Things You'll Need:
- Photo of Jack Sparrow
- White pirate shirt
- Blue/gray vest
- Blue/gray pants
- Leather boots or boot covers
- Dark red material in a natural fabric
- Red and white striped material in a natural fabric
- Leather belt with large square buckle
- Rasta hat with attached wool dreadlocks
- 1 brown leather glove
- Scrap black cotton or linen fabric
- Needle & black thread
- Beads
- Metal coin
- Metal medallion or single dangly earring
- Hot glue gun
- Fake beard & mustache
- Gold tooth cap
- Bronzer
- Black eyeliner
- Two small rubber bands
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Step 1
Find a long sleeved, puffy white or off-white button-up shirt. You may be able to get one from a thrift store or consignment shop, or from a 'global bazaar' shop that sells Indian clothing, incense and far Eastern décor.
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Step 2
Take a trip to your local thrift stores to look for boots, belt, one brown leather glove, vest and pants. Bring your pirate shirt and photo of Jack Sparrow with you. Make sure the photo you've chosen gives a clear, full body view of the costume. Just gather up a pile of blue or gray vests and pants and try them on with the pirate shirt. If they're stiff and too new-looking, you can 'age' them later. The belt you find should have a large square buckle. If you can find a pair of brown suede or leather boots similar to those in the picture, grab them – if not, you can make or purchase boot covers later.
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Step 3
Go to a local costume shop, or browse online costume shops. Purchase a Rasta hat with wool dreadlocks (you'll remove the dreadlocks from the hat later), a fake beard & moustache (if you can't grow out a natural one, which looks better), a gold tooth cap or tooth paint and brown boot covers (if necessary).
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Step 4
Purchase some dark red fabric (preferably cotton or linen) long enough to tie around your head with some excess fabric hanging down, red and white striped cotton or linen fabric about 5 feet long and 1 foot wide and a scrap piece of black cotton fabric large enough to wrap around your wrist.
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Step 5
Get a needle, black thread and beads from a craft store. Specialty bead shops often have a better selection of high quality beads that you can use for the beaded sections of Jack's hair. Don't worry too much about replicating the beads exactly – just look for approximate colors and shapes.
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Step 6
Purchase some bronzing powder or gel and black eyeliner from a drugstore.
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Step 1
Age the pants and vest by leaving them out in the sun and rubbing some areas with coarse sandpaper. To age the belt, use sandpaper on the edges and rub it with some dirt. Pirates shouldn't look like they've just bought a new outfit from a department store – it should look like it's been exposed to harsh salt water and sea air.
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Step 2
Remove the wool dreadlocks from the Rasta hat. Cut a strip of scrap fabric (from anything you have handy) that's a bit longer than the circumference of your head and about two inches wide. Fold it over onto itself. Sew the dreads onto it, spacing them out randomly for a natural effect.
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Step 3
Sew the strip of dreadlocks into the inside of the head scarf, making sure the stitches aren't visible on the outside. Make sure you're sewing the dreadlock strip into the middle of the headscarf, leaving excess fabric on either side to tie it around your head.
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Step 4
String the beads onto some strong thread or fishing line and hot glue the bottom knot of the thread onto a metal coin, or use a coin with a metal loop attached to it (found at some specialty bead stores). Sew the top end of the bead strand into the inside of the top hem of your head scarf and flip it over so it hangs over the scarf.
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Step 5
String together the second strand of beads and sew it into the inside of the head scarf near where the dreadlocks are attached so it hangs down among them. Use the medallion or single earring you found to tie off the end.
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Step 6
Cut the fingers off the leather glove.
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Step 1
Put on the shirt, pants, vest and boots. Tie the red and white striped fabric around your waist (you may have to fold it over and/or trim it to the right size) and layer the belt over it.
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Step 2
Put on the head scarf/dreadlocks/bead strands. If you don't have naturally dark brown hair, you may want to use some temporary spray-on hair color or purchase a black pirate hat to cover the top of your head.
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Step 3
Put on your fingerless leather glove and tie the piece of black fabric around your wrist (on the same hand).
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Step 4
Darken your face, chest and hands, if necessary, with bronzing powder or gel. Use a large fluffy brush to get even coverage.
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Step 5
Line your eyes with heavy black eyeliner, around the top and bottom. Smudge it a little bit with your finger or a cotton swab.
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Step 6
Put in your gold cap or paint your tooth with gold tooth paint.
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Step 7
Apply the fake beard & moustache (or use your own facial hair). Separate the beard into two sections and braid each section, securing it with a small rubber band at the end. Use a brown eyebrow pencil to fill in your beard if necessary.
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Step 8
Put on your boots, or a pair of shoes and the boot covers.
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Step 9
Get into character by watching the films – people are going to want you to be Jack Sparrow!
