The Costume Plan
The CostumeMailer plan for any costume: decide whether to make, rent or buy, then build it on a schedule counted back from the party
The calculators on this site price the pieces of a costume: fabric yardage, a budget with a cushion, the hours a make takes, and what a rental really costs. None of them sets making against renting against buying, or checks whether the hours fit before the party. The Costume Plan does. Part 1 picks the look, measures and sizes, prices the make (fabric rounded up the way the cutting counter will, with a 15% cushion), counts the hours with the Deadline Test (in the worked example, 18 hours at 3 a week fails a party four weeks away), prices the rental with the deposit kept apart, and decides with all three in one table. Part 2 schedules a make in six phases counted back from the event, with a buffer week. Includes a decision sheet, a measurement card, a build log, a group costume planner and a costume-day kit and safety card. With your purchase comes a personalised sheet with your fabric to buy, your Deadline Test and your rental's real cost.
Look inside
Two full pages from the plan, exactly as printed. Click either to read it at full size before you decide.
What is in it
- Pick the look
- Measure and size
- Price the make, rounded the way the counter will
- The Deadline Test: do you have the hours?
- Price the rental properly
- Decide: make, rent or buy
- Six build phases counted back from the event
- A decision sheet, measurement card and build log
- Bonuses: a group planner and a costume-day kit and safety card
- A personalised sheet: your fabric, your Deadline Test and your rental
- ✓ 29 printable pages
- ✓ 10 sections, worksheets and templates
- ✓ A second PDF worked out from the numbers you enter
- ✓ No account needed, just an email address
- ✓ Instant download; link valid 7 days
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The plan complements the free Costume Rental Calculator. It prices a rental; the plan sets it against making and buying, then schedules the make.