It doesn’t really matter if you were ever a fan of batman, dressing up in a batman costume is great fun for kids or even adult parties. Batman is now a well established superhero character and by wearing his outfit, you are associating yourself with a powerful man with extra powers and strength over others. Strangely, simply by wearing his outfit,you will feel good.
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To create your batman cape, take some black felt, 27″x 45″ . The longer sides is the top and bottom while the shorter sides are the left and right sides. Place a bowl half into the center top of the felt upside down. Using a chalk, draw a circle following the outer edge of the bowl and cut out the circule. This will be the cape’s neck. Now draw a line from the neck’s edge towards the right bottom edge. And the same on the left. Cut along the lines. Make a 12″ mark from the edge of both sides and an 9″ mark from the bottom. Shape the felt to connect the marks and cut away the rest.
Place the bowl halfway from the bottom. Draw a half circle along the sides of the bowl. Repeat this, moving the bowl to the last mark you made. Cut a rectangle, 15″x4″ using the black felt cut outs. Find out the cape’s center top and the strip’s center. Fold the strip in half and put it over the neck and glued it in place. Glue some Velcro on the extension on the neck. Be sure the circle is not tight around the neck. With a print of the batman symbol from your computer, trace your pattern on the yellow-colored foam sheet and stick it on the back of the cape.
Little boys love Batman, and they should. Superheroes are very impressive for youngesters who love to watch cartoons and play rough, but some of those superheroes are very influential in their lives.
Getting a boy a Batman costume for the holidays is a great way for him to dress up as their favorite superhero and play for hours on end pretending to be the Dark Knight in Gotham City.
The best part for him is that he learns some very good moral lessons from Batman. Batman doesn’t kill anyone and he is all for justice. He’s the ultimate good guy. Not only that, but he is a very humble person even though his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, is very rich and has everything he wants. That combination of humility and brute power is a good combination for boys to see.
Because boys are so influenced by their superheroes, it’s also nice to see Batman succeeding at fighting crime because he’s not actually super. He has no mystical powers. He is not from another planet. He doesn’t fly. He’s a normal person who have extraordinary will, perseverance, and skill. He is able to fight off bad guys because he has studied the martial arts. He’s able to outwit them because he is a very intelligent person. He’s a great role model for boys who see a great deal of violence in the media. Batman’s violence all has a purpose and is only used when absolutely necessary.
Gift yhour child with a Batman costume and allow him to be the Dark Knight so that he can learn from a great role model and superhero.
The day donned cold and sunny and the house was alive with young ones brushing teeth, zipping up jeans and and packing back packs. Flying downstairs, mom, dad and offspring alike, shoveled in coffee, juice and pancakes. Every morning the same scenario played out as everyone in the Maple street house had much to do and not enough time in which to do it. As the children filed out, blowing kisses and grabbing lunches, mom thought she caught sight of a familiar fabric peeking out of one of the back packs. It was gray and sparked some fuzzy memories.
A little while later, while riding the subway, mom continued to ponder the piece of the gray outfit she saw in her son’s back pack. Lost in her thoughts, she missed her stop. All at once, she yelled out, “Of course”! Subway strangers stared in her direction as she proclaimed the mystery of the back pack solved. It was a batman costume stowing away! But, why? Why would her boy take it to school? She had to know what he was up to. Having finally realized she had missed her stop anyway, mom decided to go on over to the school and find out just what was going on.
Once in the hallway of the bustling school, mom concealed herself a bit, zipping up her hoodie and moving around in awkward motions thinking herself stealth, almost invisible. In a chatty, colorful crowd, mom spotted her boy. They were on a nutrition break, chewing granola bars and joking around. Mom’s curiosity was killing her! Where is the costume and why did he drag it here? She frowned as the bell rang and she still had no answers. Her boss was less than understanding as she called in to say, it would be just a bit longer until she arrived at work.
Mom’s patience paid off. From a safe distance, she could see her boy at the lunch table, removing the batman costume from his back pack. A lovely little blonde girl reached out to finger the costume, smiling up at mom’s son. She giggled and took a bite of her sandwich. The boy smiled as he munched potato chips and appeared to be telling her a story. He chatted happily and motioned toward the costume. The blonde kept smiling and eating. Her boy was charming her with the old costume. Amazingly adorable.
If you thought that batman’s influence was only on youngsters, then think again. Here are 2 news items to show how the caped crusader carries weight well outside the movie industry.
IN one state a Court has just banned a man from putting on a Batman costume to be reinforced by his bail conditions. He was arrested in Petoskey where he was seen hanging from a building, equipped with a baton and a chemical spray.He made a press statement that he was being chased by people and decided to hide the best way he could.
The terms of his bail strictly set out that he many not wear any batman costumes fro a period of 6 months.
In a second news item, DC comics limited edition of batman costumes is valued at $999
due to the detail on the muscles on the suit and a specially crafted mask and head set.
For women there is the $400 Batgirl costume. Included in the costume is a leotard and corset together with mask and gloves. You have to be a be a die hard enthusiast to get in that this end of the batman costumes market.
We have been hearing some gossip that the next Batman film is going to involve Christopher Nolan playing the role as he defends against criminals occupying wall street in New York city.
The shooting of the film schedule means he will be meeting up with real protestors against the capitalist system in which we live.
Perhaps big trouble when you consider the enormous budget of the film. The concern is that the actual arrival of the shooting crew in the middle of a real life protest will give them another axe to grind against capitalism.
Batman had better be ready.
In another snippet on the batman theme, the 21st century perhaps takes away the fun of dressing up in a cape to play the role.
Rocksteady have a new game out that is situated on the streets of Gotham city itself. The backdrop is that the council has given up control of the slum area to criminals and surrounded them with a a high perimeter wall as a type of ghetto prison area.
Here are a few ideas on how you could adapt a cape for use on your batman costume and wear it on Halloweens eve. Get some sheets curtains or fabric from your local store. Perhaps in a fabric that you feel would add to the effect. Run a hem round edges of the fabric to finish it off properly.
Leave the end of one edge open becuse we are going to run a cord through that seam. We can draw this a little to form the cape.
For a soft collar that falls over your shoulders the hem is going to have to be 5 or 6 inches wide. Now sew a second seam one inch below and use that fro your draw string
To add the effect of mud spattering, mix together good mud colours such as brown black and red.
Use a damp sponge to dampen where you are going to add the mud spatterings effect.
Now dip the sponge in your mud paint and apply it o these damp areas. It will run a little but this will add to the effect when it finally dries.
An extra effect you can use with the mud paitn ios to dilute the mud paint with water and then dip in a wet paint bruchs. Now flick this all over your fanric to give the effect of dried blood.
Avoid using acrylic paint on fabrics because it will stiffen too much. Use instead fabric paints, which will remain soft.
