New Year costumes with your own hands, how to make a snowman costume yourself, options and examples of making individual costume details.
On the eve of the New Year holidays, in allCarnivals and matinees begin in preschools and educational institutions. For each of these events, the child will need a carnival costume, for a family celebration it is also always appropriate. One of the most common characters at New Year's matinees is considered to be a snowman. This is not surprising, because he is a kind of symbol of winter and an assistant of Santa Claus, so the snowman participates in all New Year's fairy tales.And if your child is at the New Year's partygot the role of a snowman, you can go two ways: buy a costume in a store, or make it yourself. The second option will be more economical, plus you will be sure that your child will be unique and no one else will have a similar costume. Components of a classic snowman outfit Before you start working on a snowman costume, remember what it looks like and think about what elements it should consist of. A real snowman consists of three snowballs, each of which is slightly smaller than the previous one. A snowman always has a hat and a carrot nose. Mandatory elements, without which it is impossible to imagine a standard snowman, are a broom and a scarf. And what should a New Year's snowman costume consist of? Hat Often a bucket is used as a headdress. Of course, for a baby this will be too much. Therefore, you can choose any hat. It is desirable that it at least slightly resembles a bucket. As for the baby's face, you can complement the image with New Year's makeup. To do this, it is enough to emphasize the eyes with a dark pencil or shadows, and make the lips a little brighter. Nose As for the nose, everything is clear here. Try to make a costume nose that will look like a carrot. It can be made of paper or foam rubber, while painting the product orange. Scarf for a snowman It does not matter which scarf you choose. The classic New Year's colors are blue and red, they are present in the costumes of the Snow Maiden and Father Frost. But if you want to choose something brighter, you can use a striped scarf, where there will be different shades.Mandatory elements - buttons EachThe snowman is “dressed in a coat”, which necessarily has black buttons. Place an odd number of necessarily large black buttons on your costume. The snowman’s “body” The best option for making a costume would be two white balls of different sizes. If you don’t have suitable material, it’s not a problem, the main thing is that the two white parts of the costume are soft (it can be fleece) and at least slightly resemble the shape of a circle. As for the broom, you can do without it at the matinee. But if you decide to complement the image with it, then a broom will do for the baby. Here is the snowman ready. But, to make it more clear, you should dwell in more detail on how to make certain parts. Making the body of a snowman with your own hands There are several options for making the “body” for a snowman costume. You can choose any one you like or the one for which you have the materials. Making a costume from a sundress An ordinary white sundress is the easiest way to make a costume. If you have one at home and you don’t mind wearing it, that’s great. First of all, you need to try the sundress on your child; it shouldn’t be too big, otherwise it will slip off the shoulders. Otherwise, you’ll need to take it in a little. In order to separate the top from the bottom, you can use silver tinsel. Tie it so that the fabric at the top has an allowance. You can also put some cotton wool, padding polyester, or white material in the top to make it look more like a lump. This is especially effective when the sundress fabric is very light. Keep in mind that in this case, the tinsel will have to be tied very tightly. Now move on to the bottom of the sundress. It needs to be shortened to knee level. Sew the bottom of the sundress with wire, giving it the shape of a ring. It is best to decorate the lower part of the sarafan with the same tinsel that was used as a belt. Don't forget about the black buttons. They can be made of fabric or paper. You will also need a white shirt for the sarafan. Snowman's jumpsuit made of fleece For the second option for making the snowman's body, you need to buy white fleece. It is very soft to the touch and will look best like snow.The first thing you need to do is make a rough pattern.For these purposes, you can use your baby's suit or overalls. It is advisable to choose clothes for the pattern with sleeves. You do not need exact matches. Everything can be very approximate. Sew the resulting parts with white threads, and decorate the fleece overalls with black buttons. Keep in mind that they should be large. Budget option #3 Surely every boy will have white shorts, you need to put on white tights underneath. This will be the bottom of your suit. As for the top, you can use a white T-shirt or shirt. Black buttons that need to be sewn on top will give your suit a resemblance to a snowman. Making a hat for a snowman with your own hands Since it is better not to use a bucket for a child, here are a few options that you can take note of.Santa Claus hat.Surely, you or your friends have a red New Year's cap. It can be found at any kiosk on the eve of the New Year holidays. A small bucket. If you have a small bucket at home, you can use it to make a costume. Just cover it with paper and paint it black or dark brown. Think in advance about how it will be fixed on the head. Replace the handle with a rope or an elastic band, so your child will be able to move freely, without fear that the headdress will fall off. A paper bucket. Everything is very simple here. Use cardboard to glue a figure in the shape of a truncated cone. Additionally, cut a circle out of cardboard, which will serve as the bottom of the bucket, but do it so that there are teeth along the edges for gluing the two parts. The finished hat. Surely you have an old felt hat at home. Any shape of headdress will do. DIY fabric bucket. The principle of its creation is the same as from paper, but here you need to use soft, but fairly dense fabric. Do-it-yourself carrot-nose The principle of creating a carrot is exactly the same as when making a paper bucket. But in this case, you should use orange paper, you can paint ordinary sheets of paper orange.Just cut out a circle of a certain size from paperdiameter, cut out a sector of the size you need and glue it together. To begin with, you can practice on regular paper, choosing the ideal nose size for your child, and then craft the final result. At the end, just glue a thin elastic band so that the nose holds well. Shoes for a snowman If your child's legs will be open, then be sure to use white tights. As for the shoes themselves, the best option would be white or gray felt boots. You can replace them with puffy boots, but keep in mind that the child will get hot in the room. Also, thick woolen socks or shoe covers made of fabric can be quite suitable for a snowman. The second option is quite easy to make, for this you will need two pieces of fabric. Sew them together, and so that they fit tightly on the leg, you additionally need to sew in an elastic band. Now the snowman costume is ready. You can use any of the above ideas, the baby will appreciate your efforts in any case.