Home-made Superheroes Villains

There is nothing more precious than spending time with your children – for both them and you. Half term was a marvellous opportunity to do this and it need not be expensive. We spent quality time together playing Superheroes (and Villains) and Lego, inspired by watching The Lego Movie. I am currently planning a Superheroes party for my youngest son’s 5th birthday and so it was a great time to test a few things out. We made dens,  home-made Superheroes villains costumes from our normal clothes, and built a Batcave.

Home made superheroes villains

We started by building the den. Really simply we just turned the corner sofa so it was back to back, got some old quilt covers and pegged them across it. To make it a bit more comfortable we put cushions inside. My youngest was the only one awake when I helped him build it and he thought it was amazing. But when the next son came down (aged 6) the beauty of parenting was even more magical as he excitedly told me it was the Batcave (his younger brother LOVES Batman). With that my youngest proceeded to get changed into one of his Batman costumes.

Somewhere along the line there was talk of the Green Lantern (who I must not confuse with the Green Goblin, this Marvels Vs DC is taking some getting used to). Suddenly we were raiding the dressing up to see if we could do home-made superheroes villains costumes of The Green Lantern and Cyborg.. The Green Lantern is really simple in that it is basically a green top and black trousers. We then made a medallion and cuffs using toilet roll holders and a bit of card.

Home made superheroes villains

Later on I went a bit further and ordered a plain green t-shirt from E-bay and bought some white paint from Hobbycraft to paint the Green Lantern emblem onto the top (it looked simple enough). From previously painting a Halloween t-shirt I knew what to do. However, we did not have the right fabric to use as a barrier. I *thought* that the cardboard would do the job.

Home made superheroes villains

Needless to say I never considered how hard painting over dark green with white would be! Several coats later I left it to dry overnight. Unfortunately, the paint had run underneath the cardboard and the paint had glued itself to the t-shirt. The final result really wasn’t what I had hoped for, but guess what?, my little boy was over the moon!!!

Home made superheroes villians

We also got out the face paints and I quite simply painted a Green Lantern mask on. I’m not expert on face painting, and really cannot draw, but again my son was delighted! Next was the turn of my 6 year old. He decided to be Cyborg. I had never heard of him (if I’m honest) and together we figured out how you spelt it so I could Google him. My son decided that he needed just to wear all white clothes, and that his face should be painted so that one side was like a robot. The other important point, he explained carefully, was that the eye should be red – for his laser.

Home made superheroes villains

Not only did the children enjoy playing (and spending time with me), but their ability to explain to me about the characters I feel really helped them in so many ways (including language, self-esteem and self-confidence).

Home made superheroes villains

They enjoyed it so much that we did it again – but with their Dad too J

Home made superheroes villains
Two Face
Home made superheroes villains
The Joker

58 thoughts on “Home-made Superheroes Villains”

  1. My daughters always loved to dress up when they were little & were never happier when we made dens & things out of cardboard boxes. The boys obviously had a fantastic time & loved every minute.

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  2. What a great idea and I totally agree with you about it being a wonderful learning experience too. You learn best when you’re engaged and having fun. I think I’ve managed to get myself into organising a ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ treasure hunt for my daughter, as you do! I may need help 🙂

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  3. Honey i am in awe your den building skill are far far superior than mine!! i fail to get them to stay up!! I think he will have an amazing birthday if this was only a dry run honey!

    thanks for linking up with #MagicMoments x

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  4. It is amazing how children love superheroes isn’t it! Looks like you have been having lots of superhero (and villan!) fun over half term!

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  5. Great linky, I’ve joined in for the first time 🙂 fab post too! Will add your linky badge to my linky page later 🙂 😀 x

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  6. Fab post and what a great idea for a birthday party (patent it quick – I may be stealing it!) I took half term off and I loved it – being a mum and doing the day to day things was so much fun. FYI – get an encyclopedia re Marvel v’s every other Superhero – it gets VERY complicated. This would also be an awesome linkup for our #minicreations linky on Wednesday via KidGLloves – hope to see you there. Loved reading this and the photos were great x #magicmoments

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  7. That looks like so much fun! A super hero’s party sounds so much fun. I am currently planning Baby an Alice in Wonderland party for her 1st x

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  8. Great linky. I am sorry I haven’t had a chance to join in. But I do read your post. I am loving your blog and glad I found it!!! Looks like a lot of fun was had by all! Great faces and pictures.

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  9. Wow what a fun jam packed time you guys had and I must say how cool are you for all the effort you went too! Superhero fun rocks!

    Katie x

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  10. I think you did a fantastic job – and the tops and faces are amazing! Looks like you had very happy superheroes 🙂

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  11. What a great thing to do, you are such a cool mum! Love super heroes but my little boy isn’t into them at all yet. One day….

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  12. you are such a great Mum and do all these amazing (and messy) craft activities !! No wonder your boys look so happy 🙂 i love the idea of a super heroes thrmed party that is awesome!!! x x

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  13. They look so cool – I’m surprised they didn’t want mummys Mr Blobby costume – after all that was worn by a hero!

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  14. What a lot of fun. Love when they pick one theme and it promps so many other activities. Love the face painting. The mouth of the two face is brilliant! I was going to suggest a bleach pen for the tshirts, but I’ve not used it with my children, so your method is probably better/safer. Have you tried freezer paper? It stops the paint seeping.

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  15. BRILLIANT face painting! I’m going to order some now – Mark is good at that sort of thing and I want to see what he can come up with 😀

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  16. What a fab post, I miss mine being little as I used to love making fancy dress costumes. Not sure it would go down to well now with 2 Teenagers xxx

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  17. My son adores superheroes! He would dress as Superman, Spiderman or Batman every day of the week if he could as well as going to bed dressed as them too! What is it about boys and superheroes! Looks like you had a lot of fun! 🙂

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