How to Make a Homemade Adult Knight Costume

Make your own knight costume on the cheap.

Channel your inner knight for a chivalrous costume idea. Instead of shelling out big bucks at a specialty costume store, make your own original knight costume right at home with easily accessible and inexpensive materials. For instance, you can create shining armor using aluminum foil, and you can construct a helmet from a recycled gallon jug. The construction process for the costume is fairly simple. You'll be able to complete the project in a jiffy, leaving you more time to bone up on your medieval English.

Things You'll Need

• Empty plastic 2-gallon jug
• Scissors
• Aluminum foil
• Tape
• Feather plume
• Cardboard
• Paper grocery bag
• Paint
• Gray sweatsuit

Instructions

1. Cut the top off an empty plastic 2-gallon jug to begin creating your helmet. Cut along the indented portion where the handle is located and remove the entire handled portion of the jug. Discard the excess plastic.

2. Cover the jug with aluminum foil, tucking or taping the edges underneath as you go. Cut a strip of aluminum foil and tape it across the bottom of the opening you made in the jug; this will be the grill.

3. Poke a hole in the center of the top of the helmet and insert your feather plume; secure in place by taping it to the inside of the helmet.

4. Overturn a large paper grocery bag so the bottom of the bag is facing up. Cut a neck hole in the bottom of the bag that is big enough to accommodate your head. Cut arm holes in the sides of the bag. Cover the resulting breastplate piece with aluminum foil. Paint a decorative crest on the front of the breastplate if desired.

5. Put on the gray sweatsuit and slip the breastplate over it. Put on the helmet.

Tips & Warnings

• For an added touch, cut out a sword shape from a piece of cardboard and cover the faux blade with aluminum foil. You could also cut out a shield from the cardboard if desired. If your head is too large for the 2-gallon jug helmet, you can make a papier mache helmet using a balloon, newspapers and flour and water; cover the dried helmet with aluminum foil.

References

• Party Ideas Parade: Easy Homemade Medieval Costumes
• Artists Helping Children: How To Make Knight Costumes