Just in case anyone is on the hunt for fun, DIY, gifts to make for kids, I thought I should post more details for anyone who needs these ideas. Since my son wants to be anything except for who he already is (and maybe that, too) costumes are the way to go. Especially, if it gives the impression of muscles or super powers. To make these I am recycling some T-shirts from the Goodwill. The most important part might be picking fun color combinations. I used felt to cut out a large size first initial of the child who will receive this gift. I used thread the same color as the T-shirt to offer some contrast. I imagine it should be easy to hand stitch these on with an embroidery thread if you don’t have a sewing machine or feel more comfortable hand stitching.

I gathered the fabric for the cape and attached it right to the neckline and extending about an inch down the shoulder seams.

Here is that suit making it’s way into the box.

And the label that I made for the box, complete with warning! The warning comes from experience. After making a cape for my son I couldn’t keep him from trying to watch it flutter behind him as he ran. The worst disaster was when he ran into the corner of a cement wall. I finally convinced him to let me video tape him running as proof that the cape was, in fact, fluttering quite nicely behind him.

Here are four of them that I made. I made another one for my youngest nephew, and still have to make one for my son.

And here is another one boxed up and ready to go.

And yes, Ethan, you are my super hero. Especially, when you clean your room!

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