I created this costume by starting at a thrift store. I found a little girls “puffy” shirt, a black vest and a women’s scarf. I then went to a Halloween party store and bought a pirate hat, hook, dagger and eye patch. I already had a red bandana from a previous costume so we used … Read more
My homemade Female Pirate costume is directly based on the Jack Sparrow character from “Pirates of the Caribbean”. My outfit was made from material I had from other homemade costumes. The belts were made from old strips of material and the buckle from cardboard, with foil wrapped around it and painted. The rings were made … Read more
I wasn’t planning on taking my one year old out on Halloween, but changed my mind at the last minute. I actually put this pirate costume together 30 minutes before trick-or-treating. Here’s how: I used an old white onesie that I drew on with a permanent marker (a skull and cross bone design), black sweatpants, … Read more
Jozlyn is 3 years old. She loves pirates, princesses, pink, and black; so I decided to design and make her a Pirate Princess costume. She loves it and wants to wear it every day. One benefit of making your own costume is that it can be worn daily and survive even playgrounds. The pettiskirt was … Read more
I love sewing costumes. My children always had homemade costumes so you can imagine my joy when my grandchildren asked me to make them costumes. My four-year-old grandson wanted a pirate costume. So the first thing I did was look at as many pirate pictures I could to get ideas. I bought a pattern for … Read more
For this Homemade Pirate Halloween Costume I had made use of old white long-sleeved shirt, black vest, old black belt, old dark blue hat, old white uniform for cutting skull patterns, cardboard to make cutlass and eye patch, plastic cup to make hook, old black pant, lady’s black shoe, and old striped bandana. Lastly, aluminum … Read more
I could not find my baby a pirate costume that would match with the ones our family was wearing. Actually the smallest one I could find was for a 1 year old; my son is five months. I decided to give it a shot and try to make a Homemade Baby Pirate Costume myself. I … Read more
Although the costume of Captain Jack Sparrow is not a new one, we wanted it to be as close as possible to the original for my 6 year old son. We checked a lot of stuff online and I decided to create a Homemade Captain Jack Sparrow Halloween Costume. I also watched the movie twice … Read more
My daughter announced at 7pm that she had to dress up as a pirate the next day!!! Of course I had nothing prepared and it was too late to buy anything, so thanks to sites like yours on the internet I was able to get some great ideas. First off I found a denim skirt … Read more
My son was so impressed with my husband’s Jack Sparrow costume he wanted me to make him a mini version. I made the pants, jacket, sash and vest from old cloth I had, I purchased the hat (no way was I going to attempt that one). Made him boot tops and used an old belt … Read more
Our 3 year old decided he wanted to be a pirate for Halloween, so we bought both him and his 1 year old younger brother, Andre, pirate costumes. Since we usually take them trick-or-treating around town and around our neighborhood, we wanted to take them in their wagon… But a red wagon just doesn’t go … 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