was having one, I knew it was my opportunity!
When I did a google search, I came across loads of girls with the same idea.  I've been checking out this blog called Dalek of the Day - there are tons of posted pictures of dalek outfits!

How did I put the costume together?

I went to town to find a suitable dress that went out at the bottom in either black, white, silver, gold .  I didn't find anything suitable in any charity shop so I finally found this white dress in Primark - a Skater-dress that was made of pretty sturdy material.  I then decided to be an Imperial dalek (from Sylvester McCoy era) but didn't manage to find suitable coloured material etc.

 Went to my family friend's house where she helped me create the dalek head grid bit as a sort of bandeau to go across the chest with Hobbycraft silver ribbon and silver material.  I braved the sewing machine and used poppers so it can be washed easily and used on other dress if needed.

 Matt-silver Christmas baubles found in Poundland with the aid of local Poundshop safety pins pinned to the inside of my skirt, formed the Dalek baubles. Old white ballet tights of my Mum's.



 Silver sequinned ballet pumps for £5 from a local  independent shoe shop.

 £1.50 silver belt from charity-shop

Added a black skirt of slightly longer length to make the black dalek base

Head dress consisted of a thin metal silver headband that had lost it's decoration from Primark which I got them to reduce to 50p for the lost gem.  I then stuck two adhesive LED spotlights (also Poundland)  to the top of the headband (forgot batteries!)

Dalek gun= Local poundshop whisk
Dalek er- plunger = Local poundshop plunger

and TAH DAH, we have party dalek





CBC put a huge amount of effort into the food AND decorations.

All around the house, he compiled a 'family photo  gallery' of robots.

 Each one had its own recycled photo frame, crafted from old cardboard boxes.   Who is this?

 Love this one! Who?

 And this?

 And this?

 R2D2 -phew, one I know!

 Clever use of an Old Dyson box for this one...

 Short circuit!  Though Johnny 5 is alive!

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 From Futurama!

 K9!

 My grandfather...

 Here's the bulk of the food.  CBC is a great cook!  He also bought amazing little cakes from a French patisserie

 The drinks are guarded by Daleks!

 Check out the DJ's (one of the guests) t-shirt.  It's a SOund-sensitive t-shirt! With tumble-drier arms!

Christmas lights- tasteful ones!

Oh, and what about CBC's costume I hear you ask?  He decided he wanted to be the Moonlander module.

His costume is WAY more impressive than mine!  He made it all himself!

And here we are together!  Heinous USA pants courtesy of Primark!

Ceiling decorations were partly my idea.  Disco balls and nuts and bolts bunting!
Funky lightbulb that changes colour!

Foam latters on the TV.  I tried to make into a necklace, but they were too fiddly! (Thanks to T for the letters!)

It was great fun! I eventually got there after a concert in London and enjoyed it!

Oh, but one word of advice.  Never fall asleep on an arm chair when there are girl-daleks around...

Since CBC looks a little like a cross between Matt Smith and David Tennant (at least I think so)- DESTROY THE DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am linking up to the lovely Annie the Felt Fairy's Make a month with this since I actually did some sewing! Yay,a make that isn't a card!

Linking up to Lakota's Tah Dah Tuesday whenever she does her next one! Boo hoo! I can pretend this is what I wore today!

Also linking up to Patti's Visible Monday (a little late!) because this is the most visible thing I have worn in a long time!!!!