Costumes for Plays and Playing

Rating:
Summary: A first-rate and "user friendly" guide
Review: Costumes For Plays And Playing by author, illustrator, puppeteer and storyteller Gail E. Haley is a very practical "how-to" guide to the art of crafting effective stage costumes from everyday materials, with a minimum of fuss and bother. Featuring an easy to follow text which covers a wide variety of possible needs ranging from wild animals to soldiers out of ancient history, Costumes For Plays And Playing is a first-rate and "user friendly" guide which is very highly recommended, especially for school and community theater reference shelves.

Rating:
Summary: A first-rate and "user friendly" guide
Review: Costumes For Plays And Playing by author, illustrator, puppeteer and storyteller Gail E. Haley is a very practical "how-to" guide to the art of crafting effective stage costumes from everyday materials, with a minimum of fuss and bother. Featuring an easy to follow text which covers a wide variety of possible needs ranging from wild animals to soldiers out of ancient history, Costumes For Plays And Playing is a first-rate and "user friendly" guide which is very highly recommended, especially for school and community theater reference shelves.

Rating:
Summary: A childhood favorite
Review: This book was my constant companion throughout my childhood and I had many hours of fun with the suggestions from it.

This book teaches how to make costumes from houshold items, old clothes and the ever popular old sheets instead of from expensive materials.

The book is well written, well illustrated and thoroughly enjoyable. Though I am an adult now, I still enjoy thumbing through it.

I think every imaginative child (and what child isn't imaginative?) should have a book of this type to inspire their creativity. A shame it went out of print.