Pirate Costume Tutorial

Above is the photograph of my daughter in her 'Girly Pirate Costume'.

I have previously mentioned that my youngest didn't want to dress up as a pirate at her Nursery unless it was 'girly'. I have been gathering inspiration from everywhere to help make this costume. I will try to tell you as best as I can how I made this costume. I have previously written a post on how to make the Pirate Hat, here is the link:Pirate Hat Tutorial

Last week I also posted a tutorial on how I made the tutu, here is the link:Tutu Tutorial

The photograph below shows the pirate shorts that she wore under the tutu, these were originally long leggings that had a hole in one of the legs, but I kept in case I wanted to make them into shorts! I simply cut them down and gave them a ragged edge, very simple and quick!

For the headband I used a red headband that belonged to my eldest daughter. I hand sewed a couple of stitches in the end to make it a bit shorter. I used 3 strips of pink fabric and fastened them into a long braid. I then placed this onto the red headband. Once she was finished needing this for her costume, I simply unpicked the stitches and my daughter had her headband back to its original form.

I already had a plastic sword and case in the house which used to belong to my son many years ago. I simply attached a thin belt so that it would fasten around her waist.

I designed her t-shirt with a cute skull and crossbones design and then sewed onto the neckline some coins on a pink band. The coins were originally from a gypsy belt that we had in the house but had never been used. The coins from the neckline can be easily unpicked so she can wear the t-shirt for everyday use.

The photograph below is a photograph of her without her pirate hat. I made a pirate headband because I didn't think she would manage to keep her hat on for long!

All the children at the Nursery looked great in their pirate costumes. The parents were invited to come along and listen to the children sing some pirate songs and do an obstacle course.  She really enjoyed herself and all the children were given a medal for participating, which they thought was great!

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