
How to make a Mermaid costume, Patterns. Video / Toys with own hands, patterns, video, MK
A fairy-tale image of a beautiful romanticPrincess mermaid always attracted the attention of girls, and very many young ladies would like to look like the charming beauty of Eriel - the daughter of the king of the Triton seas from the Disney cartoon. Dress up a sea princess on anyholiday: costume party, New Year's party, Halloween, birthday or carnival. A suit of mermaids for such a children's holiday can be done at home.
Mermaid outfit: basic details of the image
Before you start buying a fabric andother materials for tailoring, decide on the shape of your future product, thought out all the details to the smallest detail. To begin with it is necessary to determine, from what, actually, consists the image of the little mermaid:
- top of the suit - top, bodice of the dress, shortblouse with little candy-lanterns (for a small girl) or top of a swimsuit and other, more sexy and open versions - for adult girls (you can make a bust even from the halves of coconut, only they have to be ground beforehand, drill holes for ribbons and stuff it with a soft cloth) ;
- The lower part of the suit is very problematic, sincethe image of a mermaid assumes the presence of a tail. Since you do not participate in shooting a movie about mermaids, the tail should only play a decorative function, that is, be just an imitation. There are many options for its manufacture, so be reserved for patience and imagination;
- decorations and other accessories - sea princessescan wear a crown, necklaces and diadems of pearls, sparkling stones and shells, decorate their long curly hair with lilies and other beautiful flowers, seaweed (in the hands you can hold a starfish, coral, toy in the form of some inhabitant of the ocean depths). As a rule, the presence of shoes from the mermaid is not expected, but you can pick up light sandals with a minimum of buckles.
If you are going to make a children's costume, thenconsider first of all the comfort and safety of your child: the outfit needs to be sewn so that it can be fully walked, sit down and move.
Mermaid costume with your own hands at home
To sew a nice and comfortable outfit, correctlypick up the fabric: it should be light and flowing. The main colors of the mermaid image are green, blue, blue and all their possible shades. You can also use a lilac or purple color. Beautiful looks shades with an imitation of silver or gold shine scales.
For a little girl's costume, this option is possible.
If you chose a blouse as the top of the outfit, just a short topic or top from a swimsuit in the form of two cockleshells, then you can sew a simple skirt-tail in your home.
The ideal tail option is a long narrow skirtin the floor, which can be decorated with bulk frills from transparent organza. And if the edge of the shuttlecock is also strengthened with a thick fishing line, this will give them a flared shape. However, a child in such a suit can be uncomfortable. For a small girl, you can slightly remake this variant and insert the same organza (only densely collected) into the back seam of the skirt in the form of a wedge. Such a fish fin does not constrain the freedom of action and will look beautiful. You can add a tail in the form of a part that will be attached and removed (make it from a thin foam and sew it with a cloth). There is an alternative skirt: you can take a narrow trousers or leggings and decorate them from below with frills from organza, and for the top use a transparent tunic. Decorate the details of the costume with paillettes, sequins, beads, beads, beads, rhinestones and other ornaments. A small girl will not need a special make-up, and young girls can decorate themselves using glitter, shades of sea shades, soft lipstick and blush. You can color strands of hair in green and blue or dress a wig.
Mermaid costumes and makeup
If you want to make a mermaid costume forswimming, an adult Halloween or some photo session on the ocean, then it is better to prepare as much as possible. To make the tail look like a real one, special effects, costume and makeup masters are advised to use whalebone, fishing line, real fins, flexible plastic, acrylic paints and other specific materials . Simulation of scales is done in different ways: tightly sewn crystals and beads across the entire surface of the tail row by row, scales are cut from polyethylene, pasted and painted, drawn by hand, etc.
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