Make your own Roman Costume




Soldier Costume by Daniel Smith You will need: Cardboard A red adult size t-shirt Plastic mesh Tin foil Red paper or paint Silver paper or paint Scissors, tape and glue For the chain mail I used some plastic mesh. I taped it together at the shoulders and under the arms. Then I put it on over the top of my big red t-shirt. I made the Armour out of cardboard and painted it silver. My spear is made from a cardboard tube and my hat is covered in tin foil and decorated with red paper.
	For the shield you will need: Cardboard Red wrapping paper Coloured paper Tin foil or a tin pie case Scissors, tape and glue I made this shield from a large piece of cardboard from an old cardboard box. I covered it with shiny red wrapping paper. Then, I got a tin and stuck it in the middle. I used some yellow paper for lightning and some green paper for lines.
Roman Sandals by Hannah Simpson You will need: Light brown sugar paper String Hole punch Pencil and ruler Draw around your foot and add an extra 10cm all the way round.
Then draw 3 strips on each side of the foot shape about 4cm wide. Cut it out, it should look like this. Trim the straps to fit the width of your foot.
Put holes in the straps with a hole punch and thread with string. Tie in a bow and wear them.
	Roman Standard by Fern Farndale You will need: 1 very long cardboard tube Brown paint Large sheet of card Double-sided sticky tape Silver and gold paper Red crepe paper
Paint the cardboard tube brown. Cut out some card into shapes - 1 oblong, 3 circles, 1 moon shape and 1 semi-circle. Cover the shapes with silver shiny paper and stick them to the cardboard tube. Stick strips of the red crepe paper to the oblong so they hang down. Also, stick a strip to the bottom of the semi-circle. Cut a sun shape from the gold paper and stick it to the top.