• Pattern: McCall's M6027 Misses' Dresses
• Materials: Pink stretch jersey

The dress turned out OK but I had an awful time with the fabric. It was impossible to rip seams without destroying the fabric and I found myself constantly trying to keep my sewing machine from eating it. I'm not an expert seamstress to this very well may be user error. I didn't need a zipper in the dress due to the stretch and skipped interfacing.

• Pattern: Self made
  
• Materials: Light and dark pink fleece, fuzzy white yarn

I sketched out a pattern on tissue paper with the help of a sweater I already own. I made a copy with cheap scrap fabric before moving onto the fleece. I later added the white sweater details by embroidering fuzzy, white yarn.

The inside is embroidered with the initials "P.B.". I originally planned to put a petite "Bonnibel" inside but quickly realized embroidering fleece with fatty yarn is hard. Yes, B.B. was also an option but I liked P.B. better.

• Pattern: I used this tutorial as a guide for the boot covers.
• Materials: Duck canvas in light and dark pink, white piping, pink zipper, pink elastic
  

My favorite part! This is my first attempt at boot covers and they turned out way better than I expected them to.

Elastic goes under the sole and a zipper zips up the back so they're totally removable. They get a bit wide at the top due to the shape of the boots underneath, but overall have the right look.

• Pattern: None. Mostly flailing and frustration.
  
• Materials: Pink tulle, pink elastic

The dress needed some poof so I made a petticoat. I made up the pattern as I went along and struggled the whole way. It was a bit of a waste of time (and buying one would have been super cheap and easy) but it worked out.

• Materials: Wonderflex, popsicle stick, acrylic paint, hair elastic, plastic gem, bobby pins
  

The crown is made of multiple layers of wonderflex. I added a popsicle stick within the skinny, tall part of the crown but it was probably unnecessary. I painted it with white gesso and then with yellow acrylics and glued a blue, plastic gem in place.

I ended up gluing bobby pins into the crown right before we left for a party. About an hour earlier it fell off my head and I stepped on it. Nothing some clear tape couldn't fix but it was a bit of a bummer. Most of the bobby pins came off by the end of the night. I'll need a better solution next time.

Last minute repairs: balancing the crown on various kitchen items while glue dries

The wig cost more than the rest of the materials combined. Ah, silly choices. It's Rhapsody in Rose from Gothic Lolita Wigs. It's not quite the right color (the image on the right, below, is pretty accurate), but it's spot on for the texture and length I wanted.

To put the wig in a ponytail I used the "simple method" from the bottom of this page with some minor changes I failed to document. I didn't have extensions and was afraid of cutting the wig so this seemed to be the best method. The ponytail isn't as round and poofy as Bubblegum's hair in that episode but it worked well enough for my skill level (complete wig newbie).

My hair is dark blonde and well past my shoulders so I braided it in about 6 braids and coiled them around my head to get it as flat as possible. I pinned a wig cap over it all with many, many hair pins (not the same as bobby pins) and then pinned the wig to that with many, many more hair pins.

Despite a wig cap and my best efforts I still had wisps of hair showing here and there so I made my hair sticky with hair sculpting paste (hair gel or grease pencil would also work) and dusted it with pink eyeshadow. I had planned to use this method on my eyebrows but it ended up working pretty well on my hairline.

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For what it's worth, I was able to wear the wig for a solid 12 hours with only a minor headache by the end of the night. I also wore it to a dance party earlier in the week. No shifting, no problems!

The leggings are cheapo hot pink leggings off Amazon.

The paint is Mehron Paradise Makeup AQ in light pink, Mehron Liquid Makeup in pink, and white facepaint from a local costume shop. I got as far as painting my whole face and arms hot pink (totally the wrong shade) before I decided to wash it all off and go with a simple band across my eyes. I didn't do paint at all on Halloween day which is why some photos have pink and some don't.

Next time I wear this I'll try to do it right with full paint!

Nils and I with our friend Chris as Jake the dog!