Homemade No Sew Dragon Costume

Homemade No Sew Dragon Costume

Along the Fairy Tale Line (see other Blog posts for the Knight, Princess and Castle) Little Baer was a Fierce Dragon!

although he didn't look very Fierce he sure was adorable!

This Costume was really super easy and can be made literally in an afternoon! With no sewing and for less than $15.00

Supplies:

Black Hooded Sweatshirt with Zipper

Felt in desired colors (I choose purple and green)

Spray adhesive

Fabric Glue

Cardboard

Wings (I bought a bat at the dollar tree)

I glued the wings to the back of the sweatshirt (I actually had to remove the "bat" body from the wings with wire cutters.

Then I used felt pieces to cut the spikes to go down the back of the costume. I cut 2 pieces and glued them together at the spikes leaving enough space at the bottom to "open" the 2 pieces to then glue them to the sweathirt. Once the spikes were glued to the back and top of head I used the spray adhesive to stiffen them and make them stand up better. to have them flow down the head of the sweatshirt you will need to cut the felt in different spots to create more of a "bowl" the easiest thing to do is to actually place the hood of the sweatshirt over top of an upside down bowl to form as a head would be.

Cut your scaled out of felt. You will need A LOT.

you will want enough scales to cover the front of the sweatshirt, down the back (to cover the felt where you glued it) and the tail completely. So I decided on triangle scales. But half circle ones would be great as well!

Once you cut them cut out just glue them onto the sweatshirt. remember to place something in between the fabric so you aren't glueing the fabric together.

Once the front is dry you can do the back!

I covered the green spikes with purple scales down each side. and over the wings. Once all the scales are glued I sprayed a layer of spray adhesive over top of the entire thing! then let dry as you construct the tail.

To construct the tail I cut from cardboard the shape and length I wanted. Then simply covered it with scales using the same technique. I used the same spikes for the top of the tail as I did down the back. And I left about 4 inches of felt at the top of the cardboard so that I could attach to his body. I'm telling you fabric glue is my friend!!! I then spray it with the spray adhesive as well. Once the tail is dry I simply cut a few holes about 4 inches from the top of the tail (In the extra fabric you left) and then feed thick ribbon through and tie around the waist underneath the costume.

I then just put black pants on him and he was DONE!

Super easy and super cheap to add to our fairy tale!!

See the other blog posts for the entire Fairy Tale Collection! Totally New Sew and totally Frugal! (I don't wanna be cheap... LOL)

Halloween Sneak Peek

Halloween is fast approaching and making 3 handmade costumes is a challenge since time is limited. So, I decided today to start working on them and try to knock it out early so there is no last minute freaking out on my part. (Which always happens) I figured I would have enough time to mess up a few times and still not be limited or freaking out on Halloween morning. LOL

So.... a Knight, a Dragon, and a Princess

I bought everything for all the costumes yesterday for less then $30.00!!! Now I do need to go back today and pick up a few more things. But for sure it's going to be a much cheaper way to go then buying a $30.00 costume for each.

The Knight tunic is a red tee shirt ($2.47 in craft section) Foam board, felt and glitter glue. and a few left over gems from the Princess hat and the Crests are ready for everything!

Sword and shield are cut from foam board and spray painted silver. Then the crests will be placed on them too!

Cloak is started too! Everything is drying

The boys even helped get into the action!

Brother Baer was loving getting into making the stuff and even decided on how many toes and claws a dragon should have.

Little Baer wasn't quite as helpful. Although he sure was having fun!

Still need to build Armor and let everything dry. But the Kinght is getting done!

Dragon costume is underway as well! Wings, spikes, feet and claws are underway.

Still need lots of work but everything is coming along great.

And of course the Princess is going to be cute as a button. Her costume is started with a Tutu....someone has given me for her. And a hat I made along with her wand. Still working on her top part of her dress and jewels. But I have time. :)

Had a little help from my friends with the spikes. I'm going to glue them together and use spray adhesive to stiffen them to stand. And then line the sides of the bottom with scales. Still need to build a tail. And some other things....It's a work in progress....lots of time. Right?

Princess Hat is made from scrapbook glitter paper, tulle, and foam stickers and jewels picked up from the clearance section of walmart.

Tutu was handmade just not by me. :) It was a gift passed down to Baby Baer.

Wand is a foam wand from dollar store with jewels and stickers added.

So, all in all an awesome way to spend the day!!

Baby Baer modeling her Princess hat!