Magical metamorphoses: how to make a children's carnival costume with your own hands. New Year's costumes for girls, boys and adults

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TOP of the best DIY Halloween costumes in 2017 for girls with photos

We'll start with women's suits for Halloween, since they like to dress up much more than the guys. There will be both classic and very extravagant outfits.

Nurse

Cool Halloween outfit idea on a budget. All you need is a nurse's uniform (you can purchase it both in specialized stores and in stores that rent and sell holiday costumes). A cap, an abundance of syringes and fake blood will complete the image.

Maybe you want to take a swing at the image of the nurse from Silent Hill? This will be a little more difficult than the previous option.

For a doctor's assistant, you will need to wrap your face with a lot of bandages soaked in tea leaves.

In detail, the components of the image look like this: a simple nurse’s uniform, a lot of bandages and tea bags and fake blood (sold in specialized stores). Soak the suit with bandages in tea leaves and add a little fake blood. Cover your face with bandages, leaving holes for breathing and vision.

A dead bride

The now popular corpse bride costume will be more difficult to create, but it is quite possible to make it at home. Stock up on blue makeup tinted shampoo or a wig and an outfit reminiscent of Wedding Dress. Its edges will need to be processed accordingly. Artificial flowers will complement the look.

Want to break away from Burton's heroine? Then handsome will help you out evening dress and an abundance of makeup, creating the impression of a tired, beaten and very scary face.

Doll

A very simple and original costume that can be implemented very inexpensively. You just need to take a simple cut dress, white knee socks and apply makeup that simulates fatigue and soreness. An abundance of bows, toys and long eyelashes are welcome. The look for the party is ready!

A vampire

When wearing a vampire (or vampire) costume, the main thing is to follow the “dress code”: a large number of black clothes, a mask, gothic jewelry and provocative makeup. You can also make up your face for Dracula light shades. Small fake fangs and red lenses will also come in handy.

Nun

For a nun, take a simple one holiday dress(you can even buy it for such an occasion). Accessorize it with a white homemade collar and headpiece. The latter can be made from a white border of fabric and a long piece of black fabric sewn to it. An unusual look is more suitable for adults.

Death

Absolute freedom for creativity! Don't forget to wear matching jewelry, like the one below. This alone will make you the queen of the holiday, even if there is no costume specially made for this occasion.

Harley Quinn

Take a closer look at the components of a cool Harley costume worn on Halloween. Much of this can be made yourself or purchased in specialized stores.

If you simplify the image of the heroine, then you can get by with black leggings and ankle boots and generally use stylization.

Fairy

Let's not forget about the cute costumes. This outfit can be made from scrap materials. For example, if you stock up on artificial ivy, you can use ordinary sandals to make beautiful, unusual shoes for a forest dweller.

For a suit, take a long piece of transparent fabric, a base (thick cord) and a lining underneath (a thin blouse). Lay a cord along the neck of the blouse and tie many strips of fabric next to each other, pressing them tightly together. Don't forget about the wings and the magic wand.

Fallen Angel

What is the main element of an angel? That's right, wings. These are the ones we will create today.

Prepare feathers, thick cardboard, a glue gun, white paint, wide satin ribbon, newspaper, scissors and brush.

All you need to do is draw and cut out a suitable blank from cardboard (it should consist of two parts). Then glue some newspaper on top to make the wings more natural.

Once both pieces are finished, glue them together and wrap with tape. From the ribbon, make fastenings that can be tied (the master class with photos also shows the possible arrangement of the ribbons).

These wings can be worn with any white dress, and it will become a full-fledged angel costume.

Witch

For the witch you will need a couple of old T-shirts, scissors, thread, a small plastic cone, black felt and various decorative elements optional.

Cut the black T-shirt according to the photo. But from green in combination with black, sew a decorative strip, make cuts on it.

Sew the center wedge back. Trim the sleeves and make numerous cuts on them. Sew the updated sleeves to the old T-shirt. Decorate with ties. All!

For the hat, cut a felt circle with a hole in the center. Then make a cone (roll part of the circle) and attach it on top. Decorate as desired.

By the way, an original and unexpected accessory would go well with this look. For example, an unusual mask. Among all the witches, you will definitely be the most unusual with her.

A more playful and lighter option can be built using cardboard and corrugated paper. Use a headband or hair clips as a base.

Maleficent

The true story of this unfortunate fairy touched many. And the image invented by the authors inspires one to transform into this heroine.

Clownness

A flirty look for real ladies.

Little Red Riding Hood

A light dress and a couple of discreet accessories are all you need.

Cartoon or anime heroine

Black Catwoman

The most labor intensive costume, but it's worth it

So, what will you need?

For ears:

• faux fur of primary color;
• fleece for the inside of the ears (preferably pink, white or black);
• a piece of long-haired fur;
• wire with a diameter of 3 mm for the frame (you can use any wire, as long as it holds its shape);
• threads;
• hair clips (it is better to choose ones that are as similar as possible to the color of your hair);
• wire cutters.

For the collar:

• leatherette (artificial leather);
• decorative elastic band (see photo);
• rhinestones (several dozen, depending on the circumference of your neck).

For paws:

• artificial fur;
• fleece for pillows;
• lining fabric for the back of the paws (you can also use fleece);
• linen elastic;
• safety pin.

For the ponytail:

• faux fur (width should be equal to the expected length of the tail);
• satin ribbon;
• decorative metal ring (or wire for such a ring);
• bell;
• brooch holder (sold in fabric stores, see photo).

Additional materials:

• padding polyester;
• bells;
• metal rings (they can be created from wire);
• scissors;
• paper for patterns;
• pencil;
• glue "Moment".

