Astrid (How to Train Your Dragon)

Materials

• One red kids top

• One blue kids bottom

• Black headband

• Brown leather felt

• Twine or rope

• Brown fur

• Black craft foam

• Wood dowel

• Round plastic tray

• Styrofoam half ball

• Black spray paint

• Silver spray paint

• Green paint

• White paint pen

Tools

• Scissors 
• Hot glue gun

Instructions

• Start with a burgundy polo top or dress and teal bottoms as the base.

For the belt

• Tale two long strips of leather felt and a piece of brown rope.

• Braid these together to form the belt.

• Cut six tapered rectangular pieces of brown leather felt and attach these to the belt using hot glue.

• Cut two strips of brown fur to attach to the top of each boot as cuffs.

For the shield

• Start with a large plastic tray and hot glue the styrofoam half ball to the center. Spray paint the shield silver.
• Once dry, paint green around the center and draw the design using white paint pen.

For the battle axe

• Trace the blade shape on black craft foam using a bowl.
• Cut two of these out and glue them together, leaving a space for the shaft, using hot glue.
• Spray paint the blade using silver spray paint. 
• Paint a wooden dowel brown for the handle and slide the axe blade over the top, secure with hot glue.

For the shoulder armor pieces

• Cut two round shapes from black craft foam as well as four rectangular pieces.
• Layer these pieces using hot glue and spray with silver spray paint.

Pro Tips

• Check out our step-by-step instructions for Toothless and Hiccup costumes to create all your favorite How to Train Your Dragon friends