X-Wing Pilot Costume — Flares and Holder

Parts needed:

• 7/8" Dowel Rod cut into 4" sections
• Silver Spray Paint (Walmart has great cheap spray paint)
• Dark Green Spray Paint
• 2" Webbing (Hancocks)
• Light Weight 2" Strap or Elastic (Hancocks)

Cut 8x 7/8" dowel rods into 4" sections. Round off the top and bottom's sharp edges and sand.




Spray paint the dowel rods with the silver paint. Put a few coats on each one.




Wrap the 2" wide webbing around the top of your boots to measure length and cut. Take two of the 2" wide straps and sew them together side by side to make a 4" strap.

Cut the light-weight strap or elastic twice the length of the 4" webbing strap.

Spray paint or dye the straps a woodland dark green color.




If you have a heavy duty sewing machine you can sew it together. I do not so I used hot glue to attach the straps together around each of the flares. I used one of the painted flares to gauge the spacing between each one.

Use velcro to attach the strap around your leg.

Dowels will work themselves loose so hammer flat thumb tacks through the back of the strap and into the dowel to hold them in place.




You can wrap this around your boot if you have tall riding boots. If you have, shorter boots you can wrap it around your leg just above the boot.

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