Whether you're doing a marine themed theatrical performance, or hosting a beach party or carnival, you will need costumes.
In this article, the website news portal has prepared a small selection of master classes for making simple but original carnival costumes for children, which you can make with your own hands from scrap materials.
Medusa costume: DIY jellyfish costume
Are you planning to go to the New Year's carnival party or play the role of a charming jellyfish in a children's play? In this case, you can't do without a jellyfish costume.
We will make a jellyfish costume with our own hands, because it is so easy to make from scrap materials.
To make a do-it-yourself jellyfish costume, you will need
Necessary materials:
- umbrella;
- a small canvas of fabric;
- multi-colored ribbons.
Manufacturing:
Open the umbrella and baste a few ribbons to each knitting needle. Ask your child to hold the umbrella while making the suit, so you will know exactly how long to make the ribbons.
The ribbons can be replaced with strips cut from a patch of fabric. One condition is to cut the strip in a circle.
Another option for replacing ribbons is corrugated paper cut into thin strips. And if it's a new year, then you can use shiny tinsel.
Now you need to dress the child in the color of the made jellyfish costume and you can go to the carnival.
Octopus costume: DIY octopus costume
Need a funny and funny octopus costume? Then why not make it yourself from scrap materials.
In a ready-made homemade octopus costume, you can play the main and secondary roles in a children's play, at a matinee, or just have a themed sea party.
Necessary materials:
- T-shirt;
- paints, colored paper or scraps of black and white;
- elastic;
- foam rubber.
Manufacturing:
Cut the foam into narrow, long strips. It would not be bad if the foam rubber had a color, and would not be the usual boring colorless. Fasten the strips of foam rubber with an elastic band (you can sew on). You should have a kind of skirt.
Now draw the eyes of the octopus on the T-shirt. If you don't want to stain your T-shirt, use colored paper or scraps of fabric that you can sew on after cutting out the eyes of the future octopus from them.
Starfish costume: DIY starfish costume
You can also make a bright and cheerful carnival costume of a starfish with your own hands from the most ordinary cardboard.
Necessary materials:
- a sheet of thick cardboard;
- paints;
- glue;
- foam rubber.
Manufacturing:
Cut out the shape of a starfish from a sheet of cardboard, make a window for the face in the middle of the blank. Color in the cardboard star. Glue circles cut out of foam rubber to the rays of the star.
Shell costume: DIY shell costume
A wonderful carnival costume for a little beauty.
Necessary materials:
- a sheet of thick cardboard;
- ribbons or decorative plaits;
- paints;
- glue;
- beads;
- white ball;
- hair band.
Manufacturing:
From a sheet of thick cardboard, it is necessary to cut out two parts of the future shell (see photo). Connect them together with tapes.
Now you need to make a fashion accessory. Glue a large white plastic ball to the old headband (this can be a Christmas tree ball, as long as it is plastic). Decorate the headband with beautiful beads and ribbons.
Fish costume: DIY fish costume
A fun and easy-to-make carnival costume.
Necessary materials:
- a sheet of thick cardboard;
- paints:
- plastic balls.
Manufacturing:
A silhouette of a fish must be cut out of a sheet of cardboard. Make a cut for the arm in the middle of the workpiece. Color the workpiece. Try to make the future fish as bright as possible.
Now attach a string to any stick, and on it several balls, which will symbolize air bubbles.
Submarine Suit: DIY Submarine Suit
A great option for a boy's carnival costume that goes to a beach party.
Necessary materials:
- a sheet of thick cardboard;
- paints.
Manufacturing:
Cut out the silhouette of a submarine from a piece of cardboard. In the center, cut a round hole for the arm. Paint the submarine and paint it with paints. Complete the suit with a snorkeling set (snorkel and mask).
Suddenly, a pleasant event struck - a masquerade ball! You don't have the time and money to order at the atelier, run around the shops in search of original costumes! What to do?! Well, firstly, to calm down, secondly, to remember that we can all do with our own hands and thirdly to look around. What do we always have at home a lot? Right! Plastic bottles, newspapers, trash bags, boxes. From this we will make the most original carnival costume with our own hands.
From plastic bottles
Mermaid or kikimora
The most beautiful place for a plastic bottle is the bottom. We cut a lot of them at once. They will adorn the hem of the dress, the bodice, and the original crown can be glued from them. For a mermaid or kikimora costume, we need green bottles.
After the bottoms have been cut off, you also need to cut off the necks, and then carefully and evenly cut the rest of the bottle lengthwise into three equal parts. Burn small holes in the narrow part and gather them on a string to form a garland that will become a skirt. Glue, sew or staple the bottoms along the edge of the skirt.
It is better to make the bodice of the dress by sheathing the old T-shirt with details of green plastic. But the crown can be assembled from lush feathers cut from bottles and attached to a hoop or ribbon.
