I love this project! I’ve been avoiding super hero costumes for as long as possible. But with a little boy in preschool, it was inevitable. Once Captain American came into play, I finally had a super hero that looked fun to make. For a while I tried to convince myself that a store-bought costume would be fine…but eventually I admitted that I didn’t like the commercial costumes and I threw myself into WW2 Captain America! I looked at every image I could find. Then sketched a rough design to make sure it had Walker approval:
The sketch got a thumbs up, so it was time to implement. I’m not going to try and do a tutorial. I was winging it for everything. I pretty much just traced a hoodie and modified the heck out of it. It’s lined so it ought to work well for trick-or-treating. This is definitely one of my favorite projects! The shield was purchased (I know it’s the wrong shape for this version of Captain America, but it makes Walker happy and I didn’t have to make it!). The helmet was spray painted. The pants were some we already had. And the rest was rigged up with some red, white, blue and khaki fabric. It was full of fussy little details like making the stripes, then cutting the pieces so that everything lined up at the seams and where the front panel overlapped at an angle. But it was worth it! I had fun and a *very* happy little super hero! (He takes saving the world very seriously.)
Happy Halloween!!
