My son always wants a costume that you can not go buy at any store. One year it was a Rainbow Trout (He had to be a full length fish. He could hardly walk, and truly looked more like a merman in my opinion.), the next was a Dungeness Crab (which won the contest here locally), and now it is the infamous Pteranadon. Who knows what he is going to come up with when he is older; at only six years old, he is already very demanding. He is particularly insistent upon the accuracy of all of his costume details.
It took us two days to find the right pleather material to use as the skin. The talons were another story; it took some time to find the materials to make those as well.
Here is our version of the Homemade Pteranadon Dinosaur Costume.
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That is absolutely Great!
I think you did a wonderful job VERY authentic looking – He must like it a lot
soooo cute
My son is six this year and has also asked to be a pteranodon. He would have liked to be elasmosaurus or another odd “prehistoric sea creature”, but I felt I had more hope with making a pteranodon than the elasmosaurus. He’s also asked to be a toad and a tornado, followed up by a waterspout, which I thankfully was able to reuse the tornado costume for. I would love to know how you made your son’s costume, as I am still struggling with aspects of my son’s costume! Thanks for posting the pics!
LOL :)
oh awesome! how to im make this?