I will readily admit to you that, while I did make this Super Hero Costume myself, I had a little help. I didn’t make the entire thing from scratch, I went easy on myself and bought this compression shirt (or something like it if your child is smaller) for the shirt. I also used a pair of basketball shorts for the shorts, and some leggings from an old costume for under them. If you don’t have an old costume lying around, you can search out any local sporting goods store or sporting section of Walmart or Target to find “compression pants” which are tight-fitting. See? You can improvise, too. Recycling items for the costume is definitely good.
Now, for the parts that you do make yourself, you will need:
* At least 1-2 yards each of 3 colors of a shimmer, satin-type material
* Matching thread
* scissors
* velcro stickers (optional: matching ribbon to tie the cape instead of velcro)velcro stick-on tabs
* fabric marking pen or chalk
* straight pins
* fusible webbing (available by the bolt or in a package, see further down)
* **Please note** Please check out any additional tutorials I have given links to here, to access whether the materials above will be sufficient. Should you decide to make something using a different tutorial, those materials may not be listed above (like felt).
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