Guest Post - Make a TARDIS t-shirt Costume
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This is a guest post from my partner in crime... Karen of Teen Librarian Toolbox.
Here's the deal. I only pretend I am crafty for library programming. But a month before Halloween we were standing there in the thrift store - always a great place to get cheap crafting supplies - and there was the perfect Tardis blue t-shirt. So I figured there had to be a way I could make it into a Halloween costume for my Doctor Who obsessed Tween. The problem is: I don't sew. And then someone told me that there was this stuff you could use to iron things on. I initially bought this fuseable material, but then a miracle happened and I learned there was spray stuff. You literally cut your material out, spray this fusable adhesive on it, and then iron it. It's magic in a can. Even I can do this. So I did.
Supplies: Blue Tshirt/Dress
White and Black Cotton Material (I got a 1/2 yard of each, which was really way too much)
Spray Iron Adhesive
Iron on Letters
Iron on Angel Wings*
Sharpie Marker
An iron
*A note about the Angel Wings: The Weeping Angels are our favorite alien/bad guy. So when I found these Angel Wing iron-ons I knew they had to be part of our costume. My thinking was we were the Tardis in the episode Blink about to be captured by the Weeping Angels. Obviously you could do this or not do this.
Prepping Your Materials: Cut out 3 white rectangles. Mine were 5 by 8(ish). Just make sure they are all the same size, but use a size that works well for the size of your shirt.
from Deviant Art by Tibots |
Cut out 6 small black stripes for window frames. They need to be about 1/4 inch wide and the length will vary depending on the size of your white rectangle. Basically you want 4 the size of the height of your rectangle and 2 the size of the width of your rectangle. You will use these to make the black window panels.
Spray and iron black window frames on white squares following the instructions on the adhesive can. Once you have given your window frames time to set up according to the instructions, you can now spray, place and iron on all your front pieces including the black call box bar, the two windows, and the police call box sign. Iron angel wings on back if desired (after allowing the front to set up properly). We found blue leggings with silver stars after this pic was taken to complete our Tardis look
A Few Tips:
- If you know someone who sews or you have access to a sewing machine, be sure and surge the edges around your white rectangles and black call box strip.
- Be sure and spray the iron on adhesive OUTSIDE and either on grass that you will soon cut or on newspaper that you can throw away.
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Doctor Who Week is a joint venture between my blog and Teen Librarian Toolbox. We have a full week of fun posts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.
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