How to Make an Iron Man Costume

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Make an Iron Man Costume

The popularity of the new Iron Man movie in theaters means you'll see a lot of Iron Man costumes this Halloween. If you're having a party, going to a party or trick-or-treating around the block, you'll want to be wearing your own fabulous homemade Iron Man costume.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Yellow long-sleeved t-shirt
Yellow spandex pants or leggings
Red turtleneck or red short-sleeved t-shirt
Red bike shorts
Red spandex fabric to match bike shorts
Red boots (optional)
Yellow socks (optional)

Step 1

Cut the sleeves off the t-shirt to begin making this costume. Then, cut the sides out of the shirt. Place the red shirt over the yellow shirt. You will wear both layers at once. Sew or glue the red shirt to the outside of the yellow shirt.
Step 2

Cut the legs off the red bike shorts to make them look like Iron Man's. You will wear these over the yellow pants. If you cannot find yellow spandex pants, leggings will work just as well.
Step 3

Wear the red shorts over the yellow pants just as Iron Man does.
Step 4

Cut red fabric to go around the bottom of your pants. It should come up to the mid-calf, just like Iron Man's boots. Then, sew or glue it to the pants. Wear the pants with matching yellow socks. As an alternative, you can wear red boots, though you won't need red fabric for the costume's legs if you opt to go that route.
Step 5

Measure around the lower sleeves of the yellow t-shirt. Then, cut red fabric to fit around them. Next, sew or glue them to the sleeves of the yellow T-shirt. Alternatively, you can wear red gloves that are long enough to fit up your forearm, like Iron Man.
Step 6

Paint your face yellow with the yellow face paint. If you will be wearing a ski mask for a helmet or a store-bought mask, you don't have to bother.
Step 7

Keep things really simple by just wearing an Iron Man costume t-shirt with your favorite pair of jeans, like those available from SuperheroStuff.com, StylinOnline.com or 80sTees.com (see Resources below). People will get the idea, and it's a lot less work, although you won't look as authentic.

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redfrog said

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on 10/13/2008 Of course it'll help to have a chiseled physique if you try this costume, otherwise you'll just look like a reject from the Roller Derby. Sorry, considering the quality of most eHow featured articles, I figured this would have some merit but there's no way you'd want to be seen like this.