A WANNABE Disney princess is cheering herself up in lockdown - by dressing up as a different character each day with only the clothes in her house.

Isabel Burrows, 22, has loved all things Disney for as long as she can remember and wanted to set herself the task to become as many characters as possible.

So far she has picked up Mary Poppins' umbrella, stepped into Cruella's shoes, swam as Ariel and put on Smee's costume.

She has also donned outfits for Peter Pan and John Darling, Alice in Wonderland's Alice, The Princess and the Frog's Tiana, and Beauty and the Beast's Belle.

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She said: "I have been obsessed with Disney for as long as I can remember.

"I thought 'I'm going to challenge myself to come up with these looks'.

"Now Disney Plus has come out I have been watching 24/7. I wanted to do something fun to keep busy."

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Ms Burrows had Ariel and Belle costumes before and she has been to one Comicon event, but the rest were made from what she could find around the house.

The primary school teacher said she has collected various costume items from school dressing up days. For World Book Day she went as Smee from Peter Pan.

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She added: "I have had to make some props so I am getting my arts and crafts out too!"

Ms Burrows, from Felpham, saw a colleague posting homework videos where he dressed up and she decided she 'wanted to get invovled.'

The 'escapism' that Disney brings is what she loves most about it.

"Disney gives that safe space to be able to just not think about what is going on in the world," she said.

"There's a real sense of escapism for me."

She will carry on until she runs out of ideas - although she is steering clear of Rapunzel because it has a character named 'Corona'.

She said: "I want to keep people smiling and it is keeping me busy thinking about how I am going to create this look and what I can do next," she said.

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"My dad takes the photos - I love him to bits. He is up for it but he doesn't know who any of the characters are!"

Her favourite character is Beauty and the Beast's Belle.

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