Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon)

We're taking flight this Halloween season with the cutest How to Train Your Dragon DIY costume. 

Materials

• One black kids outfit
• Black fabric
• Black craft foam
• Green craft foam
• Stuffing

Tools

• Scissors 

• Hot glue gun

Instructions

For the wings:

• Trace and cut dragon wing shape from black felt.
• Cut two long strips of felt for the wing's arm straps.
• Attach the wings using hot glue.

For the tail:

• Cut a long triangle from black felt and join the seam using hot glue or hem tape.
• Stuff with stuffing to create the tail.
• Cut three fin shapes from black felt.
• Add fins to either side of the middle of the tail and one on the end using hot glue.
• Cut another fin from brown leather felt for the end of the tail.

For the head:

• Cut a visor shape from black craft foam.
• Attach a piece of elastic to the ends of the visor to secure the visor to the child’s head.
• Using a rectangular piece of black craft foam, attach one end along the front of the visor using hot glue.
• Trim the foam along the edges to form toothless’ head.
• Add additional pieces of foam for the nose and eyebrows.
• Cut two eye shapes from green craft foam and secure them to the head using hot glue.

Pro Tips:

• Learn to make our Hiccup and Astrid costumes so Toothless can fly with his whole crew!