If the child demanded that the parents wear an astronaut's costume for the New Year or other event, you should not immediately run to the store. A beautiful outfit can be made quickly and easily at home.
What is included in the equipment of the astronaut?
In order for a child to look like a real astronaut, you need to understand how the cosmonaut's suit differs, for example, from a diver's outfit.
In professional clothing of astronauts are always present:
- Helmet with a transparent visor.
- Shiny boots.
- The jumpsuit is white or orange.
- Jetpack.
The list looks impressive, but in reality, making an astronaut’s costume with your own hands is easy!
What is the suit or material choice made of?
The clothes of the astronauts are made of durable and refractory composite materials. Children 's cosmonaut costume can be made from what is on the farm.
The materials that will help to make the outfit are as follows:
- cardboard;
- large plastic bottles;
- felt or color cardboard;
- old newspapers and an inflatable balloon;
- glue, insulating tape;
- rubber boots of the child;
- a strip of fabric for the manufacture of straps - fasteners;
- food foil.
Parents should not be confused by the penny cost of the necessary materials. If you perform the work carefully and with a soul, the result will please not only the child, but also those around him.
Cosmonaut Costume Design
First of all, parents should ask the child how he imagines his costume. You can try to draw an outfit and show the baby so that the finished suit meets the expectations of the child.
The helmet is easiest to make from papier-mâché; small cardboard boxes or plastic bottles for distilled water of 5 l are also suitable. Making a helmet out of bottles is best entrusted to dad, but mother will do better with papier-mâché and boxes, patience and accuracy will be required here.
From the helmet to the satchel with reserves of oxygen and fuel should go down the tube. You can make them from thin garden hoses. The satchel can be fastened simply with straps. As a basis, you can use a cardboard backing and attach belts to it.
The magnificent suit will turn out from a sports suit of gray, white or orange color. If your parents don’t feel sorry for the clothes, you can make colored felt stripes on your pants and jacket. Logos of space services, stars, planets or just strips of a different color on the elbow and knee bends are suitable as an image for stripes.
Work sequence
So, the design is ready, all the materials are collected, it's time to start making the cosmonaut's costume with your own hands.
To make a space helmet from papier-mâché, you need to inflate a balloon, tie the neck well and paste over it with old newspapers. In order for the product to be durable and keep in shape, 10-15 layers of newspaper and PVA glue are needed. The future helmet should stand 12 hours and dry. Then carefully cut the inspection hole with scissors.
Then you need paints and brushes, glue and a plastic bottle. The headpiece should be painted and attached with a transparent plastic visor.
Cosmonaut's shoes are very simple to make. You need to take rubber boots and gently wrap them with food foil. You can fix the result with silver or black electrical tape.
The most important stage of work is the manufacture of a jetpack. To do this, you need to take two large plastic bottles, they can be painted or pasted with electrical tape. You need to fasten the bottles together and stick to the cardboard backing. It is worth making holes in the corners in advance and inserting the straps into them so that you can put it on like a satchel.
Space rocket pack is ready! It can be decorated with "flame" exhausts and metal rivets made of felt or color cardboard.
Parents should involve a child in the creation of the costume. The joint work will bring a lot of joyful and unforgettable impressions, and the kid will be proud that he helped in the work on the space suit.