Ears

1. Copy the ear patterns. The height should be approximately 7-9 cm.
2. Now transfer the pattern in two mirror copies onto the faux fur and onto the fleece. Don't forget about seam allowances (about 0.5 - 1 cm)! Baste and then sew the ears on sewing machine or manually.
3. Take the wire and attach it to the eye, cut it, focusing on the resulting length with a small margin, and wrap the remaining tip around the other. You will need about 40 - 45 cm.
4. Turn the ears outward and insert the wire frame inside. Sew the edge with a blind stitch, folding the edges inward. Give the ears the desired shape.
5. Sew a piece of long-haired fur on the inside as in the picture. Place a small amount of instant glue in the middle of the edges of the hairpins and quickly press them to the middle of the ears.

Collar

1. Measure your neck circumference. From artificial leather cut 2 pieces of size (2.5 cm x neck circumference in centimeters), and cut the same amount from the decorative elastic band. You don't have to use an elastic band.
2. Cut two pieces of satin ribbon about 15 cm long, burn the edges so that they do not fray. Coat the elastic band and the edges of the tape well with glue on both sides and place it between two pieces of leatherette. Glue the rhinestones.

Paws

1. Print out the patterns. I used crimson lines on the first pattern to mark the places where the pads would be sewn on. Transfer the templates to the fabric and cut them out, leaving 5 - 7 mm for an allowance.
2. At the bottom of the paws you need to leave 1.5 - 2 cm for bending and inserting the elastic! This applies to both main parts and lining parts. After the parts are cut out, baste and then sew together two parts of the outer, fur layer, and the back, fleece layer for each foot.
3. Now turn the backing layer for each foot inside out and put it on the main parts that have not yet been turned out and sew the edge with an overcast stitch by hand or with a zigzag on a sewing machine.
4. Without turning the entire workpiece inside out, sweep the edge of the legs to prevent fraying. Fold the edges of the legs as shown in the picture and sew at a distance of 5 mm from the border. Make a small cut in one place on the side to insert an elastic band.
5. Cut the elastic bands so that your wrist is comfortable + a small margin for stitching.
6. Pass a pin through the cut piece of elastic and pull it through the hole left until the pin appears at the opposite end. Pull out the pin and sew the ends of the elastic together.
7. Turn it inside out. Let's start with the pads: sew all the pads along the edge with a forward-needle stitch, and then pull them a little and stuff them with padding polyester. Secure them a little with a few stitches.
8. Tighten the largest pad with a thread in two places. Sew the pads to the paws using a blind stitch so as not to catch the inner lining layer. All)

Tail

I made the tail length about 80 cm, but it can be shorter.

I don’t recommend making the tail too long, because turning it out will be a complete pain. To achieve the desired length, simply extend the pattern by continuing straight lines.

1. Cut out the tail as shown below. (The side without a seam is the fold line.) Leave allowances.
2. Now sew by folding it in half and leaving an opening for turning it inside out. Now slowly turn it inside out while stuffing the workpiece. Sew the opening closed or overcast.
3. All that remains is to sew on the brooch mount and decorate the tail with a bow made from a ribbon with a bell (optional).

Other cats

An unusual idea would be a Maneki Neko or cat thief costume. Try on the image of a Cheshire cat.

For pregnant

Still it's beautiful female condition imposes some difficulties when choosing a suit. On the other hand, you can pay attention to more daring and extravagant options.

Couples Halloween Costumes

For a couple (or even for a whole family), creating costumes with your own hands is much more interesting, because you can create a very unusual composition. For example, a family of bees.

Lightning and its victim.

Dracula and his vampire.

And a couple of robbers are generally beyond all praise.

Well, everyone’s favorite clowns after the acclaimed film “It”.

Men's suits for the holiday

For men, aesthetics are not as important as instilling fear in public. This is where we will start from.

Zombie

The main element for zombies is definitely makeup. For this you will need a pack of face paints, black matte eye shadow and a marker.

See the photo for the process of creating a scary image.

This makeup is suitable for a skeleton, a zombie, and a vampire. For zombies, I would also recommend applying a lot of bruises with red lip gloss.

Mummy

Surely everyone knows classic version mummies with wrap toilet paper. But you must admit, such a very short-lived option can easily ruin the whole event, even if there is no rain (what if you knock the glass over yourself?))

To create a more durable suit you will need: white fabric(you can use bandages), a few safety pins and some black (or gray) dry pastels and hairspray.

The creation process is brilliantly simple:

1. Cut the fabric into long strips about 8-12 cm wide and the length you need.
2. Remember carefully and rub the material in your hands; if the fabric is loose, then Special attention pay attention to the edge.
3. In some places of bandages or fabric, rub thoroughly with fine dry pastel. This is necessary for the aged effect of the bandages.
4. Spray thoroughly with varnish so that the pastel does not rub off.
5. Wrap the fabric in the right places and pin it together so it doesn’t fall off.

To complete the effect, you can also apply makeup, but more about this in the paragraph about zombies.

Skeleton

For this you will need black clothes. It could be a dress, dark jeans with a T-shirt, or just long black pajamas.

Let's consider two creation options:

Option 1: In addition to clothes, prepare bone patterns (you can draw them yourself), a pencil and acrylic paints.

Option 2: Again, you need patterns and a pencil. But instead of paints, prepare a few pieces of white felt (you can buy it at any fabric store). Also don't forget to take scissors and white thread.

Cut out the bones from felt according to the template. Then sew the bone parts to the clothing with thread in several places. It is not necessary to sew completely along the edge, you can literally sew it on the corners so that the bones do not fall off.

This method is good at least because you can wear the clothes in the future. You just need to carefully cut off the bones.

Carnival costumes for girls are not difficult to make - the main thing is to complement the existing outfit with the necessary accessories

Preparing for the carnival requires spending quite a lot of time and effort, but one festive evening spent in a beautiful costume in cheerful company Of course it's worth it. A carnival costume can be purchased in a store or rented, but many people prefer to prepare it themselves, with their own hands. There are a huge number of different outfit options: these include costumes of various animals, which children most often like to try on, and images of fairy-tale creatures - nymphs, mermaids, angels, witches and all sorts of evil spirits.

