How to Make Your Own Pirate Costume
Making a pirate costume is easy and fun. There is alot of room for creativity, because as long as a few crucial props are included, everyone knows who and what you are! Decide whether you want to be a swashbuckler or a sexy wench pirate and get creative.
- Hit up the local thrift or secondhand stores to look for used clothes that can be converted into a pirate costume. Captains need a black coat of some kind, black pants and white shirt. Shirts with ruffles on the front work great, or create your own by gluing bunches of lace to the sleeves and front. A swashbuckler in general can wear cut-off sweats for the base of the costume. Use duct tape to make stripes, for example, stripe the white shirt with red duct tape or black pants with white duct tape. Stripe with the tape, then cut for best results on the edges. Sexy pirates need a short black skirt and form fitting top. Duct tape can be used for the same effect on the top.
- Assemble the base costume, including the shoes. Add a long strip of silky material around the waist for a sash, and tuck a small plastic dagger into it. The sexy pirate may want to wear a garter and tuck her knife in there on her upper thigh.
- Add accessories, such as beads and gold coins in a velvet bag. One gold earring or eyepatch is also popular.
- Top off with your pirate hat and sword.