Our family LOVES to dress up for Halloween. And to my pure delight my kids still cooperate with a family theme. I thought for sure they would stop like 5 years ago, but it doesn’t even cross their minds that we could not match. I think it helps that we pick our theme together and plan at least 10 months in advance. I am already buying material in August before costume catalogs come out. I am excited to announce that this year we chose Return of the Jedi. You may remember from Halloweens Past Grady and I have already done this theme. But like leopard, Star Wars is timeless. My boys are really excited for the new movie to come out this December. We debated a bit on which movie to choose but decided on Return of the Jedi, my personal favorite. I am sure we will do Star Wars again. Next time I am preggers I would love to do pregnant Padme.
Luke Skywalker Costume
Let’s start with Yoda’s costume. Surprisingly he didn’t want to be Yoda. I thought he would make a perfect Luke. He is brave and would never turn to the Dark Side. Even if his father told him to. His costume was pretty easy. He already had some black pants for church. We hit up Goodwill and found that shirt for $3. I love shopping at thrift stores first to try and find parts of our costumes. It’s cheaper and saves me the time of having to sew everything. Making 6 costumes can take some time. And the best part was when we got to the register his shirt was 1/2 off because that color price tag was on sale that day. I had leftover material from Gandalf’s Tin Man’s Costume from 2009 to make his silver triangle. Sometimes it pays to hoard things.
Don’t you love his “tough guy” expression. This sweetheart just turned 5 this month. He is such a lover. Always looking out for his baby sister. Yoda was excited to be “black Luke” as our family friend Calvin called him. In Return of the Jedi Luke finally becomes a Jedi Knight. He had to construct a new light saber (This time green) to save his friends and destroy the empire. He looks like his tough enough to make that happen.
His character is pretty important. {SPOILER!} He saves the day. I love having this hero in our family. To make this costume simply cut out two triangles. One silver, one black. Sew them together and then sew them onto your shirt. Of course every Jedi needs a light saber. You can find one here. We have quite a few light sabers in our house. We use them all the time.
Cutest. Jedi. Ever.
Thanks for checking out all my pictures. My kids (and husband) are pretty excited for this theme. It’s a great costume to throw together. I would love to hear your guesses on who everyone else in my family will be. I am hoping to post more tutorials this week. Remember we are characters from Return of the Jedi…
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For more Star Wars pictures of Luke before he was a Jedi Knight, or if you are looking for a Princess Leia Costume check out this post…
