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Home » Halloween » DIY: How to Make a Spider-Man Costume for Girls

DIY: How to Make a Spider-Man Costume for Girls

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How to make a Spider-Man costume for girls

how to make a spider-man costume for girls Spider-Man Homecoming


I’m pretty crazy about DIY costumes, and I’m also insanely excited about Spider-Man Homecoming right now.

When I learned that the #SpideyBloggers had a challenge to create a DIY Spider-Man costume with thrift store materials, I was nothing but excited!

Related: Interviewing Tom Holland and Jacob Batalon on the set of Spider-Man Homecoming

homemade spider-man costume for girls

Sony Pictures brought a busload of bloggers to the Goodwill Boutique in Chelsea immediately following the Spider-Man Homecoming press junket.

Related: Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal on Spider-Man Homecoming

We were given $25 and 15 minutes to get what we needed to make a homemade Spider-Man costume out of thrifted materials. We were also allowed to bring our purchases home and add elements from around the house to complete the costume.

Before we started I knew I wanted to figure out how to make a Spider-Man costume for girls. I was inspired by the homemade suit in Spider-Man Homecoming, but I wanted to put a girly spin on the unique design.

Spider-Man Homecoming homemade suit

This is a screen grab of Spider-Man in his homemade suit: 

But there are currently no great pictures of Spider-Man in the homemade suit.

Spider-Man Homecoming homemade suit

Fortunately, there are toys with excellent pictures on the packages, which gave me all the details I needed for constructing my own suit.

I picked up these three items at Goodwill Boutique in New York City:

how to make a Spider-Man costume for girls

Here’s what I bought:

  • Motorcycle booties (If you don’t have any, I’d totally go for a cute pair of boots from JustFab. They’re all just $9.99 with free shipping!)
  • An Amanda Uprichard blue dress similar to this one
  • A red hooded sweatshirt

Then I added a few items I already had:

how to make a spiderman costume for girls
  • Blue tights
  • Blue lace (actually from my mom’s basement)

And a few other accessories and things I needed to enhance the costume:

diy spiderman costume for girls from Spider-Man Homecoming
  • A Spider-Man icon decal I designed and made from vinyl adhesive. If you don’t have a cutting machine you can get by with drawing one with a sharpie. (I do highly recommend one! with my Cricut Explore Air 2 review to see why I love it so much)
  • Red duct tape for covering up the buttons on the sweatshirt.

how to make a Spider-Man costume for girls with inspiration from Spider-Man Homecoming

Spider-Man costume for girls materials

  • Red sweatshirt
  • Blue dress or skirt
  • Blue tights
  • Boots
  • Blue lace (about half a yard)
  • Red tape
  • Needle and thread
  • Stick pins

How to make a homemade Spider-Man costume for girls

The first thing I did was I tried on the red sweatshirt and realized it was way too small for me.

how to make a spider-man costume for girls red sweatshirt

I sent a picture to my friends so they could laugh with me, because I obviously bought a size 10 sweatshirt for kids, not for ladies.

Then I called my niece and begged her to be my model because I didn’t want to be the Spider-Man dressed up in a short skirt and tight clothes.

how to make a spider-man costume for girls Spider-Man Homecoming sweat shirt

The next thing I did was remove the sleeves from the sweatshirt and set them aside. The red sweatshirt sleeves made perfect leg warmers / boot covers to tie the costume together.

how to make a diy spider-man costume for a girl

I used the sleeves I cut off make a pattern (traced onto a paper grocery bag) and roughly cut out lace a bit longer than the sleeves.

Then I flipped the sweatshirt inside out, pinned the lace around the sleeve and started sewing it on.

how to make a spider-man costume for girls

Note: My aunt told me exactly what to do for this and even gave me the pins, needle and thread. I’m not crafty! 

how to make a spider-man costume for girls

When the lace was sewn all around the the hole in the sweatshirt, I stitched it down the length of the arm to make it a closed sleeve.

how to make a spider-man costume for girls

I made sure the sleeves were a bit longer because I wanted to make these cute, sporty thumbholes at the ends.

The thumbholes were made after Tia (my niece) had the sweatshirt on. I just cut a slit in the lace right where her thumb hit and trimmed off the extra fabric.

how to make a spider-man costume for girls

Then I covered up the buttons on the sweatshirt with red tape so they didn’t distract from the rest of the costume.

diy spider-man costume for girl with spider-man homecoming icon

I also stuck the homemade Spider-Man icon sticker on the sweatshirt. It looks speckled but it’s really a glittery blue vinyl.

how to make a spiderman costume for girls from Spider-Man Homecoming

The next thing I did was gather up all the individual pieces of my homemade Spider-Man costume, including the Spider-Man Homecoming Spider Sight Mask Hasbro provided at the press junket.

Then we got Tia dressed in her DIY Spider-Man costume:

how to make a spider-man costume for a girl

I especially love how the cuffs of the sleeves make a nice snug top for the leg warmers. The opposite end of the sleeve has a wide flare that’s perfect to cover up the top of the boots.

She looks adorable and casual without the mask, and very much like a cute and girly Spider-Man with the mask added to the outfit:

how to make a diy spiderman costume for girls

Making the DIY Spider-Man costume for girls was so much fun!

I have lots of other costume posts. Here are my favorites:

  • Here are 13 DIY Halloween costumes made with tutus.
  • Check out these 15 DIY baby Halloween costumes (with several toddlers ideas, too!)
  • More than 20 baby Halloween costumes under $20.
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Spider-Man Homecoming opens in theaters everywhere on July 7, 2017. Get your local showtimes and pre-order tickets today!

Don’t miss the first Spider-Man Homecoming trailer and exclusive details from the Spider-Man Homecoming set!

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About Marybeth

I'm Marybeth - Mom of 2, wife to 1, pet mom to 3. I love finding fun activities to do with my kids, going on adventures, watching movies and baking delicious treats! I used to climb the corporate ladder, now I spend my days caring for my family and spoiling my handicapped dog.

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