Around 5 years ago I started out on a journey to make a Darth Vader costume that would be as movie accurate as possible. After a lot of research and collecting photos, I set out on my task. One year later and hundreds of hours of sewing, molding, crafting, and a few mishaps I was finally … Read more
Our 4- year old daughter loves princesses so we decided to give her a new spin on that idea and introduced her to Star Wars. She wanted to be Darth Vader for Halloween but decided that idea wasn’t “pretty” enough and asked to be Pink Darth Vader. In her mind, it was 1/2 bride (another … Read more
I love Star Wars. Not in the “I jumped on the bandwagon in 2010” way, but in the “I’ve loved Star Wars since the 80s” kind of way. So does my husband (Dorks). So we decided to be Star Wars characters for Halloween. The hard part was choosing the characters we wanted to be. I … Read more
I started out just collecting everything I needed for this Homemade Darth Vader Costume. Going to second hand stores for leather clothing items to cut up, hardware stores for screws, lights etc. The only thing that was ready made was my helmet, light saber bought at Walmart for $3.00 and ordinary black winter boots. You … Read more
I made this Homemade Darth Vader Costume 2 years ago for Halloween. I always wanted to make my own Darth Vader, and in 2009. I started. It took me 2 months to make it. Everything on this costume is homemade, exept the helmet, I bought it on Amazon.com. Chest and belt boxes are light-up. This … Read more
Every Halloween my son dresses up like the character from his birthday party theme. This year he had a Star Wars party and it was centered on Darth Vader. I made a life size costume of Darth Vader and stuffed it with plastic bags and stood him in the corner of the dining room. Everyone … Read more