I am a big fan of “Star Wars.” And I am a big fan of Halloween. So I was really excited when my daughter said she wanted to be Princess Leia for Halloween.

I’ve always thought Princess Leia’s costume was one of the most striking in all of cinema and I knew it would look great on her. (Plus, I’d get to make the iconic buns that sit atop her head.)

But there’s one problem: The costume is not easy to find. My wife and I checked online, in stores and with our friends who have kids and we couldn’t find what we were looking for.

So my daughter decided she wanted me to make her costume. That’s right, I said make it – as in, sew it.

I don’t know anything about sewing, but I was willing to give it a try because I knew it would mean so much to my daughter. Plus, I figured that sewing isn’t rocket science – how hard could it be?

It turns out that sewing is harder than rocket science. Much harder.

Since I am a very busy mother of two, and since I was unable to find a suitable Princess Leia costume, I decided that I would make my own. Luckily, the older one is only 2 years old and has no idea who Princess Leia is or the fact that she has no hair buns.

My husband had a bad feeling about this plan. He said it was crazy. But you should see the costumes that I made for our kids last year! I’m pretty sure that my Princess Leia Costume will be better than anything you can buy at the store. If you are thinking of making your own Star Wars costume this year, here are my tips:

1. Buy a white sheet from Walmart. It’s cheaper than buying fabric from a craft store. You can also use an old sheet from your linen closet if you have one that’s white and doesn’t have any stains on it.

2. Make sure you have access to a sewing machine and basic sewing supplies – thread, pins, needles, etc. You could hand-sew everything but that takes too long and it’s not as strong as machine-sewn fabric.

3. Practice on some scrap fabric before cutting into your sheet!

It was that time of year again, the 9th Annual San Diego Comic Con, and I was in heaven. The first day of Comic Con is the industry professionals and press day, which for the past two years I have been lucky enough to get into as a member of the press.

My day began at 8:00 a.m. by picking up my official Comic Con badge and press packet at a hotel about ten miles from the convention center. I walked back to my car and decided that I needed to eat breakfast before making the trek back up to San Diego. As I drove down Rosecrans, on my way to my favorite short order diner in Point Loma, I noticed something strange, something out of place. As I looked closer, all I could see were men dressed as women. There were clusters of them standing on nearly every street corner with signs that read “Will go as Princess Leia for Food.” And there they were. Adult men dressed as Princess Leia complete with buns and white robes offering their services as Slave Leias for food or money.

I have been going to comic conventions since 1982, and have never seen anything like this before.

I’m looking for some advice on how to make a Princess Leia costume. I was inspired by this Instructable, but I’m making a few changes.

I want to make my own slave Leia costume next year for Halloween.

I’ve been searching for a pattern that would be suitable for the two pieces she wears, which looks like a short dress with an attached bikini top.

I also need to figure out how to make the belt and hair buns.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

The Princess Leia costume is basically two things: a white dress, and a hairdo. The dress is easy, since I already had it. And to make the hairdo, all you need is a pair of buns plus some hair pins.

The buns are the trickiest part. They’re basically just balls of yarn, except you have to make them out of real hair. So I asked some friends for advice on how to build them.

I started by looking for inspiration in magazines and online for hairstyles that suggest “Princess Leia.” Most of them turned out to be either her cinnamon bun hairdo or her Boushh disguise one (the one where she looks like a bounty hunter). I thought about doing that one as a backup because it might be easier, but eventually I decided that I really wanted to try for the classic look.

On Wednesday I was looking for a last-minute cosplay idea for a convention I was headed to on Saturday. I had some scrap fabric, so a homemade costume seemed like the best option. But what to be? After my girlfriend suggested Princess Leia, (A) it became clear there was no other choice.

I am not an experienced seamstress, but there’s a lot of information online about making costumes and clothes from scratch. So I spent Thursday and Friday nights cutting, sewing, and trying on pieces as they came together.

The end result is not perfect, but it’s pretty good for only two nights of work – especially considering that I did not have any patterns to work from.

When my daughter was two years old, she had a Princess Leia costume that she loved to wear. It was an adorable costume. The Princess Leia hairstyle is iconic and the Princess Leia costume is popular. She loved to wear it everywhere. We got so many compliments on it too!

For Halloween, we decided to get her a bigger version of the costume. Her older brother was being Luke Skywalker, so we wanted to outfit the whole family! I found a great deal on a size 3T dress online. It was $12 with free shipping, so I snapped it up. When it arrived, the bodice was nice and the skirt seemed like a good length for her age group.

My daughter tried it on and liked it enough for me to consider it a win.

Later that evening when I opened up the package from Amazon that contained my son’s Luke Skywalker costume, I noticed something interesting: his costume came with pants! Pants?! What happened to the simple Jedi robe? Well, apparently we had bought our costumes from different vendors because mine did not come with pants (or at least not pants that fit well enough not to be utterly ridiculous). So what do you need to make this costume?

Pants! You need pants! You can buy them or