So, my son’s 4th birthday is coming up in April, and it has been decreed that it shall be a knight birthday party complete with capes for all his friends. The last time I worked up a vague guest list, my kid has 26 friends, which means 26 capes, which probably means I better get busy. In my quest for cape patterns, I came across this great superhero cape tutorial that I thought I’d share. It’s done by Puking Pastilles. It’s super cute, and seems relatively easy.
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If you need to make 26, that’s going to take forever. Hit up your local thrift store for men’s tshirts and make these ones: http://www.thesoutherninstitute.com/2011/03/super-hero-cape-and-power-cuff-tutorial.html
I made them for 8 kids for Xmas and they all love them. Only I didn’t bother to alter the neck holes, just left them as is. My 3yo love that he can put it on by himself, and I love that I’m not being constantly asked to retie it.
I made a set of 3 of these capes using this very tutorial this past Christmas. I made matching “super” stenciled t-shirts with freezer paper. They all turned out fantastic. :D
So glad to hear this has worked for others! I knew this wasn’t the perfect pattern for my purposes, but it was too cute not to share!