![]() The neck of the cloak (shown as A below) should correspond to half the length of the sides of the hood plus a little extra for the seams of the hood (shown as 1/2 A below):įold the hood in half so it looks like the diagram below. ![]() For the hood, I followed the pattern from “ An Abundance of Rainbows“: Photo Credit: An Abundance of Rainbows I cheated with the cloak because I did not stitch a hem since the fabric did not fray at the edges.įor the cape, I followed Martha Stewart’s pattern – Magician hem. I used velvet because it was the only fabric in the store that would work. Since it was made with felt – which doesn’t fray – I didn’t have to worry about the seams.įrodo’s cloaks are usually gray, brown or green so fabric in any of these colours will work fine. Then I stitched the sides and the shoulder seams and sewed on the buttons. I cut out a vest pattern by hand – see below – but you can follow something like this if you prefer to have a guideline. I bought a few sheets of 50cm x 70cm brown felt from Daiso and brown buttons from Art Friend. I shortened the brown pants by taking up the hem a couple of inches. I found the suspenders in Daiso and we already had the white top and brown pants. These were easy – a white shirt, brown 3/4 pants, and suspenders. If you look at it straight on, it looks silver. It’s hard to capture the effect on camera but if you look at the blade in certain angles of the light, it appears bluish. This time around, I used Daler-Rowney‘s Interference Colour – Shimmering Blue. ![]() I copied them out using a silver marker.Īfter seeing G1’s costume, G2 decided he wanted to be a hobbit, too, so I had to make a second costume. If you look at the model replica in the photo up top, you will notice that Sting has elven runes inscribed onto the blade and cross guard. I would have painted the blade silver with “blue shimmer” so that it only looks bluish in certain angles of the light except that I was running out of silver. We used copper for the hilt, silver for the cross guard, and “metallic blue” for the blade since the sword is supposed to turn blue in the presence of goblins or orcs. I drew the sword by free-hand, copying from the pictures I found of Sting on Google images. The cardboard was a little flimsy so I cut out two identical swords and stuck them together. I used an old Lego cardboard box to make the sword. “Sting is my name I am the spider’s bane.” If you’re more artistic, you can follow these awesome instructions for a pair of really cool hobbit feet… Image Source: Pinterest Sting – Frodo’s Sword Paint some craft glue onto the tops of your toe socks and stick on the wool. Pull out a few strips of craft wool and cut them to length. Remove them, give them a quick rinse and hang them out to dry. Just mix a couple of tablespoons of coffee with hot water and soak your socks for a little while. If you couldn’t get the skin-coloured toe socks, then you will have to stain your socks with coffee. I found some light coloured toe socks from Daiso. ![]() toe socks – preferably skin-coloured but if not, get a white pair.We’re not super creative – and sometimes I like to take a few short cuts wherever possible – so here’s a fairly simple way to make your own Frodo costume… Hobbit Feet The process of putting it together can also be a fun activity you can do with your child. Since he’s actually told me about it weeks in advance, I can’t use the lame old excuse of not having enough time to make it.Īs it turns out, Frodo’s entire costume is available on Amazon – not that I even realised until I was half-way through making my own costume…Īh well… I think making your own is kinda nice anyway because the children get to see that you don’t always have to go out and buy it. Book Week is coming up at school and G1 has decided he wants to be Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings.
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