Princess of flowers
The stand-up skirt for this costume is made from a wire frame. Any thin fabric is pulled over it. This is where the difficulties end and the creative part begins. Cut petals from bottles of different colors, collect them into flowers and attach to the skirt. Cut half-liter bottles in a spiral and attach the serpentine to the skirt.
A boy's suit can be made from scrap materials by simply tying two plastic bottles together and attaching them upside down to the astronaut's back using straps. And for our jetpack to be operational, glue the red-orange flaps imitating fire with your own hands into the necks.
Helmet, hat, crown
The largest plastic bottles are simply specially produced in order to make various hats out of them for a hero, an alien, a king, a gentleman, a puss in boots, etc.
Before the upcoming holidays, many parents prefer to buy ready-made carnival costumes for their children. But since the outfits presented in stores cost a lot of money, the question arises: isn't it easier to make a suit with your own hands? Today we will tell you how to make an original tsar costume for a boy at home.
The main details of the image in the outfit of the king
If you remember Russian fairy tales where such a character is found, then you can try to recreate a similar image yourself. But first, let's remember what characteristic details are present in the tsar's costume:
- mantle;
- Crown;
- cropped pantaloons;
- scepter;
- shoes with buckles.
Based on this, you can start making a costume for the royal person.
How to sew the mantle of the king
In fact, despite the seeming complexity of the image, everything is quite simple. In order to make the king's mantle yourself, you need to stock up on red or burgundy satin and faux white fur for decoration. Then follow the instructions:
1. Draw a large circle on the fabric with special chalk or soap. Its diameter depends on the height of the child and how long you are going to make the cape.
2. For the neck in the middle of the large circle, draw a smaller circle. Calculate the size in advance for ease of wear.
3. Cut out a large circle first, then a small one. And sew the edges with a sewing machine.
4. Sew the white fur to the hem of the robe. Cut the collar out of the fur and frame the collar with it. A large golden button can be sewn on at the collar joint.
5. You can also paint the royal insignia on the back with fabric paint and paper cut stencils. Just attach the stencil and brush the paint in 2 layers alternately. The mantle for the New Year's costume is ready!
The second version of the mantle
You can go an even simpler way and sew a rectangular cape. To do this, cut a rectangle out of the fabric. Choose the length based on the height of your child, and the width based on its size. After cutting out a large rectangle, wrap the child with it in order to understand exactly whether a given size is suitable or not. If it fits, sew an eyelet to one of the corners. And to the other - a large metal button. Decorate the edges of the cape with faux fur. Along its entire length, it can be decorated with an ornament of sequins, beads or other decorative elements. Another decoration idea is braid. Sew brightly painted tape down the center of your robe or wherever you want.
Making the royal crown
In addition to the mantle, the king's costume has another equally important accessory - the crown. Without her, the image will be unrecognizable.
There are many ways to make a crown with your own hands. Of course, you can buy a ready-made one, but you can also whip up it out of cardboard. But we offer you another option. For it you will need:
- plastic bottle (5 liters);
- baking foil;
- scissors.
1. Cut off the top of the bottle. Select the cut point where the taper begins towards the neck. That is, approximately in half.
2. Since the bottle is usually wedge-shaped, choose a flat piece and cut off the bottom and a little of the top. Then cut the cloves along the top.
3. Measure a piece from the foil, the length of which will be equal to the circumference of the cut bottle. It is better to cut off a few centimeters more, just in case.
4. Carefully, trying not to spoil the thin foil, start wrapping the bottle blank. The teeth of the crown should, as it were, hide under the foil, we will arrange them later.
5. Using your hand to feel for each tooth, make cuts on both sides of each tooth.
6. Fold the edges of the foil to form each of the teeth. They should be neat.
7.Use glue to decorate the crown with rhinestones or artificial stones. You can use bright confetti, they stick well and are inexpensive.
Royal pantaloons
Funny pants for the children's costume of the king can be sewn according to the instructions in the video. It is advisable to choose the fabric from which the mantle was sewn.
King's Scepter
An important attribute of the king's costume for a boy is a scepter decorated with stones and gold. For this you will need a small stick, foil, and lots of jewelry.
First you need to make a small ball of paper. After rolling the paper into a ball, wrap it in foil. Then do the same with the stick. Then fix the ball to one end of the stick and carefully wrap them together with a few more layers of foil. Roll up until you are sure of the strength of the structure. Then it's up to little - decoration. Using a glue gun, glue a lot of decorative rhinestones to the scepter and top. Lay out the beaded and sequin pattern. In the middle of the ball, you can glue a small cross cut from silver or gold cardboard.
Buckle shoes
When making a New Year's costume for the king, do not forget about each of the elements. This rule also applies to shoes. Since buying special shoes for the carnival is quite expensive, we suggest decorating the ones you already have with your own hands.
To do this, you need black ballet flats or soft slippers, satin ribbons, cardboard, glue.