Rules for creating the perfect carnival costume

The main thing in a suit is not lace, sequins and feathers, but the image created with their help. For a costume carnival to be a success, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money on an outfit. If you show your imagination and approach its production creatively, then it is quite possible to do without large expenses, while creating a low-budget, but effective and bright costume.

Video on how to make a costume for a carnival with your own hands

So, for example, to transform into the image of Fiona from the famous and beloved cartoon “Shrek”, you will need specific makeup in green tones, the same green pipe ears and any long dress with a deep neckline. The dress can be decorated with golden braid or other decorative elements, which can be easily removed after the holiday, and the carnival dress again becomes everyday wear.

The integral attributes of carnival costumes are all kinds of headdresses, crowns, carnival masks, wings, horns, fans, etc., with the help of which regular clothes turns into a smart suit.

When coming up with the image in which you want to appear at a costume party, you need to take into account that you should be comfortable in the costume you have made. It is also worth making sure that the costume evokes smiles and not ridicule from those around you.

Witch costume

A DIY carnival costume for a girl should be elegant, beautiful, and at the same time fun. To create such an image you will need a long black dress, broom and pointed hat. If you can find a suitable dress in your wardrobe, then you will have to work hard to create a cap hat. You can make it from a sheet of cardboard.

Making a cap hat

To work you will need:

• A large sheet of thick cardboard.
• Glue.
• Scissors.

It is best to make such a hat from ready-made black cardboard, but if you cannot find it, you can paint the cardboard white black ink. To make the hat elegant and impressive, you can look for velvet or corrugated cardboard to make it in specialized stores.

The pattern will require two parts: a ring and a cone. The size of the inner circumference of the ring should be equal to the size of the head of the future witch. The wider the brim you want on your hat, the wider the ring should be.

1. Draw three circles with a common center on a piece of cardboard. The smallest, inner circle is needed to form the “tongues” to which you will glue the hat cone.
2. To make such “tongues”, you should divide the first circle into 6-8 segments and cut them with scissors along the marked lines.
3. Bend the tabs up.
4. To make a cone, draw a large circle on a piece of cardboard, divide it into 4 parts, cut out one of them and roll it into a cone.
5. Connect the edges with glue or tape. To calculate the radius of a circle, use the formula: 2/3*(head circumference + 1 cm).
6. Now you can glue the finished cone to the tabs that were previously formed on the ring. You need to glue it so that the tongues are located inside the cone.
7. If necessary, you can attach an elastic band or two black ribbons to the finished hat, with the help of which the hat will be securely held on the witch’s head.
8. Decorate ready product You can optionally attach it to the front beautiful brooch, tie a ribbon at the base of the cone, attach the veil.

Enough interesting idea- attach a spider hanging on a thread to the brim of the hat. The spider can be purchased in the accessories department, where fabrics and materials for needlework are sold. A DIY witch costume for a carnival does not have to be made with a long dress. A witch girl in a short dress will look no less extravagant.

Costume "Angel"

At the carnival you can appear in the form of a beautiful angel. To make such a costume, you need to find a suitable white dress and make wings and a halo.

Making wings

To make angel wings you will need:

• 4-5 meters of wire (length depends on the desired size of the wings).
• Template for wings.
• White fabric (possibly padding polyester or non-woven fabric).
• Glue gun.
• Down boa.
• Needle and thread.
• Down and regular feathers of different sizes.
• White rubber band.

Manufacturing procedure:

1. Using the template, cut out 4 pieces for the wings from white fabric.
2. Using the template, form wings from wire.
3. Sew the parts, insert a wire frame into the resulting workpiece and secure it with a needle and thread.

1. Glue down feathers around the perimeter.
2. Now you should sort the feathers by size. The largest ones need to be attached to the bottom of the wings, inserting the tips of the feathers into the fabric, and gluing the stems to the surface of the fabric.

1. In this way, continue gluing the feathers in rows - first the longest ones, then the middle ones, and then the shortest ones. Cover the upper part of the wings with down feathers and pieces of boa.

Angel wings are ready. Now all that remains is to make the fastenings with which they will be held on the back. To do this, take two pieces of white rubber band and sew them to the edges of the wire frame so that the wings are held on the back like a student's satchel.

To make a halo, take a thin wire and form a circle out of it. Bend the ends of the wire down and attach them to the hair hoop. Sew a boa onto the wire circle with thread. You can also sew a boa to the bottom of the dress and along the neckline. It is not a shame to appear in such an outfit at the best carnivals in the world.

The versatility of the little black dress

Angel costumes for carnival for girls can be made in black or pink color- it all depends on your desire or availability of source materials.

If you show your imagination, you can choose suitable accessories for any dress and create the desired image. So, adding wings and a halo to a little black dress, you get an angel. If you wear the same dress in combination with sheep ears and a bell around the neck, you will get a black sheep costume.

With the help of a black dress you can create the image of a seductive guardian of order:

If you add to a black dress yellow color, and sew yellow stripes on his skirt, then, in combination with wings made of black tulle, you get a bee costume. By the way, an angel in a black dress can also have white wings:

Princess carnival costume for girls

For children, a ball, a carnival, costumes are a great joy. Kids always look forward to the holiday and dream of a stunning carnival outfit. Most often, children themselves choose who they want to be at the upcoming carnival, and the mother’s task is to make her child’s desire come true.

What girl doesn't dream of turning into a princess for at least one evening? Making a princess costume is not difficult - it just takes a little patience and time. If a little fashionista has a beautiful ball gown in her wardrobe, the task is greatly simplified. But if you don’t find a suitable dress, you can sew it yourself from one of your mother’s old clothes. To give the skirt fullness, it is recommended to make an underskirt from several layers of starched gauze or make a frame from flexible wire.

