harry potter costume

I constantly get about a million questions about last year's halloween costume. I came up with it last minute and it was a lot cheaper then buying a costume from the store. This can easily be adapted for a child if necessary. I started off by purchasing a white button down shirt from target. It was around 18 dollars but if i had really thought about it I would have visited a thrift store and bought one for cheap. I then visited a fabric store and bought a few yards (you can measure it to your size) of the black lining fabric for my cape. I also bought some simple black ribbon to use for a closure. I made small holes in two corners of the fabric and simply tied the ribbon onto it. NOTE: The ribbon constantly came untied all night, so next time I would hot glue the ribbon tied. Now, i went ahead and bought the "Harry Potter tie" from the costume store but after thinking I decided it would be much cheaper and easier to take a solid maroon tie and paint gold stripes across it with fabric paint. Finish off with a wand and glasses and you're good to go!