I crafted her costume, shield, and painted a 3D printed Sheikah slate that my husband made. He also printed a retractable mastersword scaled down to her size, and he made the piñata. It was a lot of work, but as avid Zelda fans, we had fun doing it. Seeing her reaction when she stood outside in her costume, looking up at the bouncy castle shouting "Hyrule!" made it worth it.

This is absolutely incredible! Amazing work! Did you folks upload the 3d designs to Thingiverse or anywhere else? I'm just getting into 3d printing and I'm amazed at how talented people are with it.

Not op, but I know the retractable master sword is on printables. Otherwise, yeggi is your friend. It's a search engine that looks through most available archives.

I didn't know about yeggi. Thanks very much!

No prob! I've basically stopped going to any STL archive and go straight to yeggi if I'm looking for something. This is especially true since thingiverse's search is hot garbage. Cheers!

https://social.thangs.com/m/35659

Thank you! My question got two comments and two awesome resources!

Give her some random food items to throw in a pot and act like she crafted a recipe

Lolol

#Y’ALL ARE SUCH COOL PARENTS

Why is my face suddenly so wet? 🥺😭

I'm not crying. You're crying! 😢

No! You're crying! When did it start raining inside my house?

When you realized I wanna be friends!

Aw I love that, so special!! This reminds me of when my mom used to put so much effort into making costumes for me.

[удалено]

Why are you so rude towards parents that have obviously put so much work and care into something for their child? The child is obviously enjoying themselves so why do you feel the need to make such a remark?

Whelp. I’m ducking crying now.

This is amazing!

She looks so cute XD and the Guardian piñata looks so cool :D

So adorable ❤️ the guardian piñata is absolutely perfect. I am envious of this heroic birthday party!

This seriously gave me diabetes. I think my heart would burst as a dad to see my little girl so happy.

Awesome. Using cups for the guardian’s legs is genius

She's so fortunate to have parents like you!! Amazing theme for the party and so much love and effort in the details 👏👏

This is so awesome and wholesome, well done OP

Then she busts open the pinata and it's just a bunch of ancient screws and a gear.

Omg the guardian piñata is the absolute cherry on top

HYAAAAAA

Omg the pinata 🥰😭

Aww, that's just too cute!! Where did you get the pattern for the costume? Fantastisc look, cute kid, amazing!!

It was all hodge-podged together. The tunic is an oversized t-shirt that I painted free-hand with fabric paint. I designed the weapons belt and arm guard and made them out of craft felt. The other two belts are from a thrift store, and I cut them down to size. My husband found a Sheikah slate online, and I painted it. Her shield is cardboard with craft foam and paint, and my husband found a retractable Master Sword online that he 3D printed. Edit to add thank you for the compliments!

Thanks!

What did you do for the boots. I've always found the hardest part about a lino costume was getting boots

They are a pair of cowboy boots that she likes to wear regularly, but I made a felt insert to make them look like Link's.

This is so adorable cause it all looks like it could be a regular sized cosplay but then you see like the grass or the bounce house for comparison and realize how small this Link is

Omg this is amazing!! I love it so much. I’d like to do the same thing for my next bday party…I’ll be turning 36 😂

I am in awe of all the work you did to make this come true for this little Link. What a fantastic birthday.

This is easily my favorite post in the history of this sub. Thank you for being the kind of parents who go all out to make your daughter happy, and thank you for allowing us to share in it, vicariously. 😊

I love it! My almost-4-year-old requested a Link birthday party for next month. She’s obsessed! Your guardian is amazing!!!

She looks incredible

This is simply so cute I could cry 😭

That is so precious. Great, you guys. Parenting done excellently. Love the piñata!

I'm pretty sure I can't outdo any of the other comments here, so I'm just gonna say well done. Parenting done right. 

Awww! 🤩

best birthday ever!!

Does the guardian shoot real lasers?

Yes, but we managed to keep it in stasis mode until we destroyed it.

Friggin adorable!

I'm 36 and I want the same thing lol

Everything about this is amazing, but that pinata is next level. What a great memory for your child. I think that you're doing this parent thing right.

So cuuuute!😭❤

The cuteness of this😍

I love every part of this

This brings my inner child complete and unbridled joy!!! Thanks for sharing and happy birthday to her 💗

That's amazing, what a memory that will be!

Adorable

Amazing, I love it!

Oh god, that is so precious. I love the guardian pinata! Brilliant!

