DIY Little Prince Costume for Boys

September 24, 2024 by Anne Weaver Leave a Comment

With Halloween coming up, kids and parents are all thinking about costumes. I’ve always enjoyed a DIY costume. It’s fun to make your own costume and choose all the colors and details yourself. Chelsea at Sew Simple Home shows how she made the cutest little prince costume for her son. And while she made it for a school theater performance, it would also make a great Halloween costume.

This easy felt costume has all the pieces you need to create a little prince outfit. The costume includes a tunic, a crown, and a cape. The tunic is a classic fairy tale prince, with contrast trim around the edges and an appliqued belt design with a big gold buckle. With a cut file and some Heat Transfer Vinyl you can add a crest or other regal design. The tunic is open on the sides so there’s no worrying with sewing sleeves. Just layer it over a long sleeved tee and you’re good to go.

Also included in the costume is a simple felt crown and a cape. Because what prince costume would be complete with a princely cape to finish it off? This cape is made from satin with a fancy faux fur trim around the edges. It’s a hip length cape that allows freedom of movement (no tripping over a long cape!) and also opportunity for dramatic swoosh.

All of the pieces are made with flexibility in sizing so you won’t have to worry about getting a perfect fit. This also means the costume could fit different kids – always a plus when creating a costume for kids to wear in school play! Or, if you’re making this as a Halloween or dress-up costume, your kid won’t likely grow out of it too soon.

Go to Sew Simple Home to see how to make this awesome little prince costume.

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DIY Kids Gingerbread House Bag with Free Pattern

I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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