Create your own school of magic costume with this free how-to series from Beverly's!
Materials:
1 Black T-Shirt, adult size L
1 Black T-Shirt, adult size S
1 Red T-Shirt, adult size S
Fabri-Tac
Adhesive Velcro Square
Felt Square
Iron On Applique Letter
Template Emblem (next page)
Instructions:
Fold Large black T-Shirt in half to
find center front. Use sharp scissors
to cut up the center front line,
being careful not to cut the back.
Cut neckline ribbing out.
Mark center back of neckline.
Cut Small black T-shirt across from
underarm to underarm. Cut up side
of shirt to make long, flat rectangle. Repeat for Small colored T-Shirt.
Layer the rectangles from small shirts, and glue, wrong sides together.
Fold rectangles in half and glue the shirts' bottom seam to itself,
creating a triangular hood.
Find center point of remaining long side of rectangle. Match to center
back of neckline. Pin or clip long edge around neckline, but form a "V" down
the front of each shirt front edge, about four inches deep. Attach with fabric
glue. Cut "V" portion out of neckline from original shirt.
Attach Velcro square at base of "V".
Use template to create Emblem from felt. Attach appliqué letter of your choice
to center of emblem. Attach emblem to front left of cape using fabric glue.