Usually, boys dressed up rabbits for New Year's trees with kids with hares, now very often even in kindergartens they ask to bring a bunny costume for a girl. This option, by the way, is quite universal, beautiful and easy to create, if you intend to do it yourself. The options can be different: from the simplest, which are easy to make in half an hour or an hour, to realistic ones sewn from faux fur. Choose what suits you and your beloved princess.
What colors to use
If you decide to buy or make a Christmas bunny costume yourself, decide what color it will be. The traditional option is an exclusively white outfit, although for a girl it is quite possible to use elements of pink fabric, for example, the inside of the ears, mitten, and decor. A combination of white and gray is also suitable. Often such hare costumes can be found on sale. In addition, decorations of orange and green shades in the form of carrots are quite appropriate. They will add brightness and will look contrast and effect on a white background. As you can see, even in the color scheme there is a choice.
DIY bunny costume : the simplest option
If you have little time to make an outfit (for example, you need to complete it for tomorrow or in the coming days), use the following combination: buy or make the ears themselves, which are worn on the head (this is fast) and pick up ready-made clothes of the right color. To make a beautiful bunny costume for a girl, you can put on your child an elegant white dress, knee-high socks and slippers. If there is no white dress, make an outfit from a blouse or turtleneck, shorts or a skirt. A small tail made of a fur pompom from a hat can be sewn to the bottom part. The main thing is that he does not interfere with the child's sitting. To do this, attach it a little higher than the "fifth point".
As you can see, it’s easy to make a New Year’s costume even from the things in your child’s wardrobe. It is enough to supplement the outfit with ears, you can also decorate with tinsel (pink or silver) or fur trim. This will not take much time, and it will not require experience in sewing.
Bunny costume for the girl: components
If you are preparing for the holiday in advance, then the outfit can be made or sewn more spectacular, and not whipped up. The following is a list of the elements it can consist of:
- jumpsuit with a hood with ears;
- dress;
- skirt and blouse;
- Turtleneck and shorts or pants;
- socks, knee-high socks with fur trim on the upper edge;
- fur leggings;
- mittens or gloves (without fingers) also with fur trim;
- ears, mask or hat in the form of a cleft muzzle;
- vest or bolero.
In a word, there are a lot of options. The choice depends on your imagination and capabilities. If you do not know how to sew a bunny costume or its individual elements, either study the recommendations or buy ready-made parts. When choosing an outfit, consider the age of the child, as well as the temperature in the room where the celebration will take place.
If it’s hot at the matinee, don’t “pack” the baby in a fleece jumpsuit, and vice versa - if it's cold, don’t dress in a light lace dress. Provide a vest or wrap.
What is required
If you decide to sew a bunny costume with your own hands or to make individual elements of the outfit, you will need the following:
- base material and finishes;
- ready-made patterns or taken measurements, paper, pencil, eraser for building templates;
- scissors;
- pins
- a piece of chalk;
- thread with a needle;
- sewing machine.
The list is small, but most importantly - it takes time, a desire to sew and minimal skills in this area.
What material to choose
In order for the bunny costume for New Year to sit well on the child and correspond to the temperature of the room where the festive event will be held, it is important to choose the right fabric for the base. For a hot room, the following are suitable:
- atlas;
- guipure;
- grid;
- satin crepe;
- other light tissue.
If the event is cool (or at least not higher than 20 degrees), you can use:
The latter can be taken as an addition to light fabrics for decoration, but at twenty-odd degrees, even in a fur vest or wrap, not to mention overalls, the child will be uncomfortable. Be sure to consider not only the beauty of the outfit, but also its convenience.
How to make ears
Not a single New Year’s bunny costume will be such unless wearing baby ears. You can buy or make them yourself. There are several options:
- cut from paper in one piece with a rim or even a mask;
- make white fabric on the basis of a cardboard frame (also with a rim or on an elastic band);
- to sew a full-fledged hat with ears and a muzzle or a hood, if appropriate in a suit.
The latter option is more suitable for a warm suit, since a fleece muzzle hat will not always be appropriate to look with a thin transparent guipure or delicate satin dress. But the ears that are easy to make on the rim, as in the next photo, will look good with any outfit.
Step-by-step instruction for beginners
To complete the costume quickly, work like this:
- To make the ears, as in the previous illustration, take a plastic hair band, white paper, cardboard or felt.
- Cut two ears and paint the center of the inner sides pink.
- Secure the workpieces to the rim with glue or wire. By the way, if you don’t have dense white material for your ears, you can make it from any (fleece, satin), you just have to stitch the blanks in two parts, and put at least wire inside, or even better corrugated (you can dark, brown - any) cardboard .
- Prepare a white t-shirt and pants.
5. From the pink material, cut a circle or oval for the tummy and sew as shown in the photo below.
6. From cotton or fur, make a tail and sew with white thread to the pants.
All is ready. Fast and easy.
As you can see, you can make a bunny costume for a girl in different ways, combining ready-made things from your child’s wardrobe with home-made details.