This creative Steam punk Pirate Captain halloween costume I made for Halloween last year and also for use in a Steam punk costume contest. I wanted to create a Steam punk airship pirate captain in a similar style to pirates of the Caribbean. This is what I came up with. First I made the bloomers … Read more
As a senior in junior, I was tired of seeing the same costumes being recycled year after year (myself being guilty of this as well!). After walking out of my third costume shop feeling at last defeated and hopeless regarding my search for that perfect costume, I decided it was time to go the homemade … Read more
This was a homemade Davy Jones costume. We bought a pirate hat, but everything else was handmade. We used a black outfit and added lots of cloth scraps to make it look tattered. We added a belt and sword and a big lobster claw made out of cardboard painted orange. The coolest part was the … Read more
When the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie came out, my teenage daughter fell in love with the wedding gown that Elizabeth Swann is given. Simplicity came out with an “inspired by” pattern that fall and we had fun with it. The fabric is home dec brocade, fully lined, lace-up and went for the full … Read more
I started out last year with an online purchased Jack Sparrow costume from “the bay” and was just never satisfied with it. So for the past year (from Oct 2009 to Oct 2010) I have been modifying it and replacing all the key pieces to become either more movie accurate or just plain made from … Read more
For Halloween 2006, we went with a pirate theme. Our two sons went as pirates, as did I, and their aunt went as a keg of rum. PIRATES The boys’ costumes were simple. We used black pants we already had for both. The Captain’s vest was made from inexpensive red fabric. I hot-glued yellow felt … Read more
We were headed to Disney in the fall and my son wanted a really great pirate costume. I got the pattern for a captain Jack Sparrow costume from a local fabric store, but had to change a couple of things. All of the fabric that I used was on clearance for $1.00 a yd. at … Read more
I have two boys who I love to dress alike for Halloween. I didn’t want to buy the same costume from Wal-mart. I dug in my closet and got all the old shirts that I never wore and transformed them into pirates clothes. The boots I made from felt, I just constructed them to look … Read more
I got the idea to do this Jack Sparrow costume after jokingly running through 4 lanes of traffic while flaring my arms. My friends said “You run like Jack Sparrow.” So I decided to go with it. I thought about it for about the next year re watching the movies and slowly getting down quotes … Read more
My son really loves pirates so I decided to look in this wonderful website and I got a lot of great ideas on a pirate costume. I didn’t want to spend over twenty dollars for the pirate costumes at the department stores so I went to the thrift store and came up with my own. … Read more
My son is 4 here and really wanted to be a Pirate. He loved Jack Sparrow so I started thinking how to put together a Pirate Jack Sparrow Homemade Halloween Costume. I don’t like spending money on costumes, and this one I spent $0 dollars on! My son already had a dress up chest from … Read more
The pirate costume was built on top of a plastic wagon that we had here in the yard and has served before in costume making. I placed a piece of 3/4 inch plywood on the deck and began wrapping it with cardboard and getting the shape down, then I cut long strips for the sides … Read more