Your Childrens Birthday Parties

Tangled Thug Arm Cuff And Shoulder Guard

A Seedy pub, called the Snuggly Duckling appears to be home to thugs that wear an arm cuff and shoulder guard. After being in the pub for a bit we learn that they aren’t all that bad. The thugs decide to help Rapunzel full fill her dream of seeing the lights that appear once a year on her birthday.

A softer side of the thugs is seen when they share their own unfinished dreams. We even get to see an arm cuff and shoulder guard on a thug in the video below.





Miranda is going to show you how to make a Tangled thug arm cuff and shoulder guard. A template is provided along with step-by-step instructions. This is a good craft project for brothers of the birthday girl having a Tangled party.

Pub Thug Armor By Miranda Becker

You’ll need:

* Pub Thug Armor template
* Felt (light brown, dark brown, gray, dark gray, and slate blue)
* Hot glue
* Thick black ribbon, two pieces approximately 18 inches each
* Brown yarn
* 4 adhesive Velcro dots
* Scissors

For the Arm Cuff:

1. Print the template and cut out the pieces. Trace the arm cuff pieces onto the light brown felt. Cut out the felt cuff and then wrap it around your child’s arm, narrow side at the wrist, to check the fit. It should fit snuggly around your child’s arm with about an inch of felt overlapping. The length of the cuff should extend almost to the elbow. If it’s too large it can be trimmed to be shorter or narrower.

2. Trace the straps from the cuff décor templates on dark brown felt; trace the round bolts on gray felt. Cut all of the décor pieces from the felt and glue them to the felt cuff.

3. To hold the cuff on the arm, use Velcro dots. Place 3 of the hook-sided dots along the edge of the decorated cuff.

4. Flip the cuff over so that the undecorated side of the felt is facing up. Place the soft side of the Velcro dots on the opposite edge of the cuff so that they correspond to the hook-sided dots.

5. When the cuff is rolled, the Velcro dots meet and can be secured, creating a cone.

For the Shoulder Guard:

6. To make the shoulder guard, trace the large oval template on the blue felt and the smaller oval on the dark gray felt. Cut out the felt ovals.

Note: Some craft stores sell patterned felts. The one we used looks like alligator skin, and it works perfectly for this rough and tumble armor.

7. Place the large, blue felt oval down in front of you and glue the ends of the ribbon to the narrow ends of the oval.

8. Glue the small gray felt oval on top of the large oval and ribbons.

9. Use scissors to snip 8 small holes about half an inch from each other and an inch from the outer edge of the armor. Lace the brown yarn through the holes.

10. Secure the yarn with a knot and a dab of glue on the underside of the armor.

11. Place the armor on the child’s shoulder and pull the front ribbon strap across his chest diagonally, like a seat belt. The second ribbon is pulled across his back and around to the side. Find the point where the two ribbons meet in front.

Trim the excess ribbon and crease the end to create a clean edge. Glue each folded edge. Finally, add one side of a Velcro dot to each end of the ribbon. The shoulder guard can be strapped on and secured using the Velcro dot.

Now that you know how to make a Tangled thug arm cuff and shoulder guard you may want to get some extra things for your Tangled party.

Go here for your plates, napkins, stickers or any other item you need for your party. They’re all on this page, Tangled Party Supplies so, take a look.