Any princess must appear at the carnival ball wearing a crown and a fan. Carnival costumes, if you prepare them yourself, are easiest to make from ready-made items of clothing, simply complementing them with accessories that match the look. So, a crown can be made from cardboard covered with foil and decorated with stasis and sequins.

If you cut out a figured crown from the same cardboard and cover it tightly with rhinestones, you will get a chic accessory for a real princess:

To make a fan, you should purchase a cheap wooden fan and decorate it with fabric and lace:

Also, to complement the image, the princess will need a mask, which is also made from cardboard.

Video on how to make a carnival costume for a girl with your own hands

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Christmas costumes for children: do it yourself

Adults, unfortunately, lose their naive, childish faith in miracles and the ability to immerse themselves in a fairy tale or even, with the power of their own imagination, transform reality into a fairy tale.

Adults - yes, but not children! And if on ordinary days they can still allow themselves to doubt something like this, then during the New Year holidays they leave no chance for doubt.

And, by the way, adults also become infected with this general anticipation of a miracle, especially if they take an active part in preparing for the New Year children's holidays. And children (especially girls) are looking forward not only to gifts and holidays, but also to the New Year's masquerade, when they can try on an outfit fairy tale hero, temporarily turn into a princess or a wizard, become a dashing cowboy or an almighty Goldfish. By the way, many images can be brought to life by making children's New Year's costumes with your own hands. For example, what kind of outfits for girls can mothers and grandmothers make?

Malvina costume

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If you are good at sewing, you can start sewing Malvina’s beautiful fluffy dress, and in addition to it, make pantaloons with lace trim. However, there is a simpler option that will suit even those mothers who do not know how to sew or cut, but want to make a costume with their own hands.

So, the dress. Almost anything is suitable for Malvina’s costume elegant dress pastel colors. But it's best if it's blue or pink. Option with knickers for those who don’t know how to sew - pajama pants suitable color. Simply insert elastic bands at the bottom of the legs and sew a lace or tulle frill around the edge. If you don’t want to bother with panties, then make them for the dress full skirt from a cut of organza, tulle or chiffon, which will be white or the same color as the dress, but will cover the legs below the knees. Embroider the dress with ruffles made of lace or stripes of the same organza, or nylon ribbons. And, by and large, the main part of the DIY costume is ready.

Hairstyle. If possible, buy a ready-made wig with blue hair- Wonderful! This means that another problem has been solved. The second option (suitable for a girl with long hair) – do without a wig, but make a hairstyle from the child’s own hair, curling doll curls. The main accessory of Malvina’s hairstyle is a huge butterfly bow, which you can also make with your own hands from satin, nylon, chiffon, organza and attach it to the headband. It is advisable to decorate the belt on the dress with the same bow, and place the bow at the back.

Shoes. Any white, pink or blue shoes, as well as Czech shoes, which you will turn with your own hands into the shoes of the Malvina doll, if you simply attach bows to them, made in the image and likeness of what flaunts on Malvina’s head. That's all. Add white knee socks or tights to your costume and give your Malvina the appropriate makeup - blue eye shadow, rosy cheeks, pink lips. Your Blue Hair Girl is ready to go to the masquerade ball.

Goldfish Costume

Consider that your Goldfish costume is already ready if the girl’s wardrobe has any elegant dress in yellow, orange or even red. And if there is golden dress, then the fish will turn out just perfect. You will only have to make two things with your own hands: a headdress and a cape (cape). By the way, to heighten the effect, your Goldfish’s dress can be trimmed along the hem with gold Christmas tree tinsel, and if the style of the dress allows, you can also decorate the bodice and sleeves.

Now the cape. In principle, if you have a gold dress, there is no need for a cape. But if there is such a need, then sew it from any golden fabric. You can wear a cape

make it long (to the floor), and short and fluffy, like a cape. This element of the costume will not require any special skills from you, and almost any mother can make it with her own hands.

Headdress. You have two options here. Firstly, if you go the simple route, the easiest way is to make a crown from wire and gold tinsel. First you put the tinsel on the wire and then bend the wire into a crown shape.

The second way will be more difficult, but with its help the image will be more recognizable. In this case, you will have to make a cap in the shape of a fish from cardboard or whatman paper with your own hands. To do this, you need to draw two silhouettes (in a mirror image) of some cute cartoon fish and paint them with ordinary gouache, depicting eyes, gills, fins, tail, and, naturally, scales. By the way, the fish should be drawn with a crown, and its tail can be decorated with golden Christmas tree rain. Now you need to put both fish together (with the painted sides facing out) and glue both parts along the upper contour, making a semblance of a pioneer (or army) cap from the fish. You put the fish cap on the child’s head, secure it with bobby pins in the hair and admire the outfit of the Goldfish, which, by the way, you made with your own with my own hands.

Little Red Riding Hood costume

The idea of ​​this costume may seem hackneyed or even outdated and worn out to you, but believe me, your child has a completely different opinion. For him, everything in this world is new, and the image of Little Red Riding Hood, which appeared back in the seventeenth century, is just as relevant for your daughter (granddaughter) as it was for you at her age. So, without worrying too much, try making your own Little Red Riding Hood costume.

The main element of the costume is a red cap (panama hat, hat, beret). All other parts of the costume can also be found in your child’s wardrobe or rented from relatives or friends. A white blouse available in the wardrobe of any schoolgirl. But not only a blouse, but also a turtleneck or T-shirt with long sleeve. Vest of any dark color (blue, black, burgundy, green). Finding this element of the costume will not be difficult for you, just like almost any full skirt. By the way, to complete the look, you can sew lace along the hem of the skirt or even sew an underskirt, the edge of which will peek out from under the hem of the upper one.

The apron is the last important detail that you may have to sew yourself. And, naturally, a wicker basket will complete the Little Red Riding Hood costume. You can put a bouquet of artificial flowers in the basket or even put cookies and sweets with which Little Red Riding Hood can treat her friends.

