Nothing like last minute work to get your creative juices flowing. It was the day before their Halloween party and we still had not discussed the costumes. When I asked them this was their responses: Captain Hook, Peter Pan and a Pirate.
I had no time to sew nor was I in the mood, this is what I came up with for Captain Hook. After the party, it went into their costume bin and it still gets used for their pretend play.
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What you need is a T-shirt you don’t mind cutting up. You can also use a polo.
Supplies:
- Glue for fabric
- Red Tee or polo
- Gold ribbon, Black ribbon
- Black felt for the bottom trim
1. Cut the tee as shown in the picture above. Down the middle and cut the sleeves off.
2. Use the black felt and cut out a long rectangular shape. This will go around the bottom of Captain Hooks coat. Then glue the black felt to the bottom of the t-shirt.
3. Then glue the black ribbon down the middle of both sides. This gave it a more clean look and it covered up the raw cut edges.
4. Next add gold ribbon and glue it over the bottom where the black felt and the t-shirt meet.
5. Then glue small strips of gold ribbon down the middle of the coat as shown above.
This captain hook costume took me about 20 minutes to complete. The pirate hat was a lot harder to make and my son didn’t even end up using it, blah.
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What a great costume! I don’t sew, so I am always looking for good no-sew ideas. Would love for you to link up at our homemade costume blog parade: http://alldonemonkey.com/2012/09/23/homemade-costume-blog-parade/
That is so creative and cute! I could have never come up with it. Thanks for sharing this with me. Adding it to my list now!
Bethany, Glad you could add it to your list. ~mari
What a great idea… I can’t sew so anything no sew is always welcomed ! thank you so much for taking the time to share and link…we appreciate it…xo Lucy
oh how cute and simple!!!! I LOVE it!!!!! 🙂 Thank you so much for the sweet idea and for linking up at Happy Hour!!!
This is a great costume idea. I love the look and how easy it is!
What a clever idea to cut up a jacket! Awesome job. My weekly linky party–One Creative Weekend–has gone spooky this week in honor of my thirteenth party. If you haven’t already, I hope you’ll visit “One Creative Weekend” on OneCreativeMommy.com (open every Fri-Wed) and link up this idea and anything else you’d like to share. (You can include non-Halloween posts as well, but feel free to link up as many Halloween-themed posts as you like.)
Oops–I guess it’s not a jacket. It’s a shirt. Still fabulous!
That is fantastic! So simple and it looks amazing. I think I’ll make one of these for my son’s dress up cabinet. Pinning!
Luv it and its cheap to make and fast I’ve been looking for a coat for my grandson 1st birthday it will be a pirate theme as well thanks so much love it
Mztee, Thanks and I’m sure your grandson will look adorable! ~mari
Oh my goodness I totally made this for my brother who was visting from out of state and wanted to fit our family theme it turned out amazing! Although I used permanent double sided tape to put it together because I didn’t want to mess with glue. Thank you so much!!!!!
Liz, So glad it worked out for you all! Yes, permanent double sided tape will also do the trick. I’ll add that to my post. Thanks for the tip. ~mari
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Where do you find long prices of felt?
I love his idea!!! So simple and looks amazing!
Jenna, thanks. You can find it at your local fabric store and sometime Walmart carries it.