Vikings : Raiders of the North

Viking Costume

When it got really cold, we decided that we wanted to study Vikings.  The first thing we had to do was make costumes!

Supplies for entire costume :

• Cardboard
• Tin foil
• Exact-o knife
• Markers
• Cape
• Fur material
• Duct tape
• Stapler

To make shield :

• Cut a large piece of cardboard into an oval shape.
• Decorate it with Celtic symbols.
• Cut a strip of cardboard about 7" long and 3" wide.
• Staple this (and duct tape the sides) to the back of the shield.  This will be your handle.

 

To make helmet :

• Use tin foil to make a covering for the entire top of your head. 
• While it is on your head, wrap duct tape around the outside rim of your head, so that everything will stay in place and keep its shape.
• Cut two horns out of cardboard, and place them sticking outward on the head.  Duct tape these into place.

 

For full costume :

We used an old Halloween cape and a couple of fur stoles that we found at a garage sale for a quarter each.  Vintage clothes are great for making costumes!  Put these with black pants and a white shirt and good shoes.  The helmet I am wearing at the History Fair came from a trip to Lindsborg, Kansas.