Bee Costume

A very popular New Year's costume for girls of any age. For both babies and schoolgirls, the basis of the costume will be a short dark-colored dress or trousers with a turtleneck. Your task is to embroider this costume with yellow stripes of fabric. As an option - a yellow skirt and a striped T-shirt. Another option is black trousers and a yellow turtleneck trimmed with black stripes. By the way, fashionable colors in the “beeline” style can be found on knitted gloves or knee socks. If you have these, or you suddenly acquire them on occasion, then they will become

A great addition to the Bee costume. And, by the way, you can knit yellow and black striped leg warmers or mitts with your own hands in a couple of evenings.

The hardest part is making the wings. To do this you will need a strong, but soft wire, for example, aluminum. Fold the wire into a figure eight and secure it in the crosshairs and at the ends. Then find a suitable translucent fabric (tulle, nylon, organza or even tulle) and cover the wire with this fabric. White ones are also suitable for this purpose. nylon tights, whose pant legs need to be cut off and cut top part tights into two parts along the front and back seams. In extreme cases, wings can even be made from thin paper.

Bee's New Year's costume is completed with a headband with pom-pom antennae. Such headbands can be easily purchased in a store or even made yourself by attaching the same wire with pompoms or large beads at the ends to a regular headband.

Snow Maiden

The Snow Maiden's outfit, despite the current popularity of Disney characters, will always be relevant, especially among those who are not delighted with minor roles. In order to make the Snow Maiden's outfit, you need to get a children's dress of blue color, which can be easily turned into a New Year's outfit: we sew snowflakes on it, edge the bottom of the sleeves and hem with faux fur or white fabric.

We select a hat to match the outfit. You can sew a white braid made of cotton wool onto your hat. If after all that has been done you still have white fur- it will make a beautiful muff!

Angel

One of the most touching New Year's transformations is the image of an angel. What do we need? Without a doubt, it's worth stocking up on white fabric, glitter, feathers, rain, rhinestones and everything else that you couldn't fit on the Christmas tree.

The basis of the costume is a white airy dress. Wings for our little angel can be bought in any market for a symbolic price. If you are ready to create wings with your own hands, then you need to cut them out of cardboard, spread them thickly with glue and sprinkle them with feathers.

It’s worth making a halo on the little angel’s head. To do this, you can resort to using wire wrapped with serpentine or rain. The most suitable hairstyle for an angel, of course, will be charming curls.

Pippi – Longstocking

Does your girl have the opportunity to braid her hair? Put a colored sundress on her.

Braid two braids with ribbons of different colors. You can make a bow on one, and an untied bow on the second (but so that the braid does not unravel).

Apply large freckles to your face very carefully.

You put long, striped stockings of different colors on your feet, and you hold a toy monkey in your hands.

The image is ready.

Snake costume - symbol of 2013

The coming 2013 is the year of the Snake, so the snake costume will become the most relevant at New Year's celebrations. We suggest you try to make a snake costume with your own hands.

How to make a snake costume with your own hands - step-by-step instructions.

(information provided by the website 2mira.rf)

Step 1. Prepare materials. Buy green fabric. For a snake costume, it is better to choose a fabric that stretches - it will fit better on the figure. You will also need: red fabric or felt for the snake's forked tongue, yellow or white fabric and black oblong buttons (all of which will be useful for creating the snake's eyes). Elongated snake pupils can be simply embroidered.

Step 2. We take basic measurements. We take measurements from the future owner of the snake costume. We need to know: the diameter of the child's head, the height of the head - from the crown to the collarbone, as well as the child's height (based on the height, we can calculate the length of the snake's tail).

Step 3. Getting ready to cut out the suit. Fold the fabric in half.

Step 4. Create a pattern: hat and tail. Trace the silhouette of the snake costume onto the fabric. Essentially, we should get a deep hat with long tail behind. The window for the face can be cut out right away, or you can leave this work for later.

Step 5. Shape the suit. We sew the head of the costume along the edge - we get a hat. Trying on a suit. If it fits well, you can sew the edges of the snake's tail and then stuff the resulting pointed “sausage” with padding polyester. The snake's tail can be left unsewn (then it will lie on the back like a narrow cloak).

Step 6. Finalizing the details. After the main work is done, all that remains is to finalize the details. Cut out the eyes and tongue of the snake from fabric or felt (you can also use fleece). It is better to attach them to the suit when the child is wearing it. This way you can place the details in their rightful places: the tongue above the child’s nose, the eyes above the eyebrows.

Step 7. Decorate the costume. If desired, the snake costume can be decorated with sparkles or made of shiny material. You can put a chain of black diamonds along the back (cut black felt into squares) - this will remind you of snake scales.

Costume "Fox"

Costume "Snowflake"

Costume "Star"

Costume "Butterfly"

Cowboy costume

There is nothing easier to make a cowboy costume for your son. This image remains popular among boys to this day.

So, we take suede fabric and sew a vest from it (or take a ready-made one). Now you need to make a fringe on the vest. Let's take a light shirt, preferably even white.

We choose jeans that are quite worn and frayed. We tie a bright neckerchief. By the way, you can also add fringe to jeans.

The easiest way to buy a cowboy hat is to buy it in a store or borrow it from friends if you don’t have one. We complement the look with suitable shoes and accessories: lasso, cowboy pistols.

Costume "Indian"

Costume "Mushroom"

A pleasant event unexpectedly appeared - a masquerade ball! You don’t have the time or money to order from a tailor shop or run around the shops looking for original costumes! What to do?! Well, firstly, calm down, secondly, remember that we can do everything with our own hands and thirdly, look around. What do we always have a lot of at home? Right! Plastic bottles, newspapers, garbage bags, boxes. From this we will make the most original one with our own hands. carnival costume.

