Lay a piece of duct tape on your cutting board, then cut into strips. Once that’s done, continue wrapping your hilt in circles of tape until you’ve covered it down to the bottom edge.ĥ. Leave a small overhang of each piece going onto the body of the hilt. Instead, just lay strips of black tape over each other in a circular pattern until the entire end is covered. Since this tape is much narrower than the duct tape, you can’t use the snipping and folding method. Cover the end of the hilt in overlapping pieces of electrical tape. Just don’t go all the way to the bottom yet!Ĥ. Then you can start wrapping the hilt in black from the top to the bottom, stretching and angling around the crossguard as necessary. Once the pieces are secured together, wrap a piece of black tape around each side of the crossguard.
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In fact, that just makes it easier to stick glow sticks through each length of pool noodle without them bumping into each other. You’ll notice that they probably don’t fit 100% flush against each other, and that’s okay. Make a loop of tape diagonally across two corners, cut the tape, then create another loop across the opposite corners. Wrap the cut end with duct tape, leaving just over half of the width sticking off the end. The hardest part of this step was cutting straight ends.Īnd make sure you clean your cutting board when you’re done cutting all of your pool noodles, because you don’t want any tiny bits of foam to end up in your food.Ģ. Tip: Pay close attention to the angle of your knife when cutting. Leaving them longer means they are going to bend and wobble a lot more during battle (unless you reinforce them, but we’ll discuss that later)! Whether these are for children or adults, I don’t recommend making a single-bladed lightsaber longer than 30 inches or so (including the hilt).
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(The foam cuts surprisingly easily!)Īn easier method, if you don’t care about length specifics, is to shape the pool noodle into a U and cut in half at the bend. Otherwise, you can measure out to your desired length, mark it with the marker, and cut it with your serrated knife using small strokes over the cutting board. If you’re making Kylo Ren’s lightsaber, scroll down for detailed instructions on creating this one-of-a-kind lightsaber! If you’re making a double-ended lightsaber (like Darth Maul’s), you probably won’t want to cut it at all. Lay out your cutting board and grab your tape measure, marker, and serrated knife.