Templar Knight Costume

Making a Templar Costume from the Crusades

Supplies :

• Black cloth, about 3' by 6'
• Scissors
• Red cloth, at least 12" by 3"
• Sewing Machine
• Tin foil
• Cardboard
• Viking hat (with horns removed)

Directions :

• Fold the cloth in half, so that you have a 3' by 3' square.
• Cut out a neck hole in the middle.  We cut it a little too big, and just used safety pins on either side to make it the right width.
• Cut out two 12" by 1.5" strips of cloth, with a little 'V' at the ends.  Make a cross and sew them to the front of the black square.
• Sew about 3" in the middle of both sides of the square.  This will keep it closed, but make it easy to get on an off.
• Cut a 2' length of cardboard and wrap it with tin foil.  Cut a larger square at the bottom, glue it, and wrap it with foil.  Now you have a sword!
• We used a viking hat for a helmet, but you could make one with tin foil, like the Roman Legionnaire, but without the red stuff.