How to Make Easy Girl Pirate Costumes
Select from several blouse styles, add a skirt or pants, a vest, and a wide belt, and you have a good start to an easy and whimsical pirate costume. Most costumes can be made with clothing and accessories you already have around the house or can borrow. Most costumes can be made with little or no sewing. This easy costume is great for Halloween, for a theme party or for everyday play.
Other People Are Reading
Things You'll Need
- Eye patch
- Black grease pencil
- Black boots
- Peasant blouse
- White blouse with ruffles on front or sleeves
- Vest
- Short ruffled skirt
- Billowy pants
- Fake sword
- Bandana
- Wide black belt
- Hoop earrings
- Purchased pirate hat
Instructions
-
How to Make Easy Girl Pirate Costumes
-
1
Start with a white top. Choose from a peasant top with puffy sleeves or a stiff collared white shirt with ruffles on the front or the cuffs. As an option, add a long or short vest. Buckle the wide belt over the white blouse or the vest. In place of a wide belt, grab a narrow length of colorful, shiny fabric to tie around the waist as a sash.
-
2
Add a bottom component. Find a ruffled skirt in any color or pattern. As an alternative, choose some billowy pants.
-
-
3
Select a tall pair of shiny, black boots. Tuck the billowy pants into the boots, allowing them to puddle over the boot tops.
-
4
Use a black grease pencil to draw a patch over one eye. Another option is to cut a small piece of black fabric attached to a thin piece of black elastic to strap around the head. Costume shops also stock pre-made eye patches, if you prefer to purchase one.
-
5
Choose a head covering. Purchase a flamboyant pirate hat with a large feather plume or make a simpler head covering by wrapping the girl's head in a red kerchief bandana tied in a knot on the side.
-
6
Finish off the final look with accessories. Purchase a wide, plastic sword with a looped handle. If you are crafty, draw a sword shape onto a thick piece of cardboard and paint it to look like a sword or wrap the end in tin foil, as suggested by getincostume.com. Add large hoop earrings to complete the look. Familyfun.go.com notes that attaching a stuffed animal parrot to one shoulder is a vibrant accessory.
-
1
Tips & Warnings
Use this as an opportunity to educate your child about pirates. Pirates are part of our nautical history. Modern day pirates also exist and this is a great way to learn about them.
Keep costumes age appropriate including modest lengths for skirts.
