Franklin Sports Youth Shoulder Pads

I ordered the Chiefs uniform for our grandson‘s birthday. He loved it! Had to actually get some cleats to go with it and some Kansas City Chiefs socks also! He wanted to play football every single day!

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I bought these hesitantly for my 7yr old's Halloween costume. He's a big 7yo and most of the reviews commented on how small these are and how there is nothing to them - that's absolutely the case. I would guess they would work perfectly as-is for UP TO a 3yr old but for anyone older, either find something else or be prepared to make some modifications. For me, given the choice of spending $10 + some time or a lot more money for real pads...it was worth a try.Fortunately, it was very easy to beef them up. All you have to do is loosen the front laces and spread them out. I actually ended up using just two of the holes instead of all 3 so I could spread them further. The back is held together by a short piece of elastic. I cut it in half, poked a hold in either side, ran a smaller piece of elastic through the newly poked holes, and tied my elastic piece together to rejoin the back (I had some elastic already, but you could use pretty much anything).The plastic "pad" part, is actually a pretty good shape for shoulder pads, but again - on an older child, not big enough. So, I took 2 sandwich baggies and filled them will fiberfill (aka pillow stuffing, but you could use anything) then duct taped the filled baggies in between the plastic pad and the foam body. It's not pretty, but of course under his jersey you don't see it. It's now beefy enough to fill out his jersey and it looks really good!All in all - if you have a small child, these are great for dress up (obviously, not for contact). If you have an older child though, they can still be modified enough to work. They provide a decent framework for you to work with if you are willing to do that. I don't expect they will hold up much past Halloween but they will work perfectly for our purpose.

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My son used this under his Jersey for his football costume. It was perfect! This is not meant to actually use to play football , just for costume dress up.

Franklin and Amazon ought to be ashamed of themselves for making and selling this product. I know the expression "you get what you pay for" but this is even worse than that. Labeling it as "Costume" is far from accurate as it ought to have the word JUNK in parenthesis next to the product name. The photo is the worst false advertising I have seen in a long time! It is literally a flimsy piece of thin, black foam with two little molded plastic cups sewn to the foam, which by the way have ripped entirely off on one side since you have to carefully try and tuck it under a kids t-shirt so it will stay and have some resemblance to football pads.We got this for our youngest son (3 y.o.) for Christmas because he lives and breathes football. He thinks they're real pads, because he is 3, so he loves them! I am the one who is let down that one side has completely ripped apart in just 1 month of use and the other side is close behind.Little kids put their heart into this kind of thing because they believe it is the real deal. My son continues to wear it even though it's ruined. I couldn't take it away from him if I tried. How disappointing that Franklin would produce such a lousy item. Worse of all (and I am a die hard patron) Amazon is stooping pretty low to make a lousy couple bucks trying to sell this piece of garbage!!!

No, these aren't the world's best quality shoulder pads, but they're also $8. I got these for my two boys, ages 5 and 7, who both were football players for Halloween. They were just perfect for costume shoulder pads. The cheapest pads I had seen anywhere else were $50 each at a sporting goods store, so there was no way I was going to do that. These were exactly what I was looking for. The foam is rather thin, but we were just careful taking them on and off -- and my one son actually got his a bit stuck and pulled pretty hard and it didn't rip. I'm not sure what people expect to get for $8, but for me, I wanted something inexpensive that they could wear once, for Halloween, and if they stayed intact beyond that, then it was a bonus. They are still in perfect shape after being worn three times each for various Halloween events. I would definitely buy these again.

My Nephew loved it. It fitted perfectly under his Football player costume. He wore all day. His teachers and classmates were so excited by his costume