Become Superman in 5 Easy Steps!

by bentleyboutique ~ June 21st, 2009. Filed under: Kids and Teens, kids crafts, paint shop pro.

Step 1 : Lay on floor, arms outstretched, wearing a red cape (made from mom’s $20 a yard red stretch velvet fabric, cut out when she wasn’t looking).

Step 2: Get Dad to hold up the ends of the cape.

Supermen - step 1
Step 3: Ask Mom to snap a picture.

Step 4: Ask Mom to remove the background, using Paint Shop Pro or another graphic editing program.

Supermen - step 2

Step 5:Add a sky background, frame, and hang in a prominent place. Brag about your flying skills to everyone who sees it!

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88 Responses to “Become Superman in 5 Easy Steps!”

  1. Karl says:

    Hello there, just wandered by doing some research for a superman ring blog post. Amazing the amount of information on the web. Wasn’t what I was looking for, but great site. Take care.

  2. Erin says:

    What a great idea ! My 4yr old is obsessed with being superman and his halloween costume is getting too small. Thanks for the inspiration !

  3. Jean says:

    What a great idea! And sure, it’s easy for someone crafty like you! NOt for me.

  4. Apryl says:

    Very clever! Love the captions :-)

  5. Jessica says:

    Such a great trick!

  6. Page says:

    Super cute! What a great idea. :)

  7. I love this. You should do something like that & use it on
    a holiday card or something! Too funny. Enjoy your day in
    the SITS spotlight!

  8. Bea Castillo says:

    Aww! I wish my kids were still little to try this out!
    WAIT! I know. . . where’s the dog? LOL!

  9. Sara_HB says:

    Very cool! I did the same thing with a spiderman-climbing-up-a-building theme. Fun!

  10. Skooks says:

    LOL, HILARIOUS! Wish I had a halfway decent photo imaging program that could do this.

  11. Rachel says:

    That’s a great idea!

  12. Heidi says:

    lol. What fun and how creative! :)

  13. Christi says:

    Very cute! Looks like you and the boys have lots of fun times together. Just stopped by from SITS to say hi!

  14. marit says:

    what a great idea! your boys are adorable! thanks for sharing such a great tutorial!
    ~ marit

  15. Lisa says:

    Great editing skills. If only I could be so technically advanced…

  16. wendiwinn says:

    hahahaha! oh man. i bet my girls would love to do that.

    thanks for the great idea!

  17. Oh my word – how creative and so cute! I bet they loved the
    final product! I have two little boys (1 and 2) so I might
    wait until they can actually sit in a picture but my 5 year
    old daughter would love it. Thanks for sharing!

  18. Heather says:

    I’m sure my two year old son
    will have me doing this for him before too long! Love it!

  19. I love that post and the tips! I have 2 boys to and am a
    fellow SITSta!

  20. Shana says:

    That’s adorable. I’m definitely going to keep this in my idea book.

  21. This is such a cute little idea! And great photo opportunity!

  22. Wendy says:

    Adorable! Happy SITS Day!

  23. Oh My Lord! That is pretty cool. My son would love it!

  24. beenomom says:

    Wow, what a great idea, and awesome way to display photos. I love the smiles on the kids faces and it really looks like they are flying!!

    Stopping by from SITS on your special day!

  25. Jess says:

    What a fantastic idea. My Nugget just started caping with whatever he can get his hands on. I’ll continue to keep my expensive fabrics at unreachable heights. :)

  26. Stefanie says:

    What a great idea!! I love that :) Can’t wait to try it!!

    btw – happy SITS day

  27. Helene says:

    That is too cool!!! My boys would love that…I’m so gonna try that!

  28. Very cute! I love the matching red socks too! :)

  29. Amber says:

    Omg, this is so awesome… so incredibly awesome and cute! :)

  30. Mel says:

    Now we definitely have to try this; Jacob would love it!:)

  31. Mommie Daze says:

    Very Cool! Love it!

  32. SAHM says:

    Oh goodness, these pics are too cute :) And I know superman would kill for velvet fabric!!

  33. missyjensen says:

    I LOVE this!!!!! how cute!!!! sorry about your fabric!!!! yikes!!!!

  34. Jill says:

    Too funny! I’m thinkin I should try this…maybe all 6 of mine in one picture!

  35. Katie L. says:

    Oh my golly, that is AWESOME!!!! I’m going to have to try this with my little ones!

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