Sooner or later, in the life of each parent, the moment comes when it is necessary to make a costume for the matinee. Of course, now there is a large number of various holiday dresses on sale, but, as is most often the case, the necessary thing cannot be found on time.
Therefore, many mothers often have to create a suitable holiday costume with their own hands. Well, if parents can sew and knit, then creating a costume will not take much time. But what to do to those who have never done this? First of all, you need to pull yourself together and not to panic, because even the most difficult at first glance outfit for the matinee is easier to think of in a calm state. Secondly, it is not necessary to sew a suit from scratch, because it can be assembled from the things that are available at home. Thirdly, it is necessary to involve children in such creative work, because sometimes they can suggest more essential things than adults.
Among the variety of options for children's dresses for matinees, most often parents are looking for instructions on how to make a crane costume for a boy with their own hands, because they can not independently invent the necessary image. But it is not always possible even with instructions to create the right thing, due to the lack of necessary materials or the complexity of the implementation.
Where to start making a costume for a matinee
First you need to determine the material for such a suit. In fact, it can be made from various materials at hand, such as paper, pieces of fabric, cellophane, feathers, etc. Next, in order to make a crane costume with your own hands, you need to highlight the main distinguishing features of a bird (wings, beak, tail) and engage in phased production of parts.
Combining things
Often, wondering how to make a crane costume with their own hands, most parents forget that the image of a crane can be combined with existing children's clothing. Meanwhile, such things as shorts, white turtlenecks, vests are in every house, and this is already half of the crane costume. Put on a white turtleneck to your child, a vest over it. For the bottom fit black shorts, white tights or leggings and moccasins. If desired, the vest and shorts can be sewn with feathers, which will give credibility to the image. To make in this case, in the presence of the above mentioned things, you will only need a hat with a beak and wings.
Making wings
Starting to create a crane costume with your own hands, it is desirable to place the photo of the bird on the desktop, so it will be easier to make a more believable image. Visually examining the photo of the appearance of the crane wings and its colors, it will be easier to choose the material for their manufacture. Wings made from cuts of fabric or tulle look best. It’s easy to make them; for this, on a piece of fabric you need to draw a large circle and cut it out, cut in half. Sweep a semicircle to the sleeves of a turtleneck and sheathe feathers. You can cut the semicircle into stitches, imitating feathers, but it will take a lot of time. If the costume is needed for the New Year's party, then it will be necessary to additionally sheathe it with rain and sequins.
Making hats and tail
Making a crane costume with their own hands, many can not make a beautiful hat with a beak. For those who are very difficult to cope with such work, there is a slightly easier option. You need to take the existing hat and sheathe it with feathers, and separately twist the beak from red paper. You can also cut a simple mask out of paper by drawing a beak and bird eyes on it. Long feathers sewn to shorts are suitable for the tail.
It is actually not so difficult to create a crane costume with your own hands, you can always come up with a unique image that many will remember for their originality. It is not necessary for a good suit to buy expensive materials or to order tailoring in an atelier. The main thing is to do this work with love and care for your child.
The most interesting thing is that when interviewing many children of different ages about the purchase or independently made costume for the matinee, the majority preferred homemade. Indeed, for a child, the main thing is not the amount of money spent on the purchase of the outfit, but participation in the creation of people close to him - mom, dad or grandmother. Therefore, no matter what costume you make with your own hands, it will still be rated by your children as the best and most unique.