A Day at the Races (DIY Anakin at the Podrace Costume)

September 30, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 1 Comment

Kids grow so fast! We quickly realized that if we (the parents) wanted maximize our (never mind the kids’) amusement at Halloween we had to plan ahead. We needed to do all the short characters while the objects of our amusement were still small. Yoda, at about 2 feet, is the size of a pretty young child, so Yoda was our very first. R2D2, check. We still need to tackle Ewoks and Jawas. Then there is young Anakin, another shorty! So a couple of years ago, our little guy got recruited as a podracer pilot.

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Ready for the Picnic (DIY Padmé Amidala Costume)

September 25, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 2 Comments

DIY Padme Amidala Picnic Dress Costume. Check out all our other Star Wars costumes on our blog! #amidala #starwars #starwarsparty #maythefourthbewithyou #starwarsbirthday #starwarscostume #halloweencostume #padmeamidala #cosplay maythefourthbewithyoupartyblog.com

This past May, after a few years of helping me make elaborate and pretty masculine costumes (General Grievous, Chewie, R2D2), my daughter requested an easy-to-wear and girly costume for our May the Fourth Party. Since she had already been Princess Leia and Ahsoka, we figured it was time for Padmé Amidala.

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Easy Peasy Costumes

May 12, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 1 Comment

After a bit of a break getting ready for, and hosting our own May the Fourth be with You Party, we are now back to the blog… though still a bit tired. So I thought we would feature something EASY today. Since we are showcasing Gene Ha while his Kickstarter Campaign is going on, today we are sharing his and (his better half) Lisa’s perfect, yet super simple, costumes from last year.

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Good to Go! (DIY X-Wing Pilot Costume)

February 27, 2015October 30, 2016 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / Leave a comment

DIY Luke's X-wing pilot helmet and Costume. Check out all our other Star Wars costumes on our blog! #starwars #starwarsparty #maythefourthbewithyou #starwarsbirthday #starwarscostume #halloweencostume #luke #xwing #xwingpilot #cosplay maythefourthbewithyoupartyblog.com © filthwizardry.com

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As you know, we are all HUGE fans of DIY Star Wars costumes here at M4P. Give us some fleece, duct tape, glue gun and an X-acto knife and we are ready to try just about anything! So when I look for costume ideas and inspiration for us, it really makes me smile when I run across others making their own too.

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Pink Vader (DIY Girl Vader Costume)

February 18, 2015November 1, 2015 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / Leave a comment

Star Wars fandom proposes some problems for girls. The majority of characters are male of course, but more importantly just about all official licensed merchandising is geared towards boys. (Marketing people at Disney, take note, there is a vast untapped market here!) Having a daughter who likes Star Wars, AND pink girly things, can create a bit of a challenge when it comes to Star Wars costumes. But being a firm believer in creative liberties, and personal expressions – as well as being the owner of a several cans of pink spray paint, we went to work. 10 minutes of work, and wait time about the time it took to watch 3 Clone Wars episodes, we had the perfect Pink Vader costume.

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Princess Leia IS a Disney Princess! (DIY Princess Leia Costume)

February 11, 2015October 14, 2016 / May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette / 10 Comments

DIY Princess Leia Costume. Check out all our other Star Wars costumes on our blog! #princessleia #starwars #starwarsparty #maythefourthbewithyou #starwarsbirthday #starwarscostume #halloweencostume #leia #r2d2 #cosplay maythefourthbewithyoupartyblog.com

At barely 2, our daughter was invited to her very first dress-up princess birthday party. Obviously she had to go as Princess Leia. Luckily for me, she didn’t know what a Disney princess was yet, so there were no objections. Now of course Princess Leia IS a Disney princess, so parents don’t have to feel guilty amusing themselves at the expense of their young children’s happiness… This costume was the first one I made by hand. Due to poor time management, I only had an afternoon to do the whole thing (the party was that evening). So it was a mad dash to JoAnn’s, then a flurry of fabric and yarn flying for the next few hours.

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