For this coat I traced the outline of my jacket for my Elizabeth Swan costume. This material was originally a trench coat from Goodwill. I had bought a shirt to modify but that turned out poorly. I had to removed the collar, sleeves and top and bottom pockets, this was very difficult, and if I … Read more
I basically did the same costume as Parrot 05 that is shown here, but tweaked it a little bit to made it work for my daughter. My husband and I were also pirates along with our dog Pedro. We got the one piece red suit as a hand-me-down and I followed the same pattern here. … Read more
My 6 yr. old son wanted to be a Pirate for Halloween. We went to the fabric store and found a pirate pattern with a jacket that was close to what we wanted. I used that as the base and then sewed a layer of what was supposed to be interlacing onto the front instead … Read more
This jacket started off as a tablecloth from Goodwill. The pants came from a pants suit at Goodwill as well. I wanted to get a really close fitting jacket, so I used Simplicity pattern #3628 as my base. I am a pretty novice seamstress but since I could make this w/o a collar, sleeves, or … Read more
My 8 yr old daughter Katelynn just couldn’t wait to try this Homemade Dead Pirate on. Just a bunch of shredded clothes. I made a crocheted chain brown wig for the stringy hair look, liquid latex and toilet paper with the usual face paint, plastic bubba teeth and a spray bottle of blood, cobweb and … Read more
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