DIY Captain America Costume

My son wanted to be Captain America for Halloween a few years ago. But I really hated spending $20 on a plastic costume that he would wear one time for Trick or Treating, a few times for fun around the house and then it would be done. Instead, we decided to make the costume.  We’ve never made a Captain America Costume, but we have created pirates, ninjas, bumblebees and Hermione. I was super excited to see what we could come up with little sewing and less money.

Captain America Costume

We had an Avenger mask from a former party, so we already had the shield and cardboard mask. Now all we needed was the costume.

• Pants:  I found some blue sports pants that he could wear to school on regular days but we can use to become Captain America. ($8 at Walmart).
• Top: He had a blue school hoodie that was perfect for his upper body. We just added a white star.
• Boots: I bought 1 yard of red material to turn into boots that slide over his tennis shoes. I had a pair of black boots in the costume box from several years ago.  I just took those as my pattern, traced them on the backside of the material and then sewed them together.  They’re not perfect, but they’ll work great.  They don’t have a bottom, so my son can just wear his tennis shoes under them.

• Belt:  I used a hot glue gun to attach stripes of white felt on the red material.  I just pinned it in the back so it will stay put while he’s dressed up.

Total cost for this outfit: $13.00 ($8.00 for the pants, $5.00 for the red material!)

Now we had Captain America!

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Are you making or buying Halloween costumes this year? Got any great tips to share and inspire? I’d love to hear!!!