Mermaid or kikimora

The most beautiful place in a plastic bottle is the bottom. We cut a lot of them at once. They will decorate the hem of the dress, the bodice, and you can use them to glue together an original crown. For a mermaid or kikimora costume we will need green bottles.

After cutting off the bottoms, you still 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 cord into a garland, which 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 covering an old T-shirt with green plastic parts. But the crown can be assembled from lush feathers cut from bottles and attached to a hoop or ribbon.

Princess of Flowers

The standing skirt for this costume is made from wire frame. Any thin cloth. This is where the difficulties end and the creative part begins. Cut petals from bottles of different colors, collect them into flowers and attach them to the skirt. Cut half-liter bottles in a spiral and attach the “serpentine” to the skirt.

A boy's costume 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. To make our jetpack functional, glue red-orange patches simulating fire into the necks with your own hands.

Helmet, hat, crown

The largest plastic bottles are simply specially produced in order to make various headdresses from them for a hero, an alien, a king, a gentleman, a puss in boots, etc.

The photo shows how to make these hats. Cut out the fields from thick cardboard.

Costumes from…

Dress made of leaves

It's natural to go autumn Ball in a dress made of autumn leaves. To create such a masterpiece with your own hands you will need few resources: just a piece of fabric or an old dress, a large bag maple leaves and glue.

Take garbage bags of two colors, cut them into one continuous sheet, and build a costume... for example, rain.

Dresses made from improvised materials turn out amazing. Few people know that bags, even the largest ones, are glued so tightly that they can be inflated like Balloons. Inflate 15-20 bags and attach them to long skirt in several rows. The world has never seen such a gorgeous princess.

You can, on the contrary, not inflate the bags, but cut them into fringes, and then sew them on with lush red flounces.

Queen of newspaper prints

If you have stacks of old, read newspapers lying around waiting for the next repair, it's time to put them to work. See what kind of royal dress of the Lady of the Seal you can make with your own hands. All you need to do is take a printed sheet, fold it in half for rigidity, roll it into a bag and attach it to the skirt in any way. The assembly procedure is the same as in the autumn costume.

Dinosaur and box cowboy

A great dinosaur costume can be made from boxes. You can fasten the parts with a stapler, glue or tape. This requires imagination and engineering.

Another carnival costume for a boy is a cowboy on a horse. The horse's face can be made from the same plastic bottles. It’s a pity that it’s difficult to dance in circles in such outfits, and you can’t invite a girl to a waltz, but a gift for best suit secured.

Alien costume

The most profitable outfit is the alien dress. Yes, because no one knows what he really looks like. Come up with whatever you want, cut it with your own hands, glue it, draw everything your imagination allows. To indicate that you are wearing an alien costume, simply attach an antenna to your head and paint your face green.

Making a carnival costume with your own hands is not at all difficult. The most important condition is that the outfit is light and allows you to move and dance freely. At the same time, it is necessary to have details in it that would emphasize the characteristic features of the chosen image. Creating a costume may not involve any monetary costs if you take existing clothes as a basis. It just needs to be decorated in a unique way: sew something on, glue it on, paint it.

Candy carnival costume for girls

New Year- This good mood, fun, Christmas tree, fruits and, of course, a wide variety of sweets. Children always look forward to gifts that will certainly contain sweets. For a New Year's party, making a carnival costume for a girl with your own hands in the form of candy will be very appropriate. For production you will need:

• fabric, preferably pink satin;
• white and green tulle;
• a sheet of cardboard or thick paper;
• a piece of pink corrugated paper;
• PVA glue;
• scissors;
• decorative items: beads, glitter, ribbons.

Sewing instructions:

1. Sew a pipe from pink satin. Sew ribbons diagonally, alternating different colors.
2. Hem the edges at the top and bottom to pull through the elastic.
3. Sew straps from the same ribbons to create a yoke for the dress.
4. Cut 2 strips from tulle of both colors: one wide for the skirt, and the other narrow for the ruffles on top.
5. Sew a skirt in the form of a cylinder from double tulle, with white on top.
6. Sew narrow strips along the edges together, also white tulle, placing it on green.
7. Sew the skirt and ruffles to the yoke.
8. Insert loose elastic bands into the bottom and top of the hem.

The candy sundress is ready. To complete the look, all that remains is to make a hat. To do this you need:

1. Cut a rectangle from a sheet of cardboard or thick paper, the length of which is equal to the circumference of the head plus two centimeters for gluing the edges, and the height is approximately 15 cm.
2. Cut a rectangle of the same length from corrugated paper, make it twice as tall as the workpiece and glue it to it.
3. Tie the top part of the corrugated paper into a bun using ribbon or foil.

To decorate the costume, sew on sparkles and beads. Glue circles of colored paper onto the hat. A do-it-yourself carnival costume for a girl is completely ready. Appearance the baby will resemble a princess.

Snowman costume for a boy for the holiday

Winter always means snow, frost, skiing, sledding and snowball fights. When the thaw sets in and the snow becomes soft, the children go out into the yard to make a snowman. This image is often the character of New Year's parties in schools and kindergartens. Making a carnival costume for a boy with your own hands is not difficult.

To make it you will need:

• fleece white and black;
• orange cardboard;
• linen elastic;
• popcorn bucket;
• tinsel, sparkles, snowflakes, stars.

Sewing instructions:

1. Sew the top part of the suit - a jacket. To do this you need to find ready-made pattern, corresponding to the size of the child. Make the following changes to it: widen the bottom and increase the length. The pattern should be in the shape of a trapezoid.
2. Using it, cut out the parts and sew them. Hem the sleeves and bottom of the jacket, and decorate the collar.
3. The jacket will look voluminous if you insert a wire or elastic band into the bottom edge.
4. Also thread an elastic band into the lower part of the sleeves to give them the shape of a flashlight.
5. Sew large black buttons onto the jacket. You can buy them or sew them from black fleece or other material, putting foam inside to add volume.
6. The lower part of the suit is also sewn according to a regular pattern with additional seam allowance for volume.
7. After the product is ready, insert the elastic band into the upper and lower parts of the pants.
8. Decorate the costume with sparkles, sew on snowflakes, stars, tinsel.

