A cape is super easy to make out of an old T-shirt, and kids will love it.
Here's a great idea for anyone who knows a wannabe superhero, princess, king, queen, prince (or other royalty), knight, red riding hood, robin hood, musketeer, villain, traveling minstrel ... the list goes on and on!!!
Not only is this craft super easy and requires NO sewing, but it has the added benefit of recycling (repurposing, really) old T-shirts that might otherwise end up being thrown away.
These instructions come from a story that will appear in Sunday's Lifestyles section in the Appeal-Democrat. The story originally ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Project 1: Kid’s cape
Number of steps necessary to make: Two
Difficulty: Super-duper easy
Time: About five minutes
Tools: Sharp scissors
Basic instructions: 1) Lay the shirt flat, with the portion you want on the cape facing up. 2) Cut, starting at one far end of the bottom, up diagonally to the collar. Repeat on the other side, and then cut around the collar of the shirt.
Observations: This was easier than I would have thought possible.