This year when the boys told me they wanted to be Lego Ninjago Ninjas I knew I was going to end up making them myself. Due to the fact that I didn't have alot of time and wanted going to spend alot of time and not wanting to spend a ton of money. The boys wanted to be Kai and Coal. Unfortunately Coal didn't work out when I tried dying his white karate gee black and it turned out purple. Oops. So next best thing was Jay.
These were so easy peasy to make and guess what? Total cost was $5. I already had the karate gee's and black material. All I needed was the gold martial, brown leather fabric and dye. So with sales and coupons all of it was under $5.
I braided the leatherish fabric to make it look like rope and then hot glued to the gee's
Wa-La! Introducing Kai & Jay.
what dye did you use and how have they held up?
ReplyDeleteI used Dylon. I got it at our local fabric store for about $2 a pack. The packs are small so I used 2 per outfit. These had gone through the wash quite a few times since then and have held up perfectly.
DeleteHi I love this, my son is desperate for a red one as he shares the same name. Can I please ask how you did the hoods /masks?
DeleteHi, this is Nicole again. :) Thanks so much for responding so quickly...hopefully you'll be able to remember the answer to my next question...do you remember which red you used? There is terra cotta red and poppy red and neither one looks very red in the picture online so I can't figure out which one to buy. I appreciate your help :) I put off costume making and am now racing to get them done by our party this weekend!
ReplyDeleteI believe I used one called Tulip Red.
ReplyDeleteHi I love this, my son is desperate for a red one as he shares the same name. Can I please ask how you did the hoods /masks?
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