So the carnival costume for the boy is ready. All that remains is to make additional attributes with your own hands:

1. Nose. Make a cone out of orange cardboard. This will be the carrot nose.
2. Broom. You can make it from a stick, attaching a bunch of branches to it, or buy it ready-made in a store. Decorate the stick with sparkles and snowflakes.
3. Scarf. It's better to use it light bright gas material so that it is not very hot.
4. A cap. For a headdress, use a popcorn bucket or make one out of cardboard. Glue the finished nose onto the hat and decorate it with sparkles.

It turns out that making a carnival costume with your own hands is not at all difficult. Involve a child to work on it. He will be very pleased.

Carnival costume for a woman for a party

Everything is ready for the New Year: the Christmas tree is decorated, the apartment is decorated, gifts are prepared, everything is thought out holiday menu. All that remains is to come up with a carnival costume and surprise your family and friends with your transformation. This problem can be solved this way: sew something to order, rent it, alter old clothes yourself, making accessories for decoration from scrap materials. Or, for example, make a carnival costume with your own hands. And the woman will become a good sorceress. How to make it happen:

• The basis of the costume can be any outfit, added with a full skirt. There is always an elegant dress that has not been worn for a long time.
• Sew a full skirt from stiff taffeta. To do this, stitch a rectangular piece of fabric like a pipe. Hem the top edge and pull in the elastic. Trim the bottom edge with teeth or sew lace to it.
• Wear a tailored skirt under the dress. Tie yourself with a belt that can be woven from ribbons.
• Prepare small bows from ribbons and pin the hem of the dress in several places so that the petticoat sticks out from under it.
• Decorate the headband with paper flowers.

So we made a carnival costume with our own hands for the woman who is the mistress of the house. The good sorceress can work miracles on New Year's Eve.

Dog costume for New Year's party

For a child, this costume can be sewn using patterns for a shirt, pants and a hood from magazines, and then, cutting out circles of different sizes from a material of a darker color, sew them onto the clothes. Attach fabric hanging ears to the hat. If there is no time at all, then you can get by using existing things. So, to make a dog carnival costume with your own hands, you need to take:

• A plain suit in white, black, gray or any brown tones.
• Place the hood of the jacket over your head, sewing the ears to it. If you don’t have a hood, a ready-made hat or baseball cap will do, and you’ll also need to attach ears to it.
• Put ready-made gloves on your hands, decorating them with circles of fabric.
• Apply makeup on your face.

Instead of a suit, matching shorts with a T-shirt, on which appliques are also sewn, are also suitable. And on the head they put a hoop with sewn ears and a dog’s face. For a boy it is made of paper, but a girl can easily use a plastic one for her hair. It’s simple, a carnival dog costume can be made with your own hands very quickly and with virtually no money spent.

Carnival clown costume for men

IN new Year's Eve everyone should be in a good, upbeat mood. To ensure that no one gets bored, the owner of the house can transform into a clown and bring joy to both children and adults. In this case, he will need colorful bright clothes. Having decided on the role in advance, you can make an excellent carnival costume for adults with your own hands. The clown outfit consists of:

1. Overalls. To sew, you will need a pattern, which you need to take from a sewing magazine. It is better to make the halves of the overalls from different colors of bright fabrics at your discretion. Sew colorful colors onto finished clothes big pom poms made from faux fur or yarn.
2. Cap. Roll a piece of paper to form a cone. The circumference of its base and head should be equal. Moreover, at the edges of the pattern you should add a centimeter for gluing. Cover the finished cap with fabric and attach a pompom and a hat elastic to it.
3. Shoes. You can use large sneakers and attach large pompoms to them.
4. To complete the look, add a hand-made carnival costume for an adult home owner with a red wig and a red nose. It is convenient to make a wig from yarn, attaching it to the edge of the cap. For the nose, cut a circle with a diameter of about 12 cm from red material, gather the edges with a thread and fill with cotton wool, leaving space for your own nose.

Apply bright makeup to your colorful costume. Make large white circles around the eyes and mouth, draw a large laughing mouth, and small black eyebrows.

Carnival costume for a girl

It’s easy to make vestments for any event with your own hands. IN holidays On New Year's, Halloween, birthday, Christmas, youth parties are often held, where a girl can appear in a carnival costume, for example, Disney princess Merida. To transform into an image, you need to get acquainted with her lifestyle:

• This is an energetic, witty girl, she holds herself well in the saddle, practices archery, enjoys walking in the forest, and is excellent at climbing steep rocks.
• The figure is fine, stately and graceful.
• Clothing style - a dress in blue tones, flared and fitted, floor length. A cloak-cape, a bow, a quiver with arrows, a leather belt, a necklace around her neck, and a bracelet on her wrist are her accessories.
• Bright red curly hair and makeup. To create an image, it is better to choose a wig, or you can experiment with your hairstyle.

For makeup you will need:

• eye shadow base;
• brown and blue shadows;
• eyeliner (black and brown);
• eye shadow (white);
• mascara (black).

Makeup for a homemade carnival costume is done like this:

• apply a base to the eyelids under the shadow;
• draw an arrow above the upper lash line with a brown pencil;
• create a black arrow along the bottom of the eyelashes;
• cover the eyelids with blue shadows, and up to the eyebrows with white;
• paint your eyelashes with black mascara.

You will be irresistible in this look at a party.

Gypsy costume for carnival

On new year party It is very impressive to appear among friends in the image of a gypsy. A woman can sew a carnival costume with her own hands, having a minimum of skills. To do this you will need:

• fabric with flower arrangement;
• bright plain material;
• flower made of paper or fabric;
• sequins;
• threads;
• sewing machine.

