Child sized Jedi robe for my nephew.

[d_jedi1]

My in-laws left for Disneyland (world?) in FL this morning.
Through his (geeky) uncle Richard, my nephew has aquired a love for Star Wars.. when he heard that disney was having their Star Wars days on the days of their visit, he wanted a costume.
I was going to have my in-laws buy the robe and let me make the rest, but they bought the kid a Rubies (YUCK!!) Anakin costume. Atrocious. The belt was big enough for ME!!!! and I have a 34" waist.
I altered the belt.. no hope for the rest of the costume

K.. so.. anyway, I wanted the kid to be able to hide the SHAME of wearing a rubies costume so, I made him a quick and dirty jedi robe.. It's made to fit him. its also unfinished, but as I work longish hours and was making this in my off time, it came out pretty nicely.
I don't have any pics of him wearing it... YET but I'll post those when I have them.
Here it is last night right before I took it to their house.

It's probably not 100% accurate but for a 6 year old, its close enough

 

[tictoc]

That looks good. What kind of cloth did you use?

 

[d_jedi1]

I bought a brown flannel material at Wal-Mart.. Its like 3 bucks a yard and I got 3 yards. I'd use probably twice that if I made one for myself but still, you can't beat $9.00 for a child's costume.
Well, that part of one anyway

Guess I'm on to the next project. I'm going to start work on a Mark VII bag for his Indy costume.. gonna make myself one while I'm at it

 

[d_jedi1]

Quick update... his Bag is almost finished.. I banged it out tonight and while its not 100% done its close enough to show.

I KNOW that it's not screen accurate and even when I've finished it, it won't be but it's close enough for me and definitely close enough for him

 

[sleeper341]

looking good. You gotta love kids costumes when they are hand made and accurate, not the likes of the rubies kit!

 

[MelMWells]

My in-laws left for Disneyland (world?) in FL this morning.
Through his (geeky) uncle Richard, my nephew has aquired a love for Star Wars.. when he heard that disney was having their Star Wars days on the days of their visit, he wanted a costume.
I was going to have my in-laws buy the robe and let me make the rest, but they bought the kid a Rubies (YUCK!!) Anakin costume. Atrocious. The belt was big enough for ME!!!! and I have a 34" waist.
I altered the belt.. no hope for the rest of the costume

K.. so.. anyway, I wanted the kid to be able to hide the SHAME of wearing a rubies costume so, I made him a quick and dirty jedi robe.. It's made to fit him. its also unfinished, but as I work longish hours and was making this in my off time, it came out pretty nicely.
I don't have any pics of him wearing it... YET but I'll post those when I have them.
Here it is last night right before I took it to their house.

It's probably not 100% accurate but for a 6 year old, its close enough

This robe really did come out awesome and he looked so cute in it too!