Super Girl Costume

Its a bird... Its a plane... No its Super Girl.

My four year old was determined to be a super hero this year.

However the costume she wanted was 20.00.

If I were spend that on all my girl's costumes I would have to spend 60 bucks for Halloween costumes... No way!!!

I made two costumes, a pink one for my 2 yr old and a blue one for my 4 year old. The cost of these costumes ended up being 8 dollars a costume.

This costume consists of the dress, the belt and the cape. I got the fabric at Jo Annes with coupons and the Halloween fabric half off sale.

I got one and a half yards of both fabrics at about 3.00 a yard. The silver foam paper was 1.50 a page but with a coupon it was 0.90 cents at Michaels. I got 2 pages. I got the pink sparkle foam in a pack at the dollar store. And it was 2 dollars for the thread. Thats a total of 16 dollars.

The back on my younger ones dress is just velcroed in the back.

The first thing I did was made the Super Girl symbol...

I printed the symbol from the web and than cut it out with an exacto knife (not a very good one). Than I just taped it to the back of the foam sparkly paper. Than I cut out the Super S around my homemade stencil. Than I cut out the pink diamond around it and stitched it together.

First I traced the shape of one of her long sleeve tops and skirts on to newspaper.

Word to the wise give yourself alot of extra fabric around the edge, Especially on the arms. I had to remake the arms because they were to small and my daughter couldn't get her arms through.

Than I did a zigzag stitch along the edges. And than sewed the pieces together. This fabric was very challenging and it took several hours for each costume. I don't think I will ever sew with this fabric again. Unpicking it is very difficult. The back was too small for my older daughter so I had to sew in a panel.

This fabric gets runs very easily. So when you see the start I just did the old nail polish trick and that seemed to do the trick.

For the cape I just cut out a rectangle and made a ribbon out of the blue fabric, by ironing it at the folds. I sewed velcro on the cape and the ribbon and used that to attach everything.

For the belt I just measured and marked the center of another sparkly paper (8x11) and cut it so the center was thicker than the edges. I made sure the thickness was the same on both sides.

Than I duct taped the back of the belt. (the foam tore on the first belt I made). Than I used the ribbon I made out of the fabric. I sewed it onto the belt and sewed velcro on the one side.

And there you have it two Super Girl costumes... From scratch. :)

Styrofoam Sword

Styrofoam Sword made from a swimming noodle.

On Guard!

These are so easy and one noodle can make about 10 swords. So its perfect for party favors, Halloween or whatever your little knight might need.I really recommend that you use the noodles shaped like these ones I have in the picture. They are kind of flower shaped.

First you just cut the noodle to the length you want your sword.

Than cut the sword piece off following the divisions already in the foam

Than take the other full piece and cut off about an inch and a half (depending on how many swords you want to make and how big you want the hilt of the sword).

It should look like a little flower. Make small slits on the inside so you can easily slide your sword into the hilt.

Connect the sword by putting long piece of the foam into the flower piece. You can than shape the sword by cutting off the excess and making a dull point on the end with scissors. I also used a lighter to burn away the excess flakes.

I used push pins for the gems. (Warning those did pop out so I would recommend using a glue gun).

I spray painted them and put glitter on the purple one while it was still wet. Warning: Valspar Finishing Touch made the foam sticky and never really dried, (now my hands are red). But the Valspar that was .96 cents at Walmart worked fine. Also the purple is Krylon brand and that worked the best. (Sorry, :{ I don't know how to stop it from automatically underlining everything).

Happy Dueling. :)

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