Sewing details:

1. Blouse. Use material with floral patterns. Choose any pattern that matches your size. The sleeve is straight up to the elbow, and then widens sharply. This effect is achieved using a wide frill made of a plain material. Make the collar open or sew on a collar.
2. Skirt. Its cut is sun flare, ankle length. At the bottom you can sew a frill made of plain fabric.
3. Shawl. This is an essential attribute of gypsy clothing. The scarf should be tied on the belt so that the corner hangs from one side.

For the costume you should choose large beads, earrings, monistos, and bracelets. Finally, apply bright makeup using Foundation for the face, bright lipstick, black mascara and eyeliner. Attach to hair artificial flower. Using the description, try to make a carnival costume for a woman with your own hands, the photo of which is above.

Carnival gnome costume for a boy

This costume is very popular for kids. Its kit includes:

• Shirt. It can be sewn by taking any shirt as a sample and adding two centimeters to the seams. Lengthen the bottom by a few centimeters. Choose the color of the fabric at your discretion, preferably bright colors. Instead of shirts will fit and any turtleneck.
• Vest. For it, use dense material of a darker color than the shirt. Make lacing on the front shelves. To do this, make holes and thread the braid.
• Trousers. For a sample pattern, take shorts. Add a few centimeters at the seams for a loose fit. The length is just below the knee. Make the pants with an elastic band both at the waist and at the bottom.
• Cap. Measure your head using a thread. Fold the material in half, measure half the size of the thread from the fold, add two centimeters to the seam and draw a triangle from the resulting point. Sew and insert an elastic band into the base.
• Beard. It is made from white yarn, sewing the threads to an elastic band; you can also use fur.

Belt your shirt with a wide belt, trim your hat with fur or sparkles, and put boots on your feet. You can make your own carnival costume for a boy using the photo above.

Butterfly costume for a festive evening

Favorite animals, cartoon and fairy tale characters are popular among parents and children. Many costumes are often made from second-hand clothing, but the outfit is still attractive and makes children happy. Here is the simplest butterfly costume that can be made quickly and inexpensively. To create the look, the girl puts on an elegant plain blouse, a dark-colored skirt, tights and shoes. A wide dark hair hoop is placed on the head. Wire antennae with beads at the end are attached to it. All that remains is to make the wings. To do this you need:

• take a piece of silk, plain;
• cut out a semicircle;
• pull and draw acrylic paints symmetrical patterns;
• dry the fabric, gather in the center and attach it to the neck, the ends to the wrists.

The outfit is ready, do your makeup before going to the carnival.

Fly agaric costume for a children's party

This look is suitable not only for New Year's holiday. Often celebrated in schools and kindergartens autumn holidays, to which children come wearing clothes that identify animals, plants, mushrooms, and trees. A fly agaric costume will come in handy for such a celebration. The most important thing about it is the hat, which can be made in several ways.

To make it you will need:

• red fleece (70x70 cm);
• chintz or white cotton (70x70 cm);
• foam rubber or penofol (70x70 cm);
• tape 2 cm wide, 1 m long;
• sheet of white felt (50x50 cm).

Step-by-step instruction manufacturing:

1. Make a hat pattern. Draw a circle on paper with a radius of 35 cm. This can be done using a tailor's meter.
2. Transfer the pattern to chintz or cotton, the wrong side of the hat.
3. Cut a 90 degree sector from the circle. Apply the pattern to the fleece, adding 1 cm to the seams. Do the same on foam rubber without adding additives.
4. Sew the upper part from fleece to create a cone.
5. Place foam rubber and fleece on top of each other and baste with thread.
6. Sew the lining to the top, gathering the edges.
7. Pull the center of the wrong side to the top of the fleece cone.
8. Sew on ribbon for ties.
9. Cut out circles of any shape from felt and attach to the hat.

The hat is ready, and making a jumpsuit for a carnival costume using a pattern with your own hands will not be difficult. The girl's white dress and tights will completely complement the image of the fly agaric. A boy can wear white shirt and trousers or shorts. You need to tie a light white scarf around your neck.

Carnival costume of Little Red Riding Hood

child on New Year's party or Halloween, wearing the costume of Little Red Riding Hood from the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault will look very impressive. It can be purchased at the store, but here we will describe how to make a carnival costume with your own hands.

To do this you will need:

• fabric (white, grey, red, black) color;
• red ribbon;
• lace;
• rubber;
• eyelets;
• cord.

Making costume parts:

1. Blouse. Make a pattern from a T-shirt or copy it from a magazine. Cut out pieces from white fabric. Sew them. For the puff sleeves, cut out two pieces, gather them together and sew them in. Sew an elastic band down. Process the gate. Make a clasp at the back.
2. Skirt. Cut out a rectangle from gray material and sew the side. Trim the top and bottom. Insert an elastic band on the belt.
3. Cap. Cut out two rectangles of the same size from red material, length 40 cm and width 25 cm, and two droplets 12x7 cm (sizes may vary). Sew lace on three sides of the rectangle between the lining and the top. Free side sew to the droplet. The hat is ready.
4. Apron. Cut it out of white material. Fold the edges in and sew on the lace. Make the belt and ties from satin ribbon.
5. Corset. It should be 5 cm above the waist. Cut two rectangles of the same size from black material. Paste adhesive fabric to one part. Sew them together at the same time as the lace. Process the bottom satin ribbon, and the holes for the cord are grommets. Make lacing.

It's time for the child to try on a homemade carnival costume. The photo may give you a slightly different outfit option.

Instead of a conclusion

New Year is a holiday of magic. The Christmas tree and the room are decorated, many guests come, and a table with delicious food is set. Parents dress up their children in costumes, transforming them into snowflakes, little gnomes, and funny animals. But the adults themselves don’t want to celebrate business suits. They also want to look stunning and be irresistible, so many make carnival costumes with their own hands in advance. For the New Year, everyone makes wishes and expects something unusual.