Did you ever see a cuter viking?! Our kids viking costume is one of our Halloween faves and it’s safe to say that our model was pretty taken with his outfit, too. Today’s downloadable pattern is for the viking battle axe and our tutorial below covers both the axe and the shield. The cloak and leg cuffs are simple to make with a length of thick brown fur fabric and a couple stitches. And the helmet and beard pattern and tutorial will be shared later this week.
We made the shield using a sheet of cardboard which we cut into a circle and covered in brown felt. We added glitter vinyl iron-on to make the circles on the cross and attached a handle at the back with spare cardboard. Our axe was made in a similar way; using cardboard to form the axe and covering it in felt and glitter iron-on vinyl. Use a length of wooden dowel, covered in sot batting and a felt cover to make the handle.
If you are searching for more DIY Halloween ideas take a peek at our other DIY projects and inspiration. From felt headbands to gnome costumes, fairy wings to paper haunted houses we have everything you need for a handcrafted Halloween. Enjoy! ~ Lia
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What a lovely costume ! I would like to know how to make the helmet.
Could you please give me the explanation ? I haven’t found it.
Many thanks in advance
Everything is in the member downloads at the end of the post.
Hi! Where did you get the material for the waistcoat and boots please? And do you have the details on how you made that part pls? Thanks so much
This is just faux fur bought at a fabric store. We do not have details (this project was posted 9 years ago), but the vest is something you could find a pattern for at the fabric store. We simply sewed the front to the back at shoulders and sides, but no edge finish work was needed for the fur. The boot fur was simply sewn into a loop that would fit over the boots without slipping. you could also use velcro. Hope that helps. 🙂
Nice thanks for sharing this!
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Are your measurements in inches or cm? I am from outside the US, therefore I am not sure about that. I actually assumed they’re in inches, but when I converted 23X3 into cm it came out way too big! Help…
We use inches for our projects in this office 🙂
I absolutely adore your website! I am trying to make the Viking battle axe for my son’s school play, but steps 10-11-12 are not clear to me. Any chance of running through that again in more detail? Many thanks in advance.
Hi! I ironed glitter vinyl onto the felt, then cut out the pattern twice (once mirrored, as the pieces will end up back to back). I then cut the pattern twice out of fabric stiffener/fusible interfacing (again, one is mirrored), and once from fusable fabric (we use Stitch Witchery or Heat N Bond)– so there are 5 pieces cut from the template at this point. Iron on each piece of glittered felt to stiffener, then iron on those to the fusable fabric. I hope that helps!!
Super, thanks so much for your speedy reply!