Best Ideas for Fast and Easy Homemade DIY Pirate Costumes for Your Last Minute Halloween Party in 2010

Last Minute Homemade Pirate Costumes You Can Make in a Matter of Minutes

Darrin Atkins
One of the easiest Halloween costumes to make is that of a pirate costume. Here are some of the best internet resources that show how to make a fun and quick DIY pirate costume for your last minute Halloween party in 2010.

Best Internet Sites for Instructions on Making a DIY Homemade Pirate Eye Patch

If the only thing you had to wear for a Halloween costume in 2010 was an eye patch, you can bet a thousand people would think you were trying to dress up as a pirate. So you should focus on getting an eye patch first because with that you can walk around yelling "Arghh!" or "Ahoy matey!"

The simplest way to make a pirate eye patch is to cut out a circle of white paper, color it black with a black marker, and then find some string to tie it around your head. Of course it is a lot better if you have black felt or cloth rather than paper.

Here are some Web sites with instructions on making a homemade DIY pirate eye patch. The internet site of familycrafts.about.com has a fun and easy instruction guide for a pirate eye patch that only takes 15 minutes to make. See also instructables.com and pirategirlcostume.com for more info on making homemade pirate eye patches.

Best Internet Sites for Instructions on Making a DIY Homemade Pirate Hat

What about a pirate hat? You definitely need a pirate hat for your last minute homemade pirate costume. Don't worry because there are plenty of quick and easy ways to make a pirate hat. If you have a computer printer, head on over to the Web site of leehansen.com for a fun print-and-cut pirate hat craft sheet. Another great DIY pirate hat site is ziggityzoom.com.

Best Internet Sites for Instructions on Making a DIY Homemade Pirate Peg Wooden Leg

Some people know pirates because of their wooden legs. One super fast way of making a wooden peg leg for your pirate costume is using a plunger. Head on over to thriftyfun.com for more info on making a peg leg for a pirate costume for your last minute Halloween party in 2010.

Best Internet Sites for Instructions on Making a DIY Homemade Pirate Costume

There are also lots of Web sites that have instructions for all parts of your Halloween night pirate costume. Check out the internet resources of familycrafts.about.com and familyfun.go.com for full instructions on how to make a homemade DIY pirate costume.

Hope you can use some of these Web sites for your homemade DIY pirate costume for Halloween night in 2010. This pirate costume is probably the easiest and quickest way to prepare for a Halloween event when someone calls you at the last minute to join them for fun.

Have a safe and wonderful Halloween night. Remember to be extra safe this year and always travel in large groups if possible. Happy Halloween!

References

Pirate Eye Patch Craft, familycrafts.about.com

Make a Pirate Eye Patch, instructables.com

Simple Pirate Hat for Pirate Costume, ziggityzoom.com

Make a Pirate Costume, familyfun.go.com

Published by Darrin Atkins

Darrin Atkins has worked for Premiere and Nevada magazines, The Record newspaper, and other publications. He has written more than 35 books.  View profile

If the only thing you had to wear for a Halloween costume in 2010 was an eye patch, you can bet a thousand people would think you were trying to dress up as a pirate.

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  • Jo Ann Wentzel8/19/2010

    Will check out all these websites as I will need to make several pirates for our ghost pirate ship for our haunted house this year.Thanks.

  • Carla M. Swinke8/9/2010

    Great ideas. I was a DIY Pirate two years ago. Great article!

  • Candice L. Collins8/6/2010

    great pirate costume ideas....now, if I could only get a "Jack Sparrow" to go with that! *swoon*.... :)

  • Smorg8/4/2010

    Cool. I hadn't thought of what sort of creature I'd warp into for Halloween this year. This seems easy enough. Thanks, Darrin. :o)

  • Debbie Gavazzi8/4/2010

    Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

  • Cheri Majors, M.S.8/4/2010

    Ha Darrin, you're amazing working six months ahead of time! I wish I would have thought of the eye-patch!

  • Lyn McCallister8/3/2010

    A peg leg would be a fun addition to a pirate costume (one that usually gets left out in the little pirates that visit our neighborhood).

  • Victoria West8/3/2010

    Good advice.

  • Agnes Farside8/2/2010

    Good resource.

  • Sheryl Young8/2/2010

    Aye, matey, methinks you're on a roll with these costumes!

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