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How To Dress Like A Viking: a blog featuring the most popular costumes this Halloween.
10 March, 2018
The cowl is perfect for warding off the chill of a Nordic winter while you are pillaging.
The cowl is perfect for warding off the chill of a Nordic winter while you are pillaging.
The cowl is perfect for warding off the chill of a Nordic winter while you are pillaging.
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Tips for choosing a wig that really looks like real hair!
Tips for choosing a wig that really looks like real hair!
Tips for choosing a wig that really looks like real hair!
23 January, 2018
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Viking costumes are very popular this year and we’ve noticed that many of our customers need some help in putting them together. Here at Costume Kingdom, we want you to have the best Halloween experience possible. That’s why we’ve put together this quick guide on how to dress like a Viking.
The most important part of any costume is your helmet. The Viking helmet has become one of the most iconic looks in history, so make sure you get yours right! This helmet features a fur trim and horns, which are essential for any authentic Viking look. Pair with an axe, shield and tunic to complete your look.
The shirt is the foundation of any outfit, so it’s important to get it right! This long-sleeved white tunic should be the perfect fit for your Viking costume. Accessorize with a faux leather belt and buckle for that authentic medieval feel.
Don’t forget about your footwear! These brown leather sandals will complete your costume perfectly. With a side zip for comfort and easy access, these shoes are perfect for trick or treating or going to a party.
Viking Costume Superstore
For the past five years, our family has enjoyed celebrating Halloween. We love the tradition of dressing up in costumes and sharing delicious food with friends and neighbors.
This year is especially exciting as our oldest daughter is old enough to choose her own costume. She’s chosen to dress up as a Viking, which got us thinking about how to create other Viking costumes for the rest of our family.
Our oldest daughter is old enough to choose her own costume, and she’s chosen to dress up as a Viking. Here are some fun tips on how to create your own Viking costumes.
How To Dress Like A Viking
Our oldest daughter is old enough to choose her own costume, and she’s chosen to dress up as a Viking! Here are some fun tips on how to create your own Viking costumes.
Viking Helmet
The Vikings didn’t actually wear horned helmets into battle (they were too cumbersome), but there’s no reason you can’t rock this awesome helmet on Halloween! This helmet features a faux fur trim, horns and face protection.
Viking Shield
Shields were an important part of the Vikings’ defense strategy. This shield features a dragon emblem (a motif found on many shields from that era) and measures 22″
How To Dress Like A Viking
1. Wear a horned helmet.
This is the easiest way to spot a real Viking, as they’ve been wearing horned helmets since the Third Century AD. While modern-day Scandinavians have rejected this look in favor of more traditional headgear, you’ll want to make sure you rock this style to show your allegiance to the Old World.
2. Accessorize with axes and swords.
No Viking costume would be complete without a few weapons of choice! Be sure to carry at least one axe or sword around with you at all times, as this will make it easier for you to defend your honor should any Celts come around looking for trouble.
3. Wear chainmail under your tunic.
Chainmail is the most important part of any authentic Viking costume! This was a common form of armor among Vikings, who often used it under their tunics to protect against errant arrows and other sharp objects. In fact, even today many modern-day Scandinavians wear chainmail under their clothes on a regular basis!
4. Sport some braids in your hair.
While modern-day Scandinavians have stopped braiding their hair, the Vikings were well known for this look, which they started wearing
The Halloween season is upon us! It’s that time of year when adults dress up as their favorite characters and children eat as much candy as possible. But with so many choices, what should you wear? In this blog post I’ll show you how to make your own authentic Viking costume!
First, let’s talk about the helmet. While there is no evidence historically that Vikings wore horns on their helmets, the horned design is the most popular choice for Viking costumes. To make one for yourself, take a plain brown or black construction paper helmet (or cut one out from a piece of cardboard), and then twist silver or gold colored construction paper into two horn shapes. Glue them onto the helmet, making sure they are symmetrical! You can make your own Viking helmet by following my template below.
Next, let’s talk about clothes. While it might be tempting to dress in all black with gold accents, historically Vikings wore many colors. Red was very popular for clothing and helmets, but browns and grays were also common colors among Vikings. If you want to make your own belt, check out my tutorial below on how to sew a simple belt using leather scraps!
Finally, let’s talk about weapons. A Viking weapon of choice was
Take a trip down memory lane, back to the days of horned helmets and ferocious warriors. We’ve got all the gear you need to become your favorite Nordic explorer.
Everyone loves Vikings. They lived hard and died young, which means that the stories about them are not full of boring, elderly people doing responsible things. They were always off on an adventure, exploring new lands or battling monsters.
So if you want to dress up like one of these intrepid explorers this Halloween, you’re in luck! We’ve got everything you need to look just like your favorite Norseman (or woman).
Viking costumes are all the rage this Halloween. However, we feel most of them take too many liberties with the historical record. Our goal is to create a costume that is as historically accurate as possible. We will be using only original sources for the construction of the costume, and we will be following those sources exactly.
Our first step was to head to the library and read The Sagas, which are accounts written by Christian monks of what they saw Vikings wearing when they visited their monasteries. Here is what we discovered:
* Vikings wore short pants or “breeks” just above the knee (Figure 1)
* Vikings wore tunics with long sleeves and fancy trim (Figure 2)
* Vikings wore leather shoes (Figure 3)
We were unable to find any pictures of helmets in The Sagas, but we did find descriptions of helmets in two accounts by King Sverre of Norway in his Saga about his life as a Viking. This is how he described his helmets:
* A set of helmets had horns on them (Figure 4)
* Another set had wings on them (Figure 5)