My 5-year-old is obsessed with
Ninjago. If you're not familiar, the clever folks at Lego have found a way to combine their Lego blocks and ninjas, to the delight of little boys everywhere. There's a Ninjago show, countless toys, and clothing, but not a Ninjago Halloween costume! The closest we could find was
this (clearly a Ninjago knockoff), but it seems to be sold out everywhere. I decided against buying one for $80 on eBay and instead took matters into my own hands.
And it was so easy! And cheap! And he loves it!
We started with a white karate uniform (
found here for $9.99) and a bottle of kelly green Rit dye. Followed the instructions on the dye, and presto! It took him about a half a second to get into character.
Not sure what we'll do for the headgear, but the green jersey tied around his forehead just might do the trick!
For about $15, we have a Halloween costume and a very happy ninja!
12 comments:
Brilliant! What a great little costume.
awesome!
I love it! And his expressions are hilarious!
His expressions say it all. He IS a Ninjago
Sweet! Thanks for sharing this. Maybe I can convince my boys to do this instead of $$$ Star Wars. :)
Love the pica woman!!!
Very fun!
love!
I love your idea...so simple & inexpensize! one question: how did you figure out what size uniform to order on amazon? totally confused by the choices 00 & 000. thanks! : )
I agree! It's really confusing. I emailed the amazon seller and he sent me a size chart.
Size Height Weight Waist
#000 3' 5"-3' 8" 30 - 45 lbs. 18"-27"
#00 3' 9"-4' 40 - 60 lbs. 20"-29"
#0 4' 1"-4' 4" 55 - 70 lbs. 22"-32"
#1 4' 5"-4' 8" 65 - 90 lbs. 25"-36"
#2 4' 9"-5' 85 - 110 lbs. 28"-39"
#3 5' 1"-5' 4" 105 - 140 lbs. 30"-42"
#4 5' 5"-5' 8" 135 - 170 lbs. 31"-45"
#5 5' 9"-6' 165 - 200 lbs. 33"-48"
#6 6' 1"-6' 3" 190 - 220 lbs. 35"-50"
#7 6' 3"-6' 5" 210 - 260 lbs. 38"-52"
#8 6' 5"-6' 8" 225 - 290 lbs.
My son is a smallish 5-year-old. He's between a 000 and a 00. I got the 00, but it's big on him. If I was going to do it over, I'd get the smaller size.
What a great idea! Looks like your ninja is excited for Halloween - he's totally adorable (in a hardcore ninja, tough guy kinda way, of course)!
What an adorable little ninja! GREAT costume - I love low-work high-effect projects like this.
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