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Mother-Son Crafting: Homemade Leather Sword Sheath

October 16, 2012 by Jodi 2 Comments

 My boys acquired wooden swords at a medieval festival a couple of weeks ago. It was love at first fight and they have been planning epic battles and fighting bad guys daily since then. I wouldn’t be surprised if this Halloween features a sword-brandishing Batman and a shield-wielding Spiderman. Good times. It only took a day of witnessing Duncan’s frustration with trying to sheath his sword in his belt for me to know a mother-son craft time was in order.

After I told him my idea, Duncan drew out some plans…
(and I added my suggested modifications)

… complete with a usage diagram.

Then, he got to work with my stash of scrap leather and rivets….
(More info on how to use rivets in this post.) 

A short time later, he was back in action.

This time with a handmade leather sheath attached to his belt

For about a dollar or two of materials (all “stash”), I am now the coolest mom ever in the eyes of my six-year-old…

…and, as always, he is the coolest six-year-old in mine.

~~~

What’s your favorite mother-child (aunt-child, grandma-child…) craft victory moment?

Filed Under: Crafts for Kids, Non-Sewing Crafts Tagged With: boy crafts, leather, play sword, rivets, sword, wooden sword

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  1. betz says

    October 17, 2012 at 11:15 am

    Love this! We have done a lot of mom-son and dad-son crafting over the years. Once I even made him an Indiana Jones whip out of braided pleather! I know! A weapon for gosh sakes!

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  2. Beadgirl says

    October 22, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    I made a sword sheath for Beadboy2 a few months back! Unfortunately, I did not have any leather, so I made it out of felt, and I designed it to be a back sheath. I wonder where it is now . . .

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