How to make children's New Year costumes with their own hands?

Of course, you can buy children's costumes for the carnival in the shops or go to the tailoring professionals and be calm for the holiday image of your child. You can just put on the "heir" in something elegant. Actually, this is the way most modern parents come in, because time is in short supply! But it is much more interesting to create children's New Year costumes with your own hands, thinking through them to the smallest detail, and getting something unique as a result.

It is necessary to get to work beforehand so that before the holiday there will be time to purchase accessories for the New Year's dress and make corrections (if required). You can buy the necessary fabric in any specialized store, and there are very interesting patterns on the Internet.

Now you can start sewing. Do not forget that the carnival outfit for children should be comfortable, not overloaded with details, not dangerous for the child. For the children's morning party in the kindergarten the kid will have to dance and actively move. To "create" children's New Year costumes with their own hands, you do not need to buy expensive materials and accessories. You can be smart and easily manage with improvised materials.

An excellent base for the carnival costume will be a coverall with a hood. Sewing details of artificial fur or plush, you will turn this ordinary garment into a fancy dress of a bear, a bunny, a wolf, a fox. It is very interesting to make children's New Year costumes with their own hands in the presence of children, then they will learn how to show imagination and participate in joint creativity.

Pirate or Indian costumes are favorite children's New Year's costumes for boys 5-6 years of age. To create this image, old jeans are taken, unevenly cut below the knees, colored patches are sewn to them. Then put on the vest, and around the waist should be a wide belt, for which the toy gun and / or knife are tucked. On his head is a bandana and a black narrow bandage over his eyes (well, or one eye). The pirate is ready for the offensive!

"Indian" is desirable to have on the headdress of real feathers, but you can do and paper. The main thing in this outfit is the "combat" Indian coloring. And the outfit can be sewn even from burlap (of course, pre-washed)! In order not to suffer with patterns, you can simply lay on the cloth trousers and a T-shirt of the child, circle their contours and cut out the "workpiece". Then you just have to sew all the details. By the way, the seams may not be the most accurate - this will make the image even more colorful! Yes! Do not interfere and bow with arrows.

In the house where there are children, you can keep a special chest (well, or basket / box), where you will store all kinds of details, jewelry, fabrics, masks. Having such a "treasure", you can "produce" children's New Year costumes with your own hands, without hesitating in search of the necessary things. It is worth taking as a rule to fill this container with new details throughout the year. Various buttons, feathers, eyelets, ropes, braid, puncher, balls, confetti, hats, and whatman are suitable.

If the celebration of the New Year and Christmas is planned in the open air, then New Year's children's costumes can be made from old things with their own hands, supplementing them with original details. For example, use an old sports jacket and trousers, sewing to them something original (snowflakes, bright pompons) or simply decorating with a felt-tip pen. Get a convenient, inexpensive outfit. If the child tears or stains an improvised outfit, he will be thrown out without regret.