The major challenges here were that we had 2 Hansels; one slim and one a plump buxom woman and the costume had to fit both. To deal with this issue, I moved the costumes to eastern Europe rather then Germany and used vests & pants past the knees rather then lederhosen.
We also had 2 dew fairies, again, one very skinny who could not wear make up and one taller and plumper. By making the fairy costume seperate layers of sheers it was able to accomodate all sizes and a mask to care of the make up problem.