Make Your Own Superhero Costume

Remember Christopher Reeve or even for that matter, that spoof on Spiderman? It is none other than that crazy, wacky and hilarious movie called 'Superhero Movie'. In that movie, the main character, Rick Riker, gets bitten by a dragonfly, on the contrary to the original, where Peter Parker gets bitten by a spider. So Rick, with his ingenuity comes up with an extremely idiotic and silly dragon fly costume. But you do not want to be laughed at, do you? So what you want is a very innovative yet, a plausible and an impressive homemade superhero costume. After all you want to make heads turn around in a theme party or generally, don't you? So what are you waiting for? Check some homemade make your own superhero costume tips.

How to Make a Superhero Costume?

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You need to initially get hold of some spandex. Remember all the superheroes need to do ultra chic and daring stunts. So they need to wear that, which will enable them to move freely. So they go for skin tight stretchy stuff. And on top of that, they are blessed with super bodies, which some of us may not be endowed with. But no problem, you can always camouflage your shortcomings with some extra padding or something like that. When you go for the costume base, either you would need a leotard or a unitard or a stretchy spandex t-shirt or bike shorts over bike legging. The next thing you do is, decide on a superhero you want to be. Accordingly start preparing your costume.

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Then follow the spandex stuff by adding a cape to your costume. One of the most popular superheroes are not felt complete without their superhero costumes. So a cape is extremely essential if you want to have an authentic superhero costume. All you need is a rectangle or oval material, easy to drape around the shoulders and velcro, tie, or pin around the neck. The cape can be ready-made from a costume store or you can make it yourselves using a thin blanket or a sheet. What would superman have done without his cape?

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The next thing you do is, fix upon a headgear. A tiara, a mask for hiding your identity would be a good idea. Or how about a helmet? Well, you can also have a wig, if at all you visualize yourselves as a superhero with long tresses. And the good part about long tresses is that these can be found on both female and male superheroes.

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Now we are gradually going towards the footwear. So taking another step towards finishing the process of how to make your own superhero costume, choose some super footwear. This is traditional for females as well as males, and if you think you would be walking a lot, chuck the super spiked heels for a pair of good old flats.

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Are you crazy about a lasso, a la Wonder woman? Or are you going to be fine with a nice sword or a jazzy batman-esque tool belt? You could be a super plumber with a pipe wrench of destiny or super cook with a chopper of Evil! Sounds ridiculous but its fun. Isn't it?

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Do not strut your superhero stuff at night sans a flashlight. On a dark costume well placed reflective tape would not go unnoticed. You surely do not want to end up putting yourself in trouble rather than portraying through the costume that you are there to awe the world! Even Iron man would not be happy at this proposition!

These were the 'super' pointers on how you can make your own superhero costume. In case you are stuck up at any point of time looking up superhero costume ideas can prove to be of an additional help. So unleash your superhero powers and floor everyone! And do not forget to have somebody say this line to you - 'With great power comes great responsibility'!