All children love to transform into fairytale heroes. They beat their first acting roles already in kindergarten. Of course, in every girl’s dreams - to become a wonderful princess, and in a boy - a brave knight. But if for turning the baby it will be enough to buy a beautiful and long dress, then in order to “equip the warrior”, you will need a special suit and accessories. The first and, perhaps, the main attribute of all knight's uniforms is a headdress. So, you want to make a little boy an original carnival costume in a modern way? Then check out one of the many ways to make an iron man helmet. The instruction is given in the form of a step-by-step guide with comments.
What and how to make an iron man helmet: preparation
Before getting started, you need to decide on several points:
- for what purpose is it planned to manufacture a headdress;
- what the future product will look like;
- what will be its technological and functional characteristics.
If you plan to make part of the costume, for example, at the New Year's party, do not complicate the work too much. It makes sense to simplify the functionality of the helmet and the technology of its manufacture. In the case of designing this main component of the superhero costume (photo 1), for example, to participate in the exhibition of works by senior schoolchildren, a completely different approach is needed. Here, the appearance and its manufacturability will be of particular importance. This instruction: "How to make a helmet of an iron man" is presented in the form of a description of the initial stages. Plan further work depending on the desired result, using various raw materials and technology.
Necessary materials
To make a pattern, use thick enough landscape paper or whatman paper. Apply lines with a simple pencil. For cutting, you will need a clerical knife, ordinary scissors and small ones, such as manicure ones (for accurate design of corners and notches). For a simplified version of the helmet, use a corrugated cardboard (a store box from products, cosmetics, etc.). Connect all parts with durable and quick-drying glue (such as “Moment”) manually or using a special gun. For external design (coating of parts and their fastening) you will need adhesive tape of various colors. Sweep helmet iron man can be made of less dense material. This option is used if it is planned to gypsum parts and their further connection among themselves, for example, with magnets.
Assembly template
Photo 2 shows the drawings of the iron man helmet. Parts of the pattern will, when connected, be located on the following parts of the head:
- Earplug.
- Parietal.
- The back.
- Chin-buccal.
- Nasal.
- Frontal.
Knowing this condition, the details cut out of paper will be easy to assemble into a single product. Photo 1 of the finished helmet will help to distinguish the details, since almost all areas are painted differently and have clear connecting borders with each other. But still, before connecting the product into a single whole, arrange the parts in a wide space and outline the places for gluing.
We make an iron man's helmet from paper or cardboard
To make this headdress voluminous, you need to skillfully arrange the connecting joints. To do this, especially in places of curved lines, make small cuts that will help to make them convex when glued. Photo 3 clearly demonstrates this stage of work. After assembling all the parts together, paste over with adhesive tape in different colors. You can also use colored paper for decoration, which then needs to be covered with transparent adhesive tape. Give your child the opportunity to dream by creating a creative creation on a modern theme.
The use of sophisticated technology
Photo 4 shows how to make an iron man's helmet out of thick paper (whatman paper). If you cover the assembled product on top with a thin layer of gypsum mixture and let it dry, you can get blanks for a more technological model. In this case, in the process of work, you need to think about how all removable or movable parts will be connected together. The simplest and most suitable option with this technology is the use of magnets fixed inside. It is also possible to install rotating joints in the area of the cheeks and chin to make the front parts movable. Outwardly, such a modern helmet can turn out to be especially attractive due to the use of a special luminous emulsion when painting. Well, the final stage of work will be the installation of mini-bulbs inside the crafts in the frontal area to illuminate the eye cavities. That's all, the helmet is ready!
This original craft can serve as the basis for creating similar hats of other fairy-tale characters. Create, embodying the most unusual fantasies in reality!