Make this shape about a half inch smaller all the way around than the tan piece so that the layering can be seen. Now take that shape and use the knife tool to create the “abs”. Measure how big you want the chest piece to be and cut out that shape out of the tan colored vinyl. Drag the points in the top corners to create a soft rectangular shape on the top that goes down into an oval shape on the bottom. Right click on the shape and select “edit points”. We used glitter vinyl for the green on the shell, but you could skip the glitter if you don’t want it!įor the front of the shirt, open up your Silhouette Studio program and create an oval shape. – Heat transfer vinyl from Expressions Vinyl in Yellow, Black, Tan, and Green. Also, I love the fact that now she can go in her car seat without having to take parts of her costume off when we are headed to various Halloween events this year. She wants to run and play, not worry about some shell that might fall off. After doing a lot of research and brainstorming, I realized that having some sort of shell on a 4 year old’s back might be a recipe for disaster on Halloween. There are tons of kids who would love a custom Ninja Turtle shirt! I also love the fact that the shell is part of the shirt. The shirt is one of my favorite parts because it can EASILY be worn after Halloween without it looking like a costume. Now I don’t feel like we need to paint faces or anything. I just love that these masks have a little bit of green on them, instead of them being just the colored fabric. Measure how far apart the person’s eyes are and cut holes for their eyes on the mask.Let this dry completely before moving onto step 3. Cut a long strip of fabric and glue it to the foam.Measure the person’s face and cut out a mask shape out of the foam that is the same width as their face.I get a little too claustrophobic for masks! Just don’t include the tutu and the sparkly fabric and you are good to go! Just follow along with the instructions below to create your very own little half shell hero!įirst up, is the mask! I wanted this mask to be able to be either a mask or more of a headband because I personally don’t plan on wearing mine as a mask on Halloween.

Obviously this costume would be pretty easy to turn into a boy’s costume as well. Its like she literally thought she was a Ninja Turtle! This costume was not only easy to make, but it was so fun too! The best part was definitely putting it on my daughter and seeing her instantly turn into a ninja. I will be sharing our entire family look later, but today I am excited to show you my very own little Ninja Turtle! Here is my DIY No Sew Ninja Turtle Costume for Girls! We end up having a family theme with all of us, but I usually just share the tutorial for her costume. But I am sure glad that I didn’t start out by sewing every costume because that would have never lasted! If you are new around these parts, this is the 5th year that I have created a new sew costume for my daughter. When I first started making my family costumes, I didn’t mean to create the no sew theme that I did. We highlighted this Costume along with some other fun kid's crafts in our October Crafts along with our 101+ Easy Craft Ideas for kids.It is officially the time of year that I look forward to each and every year. We hope you enjoy these ninja turtle shell backpack They are great for Halloween costumes, playing dress-up, or for themed birthdays, like ours. How do you make a ninja turtle shell?īelow we're sharing our quick and simple way to make these fun title shells. It made for really fun family ninja turtle costumes.įor his party, I thought, why not make each of the kids a turtle shell costume so they can dress up and take it home with them? We had close to 20 kids and so these were an inexpensive way for us to make a ninja turtle shell backpack for each child.

This past year, the whole Made with HAPPY family dressed up as TMNT (I was Donny) 🙂 In any case, we purchased costumes for the littles, and MWH Dad and I had make-shift costumes including our DIY Shells. We recently had our little one's 4th Birthday and last minute he changed from wanting a Dinosaur birthday to a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Party.

Baby ninja turtle costume girl