1. Cut two square "donuts" with slightly rounded edges out of gold cardboard.
2. Cut about 12 cm from the red satin ribbon, fold in half and sew along the edge. Then pass it through the cardboard buckle. It should look like a bow.
3. Decorate the buckle with rhinestones or beads by gluing them to both blanks.
4.Use glue to fix the buckles to the shoes.
5. As a decoration, you can use a thin tape, which is sewn to the shoe in the heel area. DIY shoes for the king's costume are ready! At a minimum cost, you will receive another striking accessory that can later be used for other performances.
How wonderful it is to feel like the lord of the sea! If Halloween, a masquerade ball or other costume party is on the way, we suggest you reincarnate as an interesting and powerful character - Neptune.
This is a mythical character, and the image of Neptune (or, as it is also called, Poseidon) was formed for most people on the basis of illustrations in books and cartoons. Let's make a universal list of parts, without which we cannot imagine a Neptune costume, and then make them ourselves. So, you need to do:
- Crown;
- Light Cape - Robe of Neptune;
- Trident;
- Lush beard.
Making a trident
You need to prepare:
- Two sheets of thick paper or cardboard;
- Glue;
- Stationery knife;
- Scotch;
- Foil;
- The stick is longer.
On thick paper or cardboard, we apply the outlines of our trident, cut it out. Then we apply it to the second sheet to make another one of the same part. We circle, cut out.
To make them denser, we glue adhesive tape, it is possible in several layers. We connect the parts together in all places except the bottom.
This is the place for the stick. We put the resulting trident on it and fix it with tape.
Gently wrap the entire trident, from the stick to the cardboard tip, with foil, gluing the ends for a good hold.
Making a cape
To sew a cape for a Neptune costume for a boy with your own hands, you need to prepare:
- Material is white or blue;
- Seashells and small pebbles;
- Blue ribbon;
- Velcro closure.
Make two rectangular white pieces of the desired size for a cape for the Neptune suit with your own hands, the photo shows how to sew the pieces together.
Finish the edges of the blue fabric about 70 cm wide and twice the length of the finished cape. Form longitudinal folds in the middle and sew on a typewriter.
Make a rectangle out of blue material, one side of which is 35 cm, and the other - the circumference of the waist plus 4-6 cm.Fold in half on the second side, insert the material from which the visors are made in the middle. Sew. Decorate with seashells and stones, after stitching in the braid. Attach the Velcro.
Congratulations! You have made the Cape of Neptune.
Making a crown
Costumes for the day of Neptune will not do without a crown, which you can make with your own hands. You can make an ordinary crown and decorate it with seashells and pebbles, or borrow the idea of a king's headdress from The Little Mermaid.
How to make a crown of blue material decorated with seashells.
You need:
Using a template or pattern, cut out the blue fabric (remember to leave a couple of centimeters in reserve to hem the edges). Cut a crown out of the glue cloth that is similar in shape, and join both parts.
Make the same piece, leaving no headroom to fill in the edges. Sew along the bottom, decorate with shells and pebbles. Attach Velcro to keep the crown in place.
How to make King Triton's headdress.
You need:
- Packing cardboard;
- Spray cans with gold and silver paints;
- Old diadem;
- Insulating tape;
- Gun with glue.
Using a pattern, make a base for the crown out of packing cardboard. Tape around the edge with duct tape to make it look neater and last longer.
Nina Minchenko
The holiday has passed Neptune.
I was given the role of the ruler of the seas and oceans. The first thought is how and from what to make costume quickly and inexpensively? "Going through my mind" the availability of the necessary fabric at home, I still ran into the hardware store for plastic bags. Planning that the bags would be useful to make a wig and a beard, I took two packs of blue - white, there were no transparent ones.
At home, at first I decided to see how the outfit would look. Wrapping herself with a white cloth, she threw a blue one over her shoulder (either a mantle, or a cloak, tied the sheaf-like body with a belt. (Yes, they look better in the sauna)... It did not add grandeur and beauty and the carved border of the white fabric.
I got upset, decided to put it off for now and do my wig and beard.
Unrolling the packaging of the bags, I saw how huge they are. Big bags in a package (for car wheels) four pieces. If you fold them one to the other with rhombuses (like this, I show them on double-sided colored paper; bend the edges outward ...
By connecting them with tape, we get a dress with an asymmetrical hem. I liked the result - cellophane dress Neptune was airy, lung.
And for the wig, I needed a head-sized bag.
I had an idea for a more complex beard and mustache, but decided to just cover half of my face like this - tying long strips to an elastic band.
Cardboard is used in the manufacture of the crown. The mop was decorated with sultans - here is the magic trident.
Let's summarize - for suitlords of the seas and oceans will be needed:
Packages for car tires - 6 pcs. (4pcs - dress, 2pcs - wig and beard)
Transparent adhesive tape
Elastic band blue - 40cm
Pack for head size for wig - 1pc
Cardboard for the crown (A4)- 2 pcs
Mop - (trident)
Slates, blue poreo
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