Regardless if you find yourself a parent to either an aspiring princess or superhero — you will one day find yourself standing above a pile of costumes, masks, hats and accessories (pirate sword anyone? Rapunzel wig?). We’ve tried different iterations on how to deal with this – but I just HAD TO share this ingenious way a friend of mine (bluejeaner on Twitter) repurposed her shelf (on the cheap too!) .
The best thing about this in my opinion is that the shelf can be re-converted back into a bookshelf after the kids outgrow their costume phase!
Remove top two shelves (she left the bottom shelf in for shoes) use a tension rod and hang curtain hooks – voila! The genius is in the simplicity.
We haven’t tried this yet, but I’m eyeing our tall book-case to convert into something like this pretty soon
Here is another angle–
Hmmm… thinking this might also work well in a mudroom or entryway…
Do you have any interesting way you organize your kid’s costumes or clothing?


I love it, thanks
Good idea in keeping and organizing costumes. I use giant ziplock bags when packing my kids costumes before I put the gcostumes in the cabinet.x vacob