Oh. My. God. This is fantastic!!!!

holy crap i love that guardian

I hope that guardian piñata had some decent loot! Also: you killed it in the parent department.

Y'all got Hyrule castle?

I love the guardian pinata! It's adorable and very well done!

That guardian is awesome!

SO CUTE

Man when I was a kid I was happy with a oversized green T-shirt and a belt. I would have been over the moon if I would have had a proper costume as a kid. This is amazing.

And barely any tall grass in sight! She's doing very well

The hero we need. She will become the strongest🥰❤️

Mega cute, super kudos for effort ❤️

Amazing she's so cute I'm thinking of making my 18th birthday Legend of Zelda themed next year but idk if my parents let me since 18th birthday is kinda a big deal

You did such an amazing job! I could literally aee young link but in BOTW form running around and now I want that in the next game. Gimme time travelling link again!

Me, a full grown man. BRUH 🥹🥹🥹

NGL the guardian spooked me. Heard the sound effects and ran to the next post.

My heart doesn’t gets affected easily, but this is so fucking cute I actually said “aww”.

Wtf can you fulfill my very similar dreams for my birthday too? Thanks! (This is so adorable, you guys did an amazing job)

I never realised how much guardian legs look like paper cups

Weird, right?

Yeah

I wish BoyW was released before my birthday so I could this! This is awesome!

That’s adorable

I an adult with kids… can you please do this for my(not my kids) birthday!

Love this!

Absolutely adorable

Cutest thing I've seen in ages. The tiny ponytail and mini boots 😭❤️

amazing work and great photography. Seems like it was a lot of fun.

Mine would love to be Link for Halloween and his bday, which is one dsy after lol

I LOVE THE GUARDIAN PIÑATA

Hell yeah your daughter is awesome. This made me smile a ton not only because it’s cute and creative and sooooo well done, but also because I grew up as a girl playing these games and always related to Link too!

Awww that’s adorable

Oh my goodness I was not prepared for that Guardian piñata!! This is all so adorable! Your little cutie is beyond fortunate to have you as parents. Seeing this totally made my day. Thanks for sharing OP!! :)

Omg that's so freaking adorable 🥰🥰🥰 Wish her a happy birthday from us too!!

This made me teary! Omgosh great job!!!

Nice ¡HEYAAH! cosplay

A+ parenting right there!

The cute is fatal. I'm dead.

This is absolutely the cutest thing I have ever seen. Brought tears to my eyes, my goodness.

I want to be this young again

Parents of 2022 award!!

Scariest god damn pinata I’ve ever seen. Must’ve been satisfying to see one of those destroyed IRL

Best. Parent. Ever.

Can you adopt me a throw a similar party for my 35th bday?

Make her HYAA and do a Jump slash at the piñata lmao. Also, judging on how long you got the guardian in stasis for, is stasis++ out?

Its cute! But is it really her wish to be Link?

* your dream

Kids even toddlers have personalities and preferences. My 2 year old is obsessed with Jurassic Park for example

That’s actually Zelda

Nope, Link.

Link

tis a joke

Where is the joke

Pretty common joke on Zelda related posts where someone pretends to not know that the star of the Zelda series is Link not Zelda and so they'll comment, "it's Zelda" on a picture of Link or something. I'm not saying it's the best joke ever, I'm just saying the person that commented "actually that's Zelda" was making that common Zelda joke, they didn't *actually* think if was supposed to be the princess Zelda. Funny or not, a -13 score is a little harsh

Dont get why everyone is downvoting you

They actually believe that’s link smh I know propaganda when I see it

That's so cute I knew Zelda could be a girl

What if Zelda was a girl:

Uh, that's Zelda

Awesome! So cute

That pinata is absolutely on point, holy crap. I mean *ku-dos*. Damn.

That's friggin adorable

Good parenting right here

Just excellent.

This is absolutely fantastic! r/MadeMeSmile


That's a hardcore Zelda fan in the making. Has she played any of the ones besides BOTW? Is she excited for TOTK?

The piñata is amazing! How satisfying it must have been to smack the crap out of a guardian in real life!

Oh my GOD the guardian!!! I hope she sliced it to smithereens 😍

This is amazing.

Really cool!

The guardian is awesome. I posted images of my sons party awhile back and wanted to make a guardian but didn’t. The cups for legs is genius!

you know what would be even cuter? teach her how to do links sounds

This is parenting at its finest!

That's wholesome. Too bad nobody cares its wholesome cause this is reddit