We celebrated Ethan’s 4th birthday last weekend with a dragon themed party and it was so much fun! He had been really into dragons for awhile and chose the theme a few months ago… and, much to my surprise, stuck with it without changing his mind. And so… I had to make him a dragon cape! Yup. And guess what? He loved it! That always puts a smile on my face.
Once again, I used the superhero cape pattern by Georgia Leigh, in a size 4. I cut the cape in half to add some little felt triangle spikes and wings that I loosely drafted by looking at an old dragon costume that Ethan wore two halloweens ago. I also attached a tail to the bottom of the cape. Both the green tie-dyed flannel fabric and forest green felt came from Joann.
I had to hand stitch the wings to the cape at the top to keep it from flopping down. I also sewed some vertical lines on the wings to make it appear more dragon-like. Not sure if it worked though – people kept asking if he was a dinosaur! Um, dinosaurs do not have wings! Come on now, people! Haha!
I love this pattern so much. It’s so versatile – and, as you can see, it’s not just for superheroes! I’ve used it many times (here, here, and here) and with different types of fabric!
Anyway, back to the party… this is the invitation that I created for Ethan’s birthday party! I bought a set of dragon images from this Etsy shop. The dragon, cake, presents, and stars are from this set which was customized for me. I put together the invitation on PowerPoint and made the tower and flag banner using the shapes on the program. The fiery font I used is called flames and can be found and downloaded here for free.
Details of the party to follow very soon!
xoxo, Jen
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