Ninja Mask Tutorial pt.2

In honor of the upcoming holiday AND the fact I used to sew and make stuff I thought I would re-post the ninja mask tutorial for you all.
Just in case you have a little man who wants to be a ninja,
or a big man who wishes he was a ninja,
whichever.

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Ninja Mask Tutorial

It may surprise you, or not, that I refuse to make my kids Halloween costumes. I just know that no matter how much time and effort I put in my super hero will not look as authentic and amazing as the one I buy at Wal-Mart. Like these pretty awesome ninja costumes, I could not make these!

 

The only problem is that DJ's comes with a mask and Asher's does not, and that is a problem I can fix!!

Here is my ninja mask tutorial...

First, remember here when I told you about all the black shirts my husband has donated to my stash? Well I just whipped one of those out for this little project

{getting to be creative and recycle, plus its FREE}

I took one of the boys hoodies and lined it up with the bottom of the shirt like so...

Then I decided to scoot it up a bit because I wasn't sure how much I would need to go around his neck {it is a REALLY good thing I did that because I had just enough}

Then I traced it, leaving my self about 1/2 and inch for seam allowance

even though I was using the existing seam at the bottom of the shirt, I still left some space since a ninja hood has to be deep *wink*

 

I then cut out my hood, but it was still in one piece, connected along the bottom where the side of the shirt was, so I snipped that as well giving me 2 pieces.

Then I put the right sides together and sewed along the curved line of the hood, leaving the bottom open as well as the front.

Then I clipped little triangles out along my curve (make sure you don't snip your seam) so the finished look is smoother

I flipped it around and waited for my little ninja to come home so I could try it on him, and find the best place to attach my snaps and mask.

OK, fine, I was too impatient to wait and I guessed wrong and that is why there are two snaps instead of one, patience is a virtue I need some help with!!

I added actual snaps because I happen to have a snapper-thing-a-ma-do but if you don't you can sew a button or use Velcro, just something for closure.

Next I tried it on my ninja again (for real this time) and measured where the mask should go on both sides

Then I sewed the mask on one side. using an L stitch

And added Velcro to the other side so that the mask can be easily on or off since my 2 year old tends to change his mind as often as my one year old changes her mood {that is another post entirely}

I also made sure that the soft part of the Velcro was on the hood (against his face) and the rough part was on the mask.

Oh!! Where did I get the mask you ask?

From here, the extra part of the shirt, just a rectangle

And the seam of the shirt is the top of the mask, the sides and the bottom tuck into the rest of the hood.

AND we are complete!

Look at my sweet ninja!!!

The hubs was so excited he wants me to make one for him too, I guess I will be trick or treating with a bunch of Ninjas this year!!

 

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So, that was last year...

This year we are all superheroes, it's gonna be AWESOME!



In Love,

In honor of the upcoming holiday AND the fact I used to sew and make stuff I thought I would re-post the ninja mask tutorial for you all.
Just in case you have a little man who wants to be a ninja,
or a big man who wishes he was a ninja,
whichever.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Ninja Mask Tutorial

It may surprise you, or not, that I refuse to make my kids Halloween costumes. I just know that no matter how much time and effort I put in my super hero will not look as authentic and amazing as the one I buy at Wal-Mart. Like these pretty awesome ninja costumes, I could not make these!

 

The only problem is that DJ's comes with a mask and Asher's does not, and that is a problem I can fix!!

Here is my ninja mask tutorial...

First, remember here when I told you about all the black shirts my husband has donated to my stash? Well I just whipped one of those out for this little project

{getting to be creative and recycle, plus its FREE}

I took one of the boys hoodies and lined it up with the bottom of the shirt like so...

Then I decided to scoot it up a bit because I wasn't sure how much I would need to go around his neck {it is a REALLY good thing I did that because I had just enough}

Then I traced it, leaving my self about 1/2 and inch for seam allowance

even though I was using the existing seam at the bottom of the shirt, I still left some space since a ninja hood has to be deep *wink*

 

I then cut out my hood, but it was still in one piece, connected along the bottom where the side of the shirt was, so I snipped that as well giving me 2 pieces.

Then I put the right sides together and sewed along the curved line of the hood, leaving the bottom open as well as the front.

Then I clipped little triangles out along my curve (make sure you don't snip your seam) so the finished look is smoother

I flipped it around and waited for my little ninja to come home so I could try it on him, and find the best place to attach my snaps and mask.

OK, fine, I was too impatient to wait and I guessed wrong and that is why there are two snaps instead of one, patience is a virtue I need some help with!!

I added actual snaps because I happen to have a snapper-thing-a-ma-do but if you don't you can sew a button or use Velcro, just something for closure.

Next I tried it on my ninja again (for real this time) and measured where the mask should go on both sides

Then I sewed the mask on one side. using an L stitch

And added Velcro to the other side so that the mask can be easily on or off since my 2 year old tends to change his mind as often as my one year old changes her mood {that is another post entirely}

I also made sure that the soft part of the Velcro was on the hood (against his face) and the rough part was on the mask.

Oh!! Where did I get the mask you ask?

From here, the extra part of the shirt, just a rectangle

And the seam of the shirt is the top of the mask, the sides and the bottom tuck into the rest of the hood.

AND we are complete!

Look at my sweet ninja!!!

The hubs was so excited he wants me to make one for him too, I guess I will be trick or treating with a bunch of Ninjas this year!!

 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

So, that was last year...

This year we are all superheroes, it's gonna be AWESOME!



In Love,