Ideas for Production a Hook for a Captain Hook Costume
There are scarce pirates who are augmented recognizable characters than Probe Hook, nicknamed for his fearsome metal labourer prosthetic. No Captain Hook costume is plentiful without this big-league finery, if it's for a youngster or man costume and untrue for convivial or for a theatrical Industry. Fabricate your own Skipper Hook handwriting to suit your costume, the wearer and the materials you hold available.
In order to cover the hand, fashion a simple sleeve large enough to cover the person's balled-up fist. You can make this from fabric, but the best look will come from a stiff material that you can spray paint to look metallic along with the hook itself. A roll of cardboard can work well enough, but a better option is if you can find a plastic bottle or jar with a round bottom of the right size.
Abbreviate two of these from a silvery framework (or spray-paint some felt), then machine-sew using a running stitch. Turn the hook inside-out and object tightly with cotton batting.
Another excellent choice for an elementary soft hook is Art foam. Art foam is Numb however soft and durable, and is child's play to tint in metallic colours using craft acrylic paint or spray paint. If the sheets you have are thin, cut the hook shape from two layers and fasten them together using a flexible craft glue.
For more realistic-looking hooks for plays or adult costumes, head to your hardware store. Many metal house fixtures are hook shaped, though you may have to shop around a bit to find one that's perfect.
Whatever you use as a hook, make sure that the straight end of the hook is long enough to act as a handle to be gripped inside a closed fist. You can extend this piece using any glued-on scrap of material, such as cardboard.
Covering the Hand
Making the Hook
There are a numeral of elementary ways to actualize the hook itself, depending on what Category of materials you prefer. Provided you're forging a hook for a toddler's costume and wish to coin something sturdy on the contrary soft, build a cloth hook. Draft the mould on paper by sketching the hook shape, then design an outline.Another option is to make a half-circle base for the hook with the handle protruding from the bottom to be concealed under the costume sleeve. Cut a Styrofoam craft ball in half and attach the hook on the rounded side. Attach the handle to the flat underside, then spray paint the whole apparatus.
