People’s favorite New Year's holiday is dear to us not only in the special atmosphere of family unity and expectation of a miracle, but also in the good old tradition of dressing up in carnival costumes, arranging masquerades, and having fun around the sparkling Christmas tree.
Costume Selection Criteria
If it is customary in your family to sew costumes for the
New Year , or your children go to kindergarten, school, and costume parties are held there, then the question of what to dress the children with is not idle and secondary. After all, you need to come up with something original, not very expensive in terms of money and time, and at the same time you must please your offspring.
What New Year's costume for the boy can we choose? What criteria are worth following?
1. Age
For kindergarten good:
- costumes of animals - bears, a bunny, a cat, a dog, including the hero of the fairy tale S. Perro Cat in boots or the cat Basilio from The Adventures of Pinocchio, Dog from the Bremen Town Musicians, etc .;
- a New Year’s costume for a boy in the form of a bird - the cheerful Sparrow, Tsar Raven, Cockerel - the Golden Comb, etc. In principle, these outfits will look good on elementary school students as well;
- funny costumes of fruits and vegetables, also the heroes of fairy tales - Senior Tomato, Prince Lemon, Uncle Pumpkin, cheerful Chippolino, Gnome.
2. Interests and tastes
A Christmas costume for an older boy should reflect his hobbies by various heroes of films, comics, books. Fakirs and magicians, magicians and clowns, pirates, musketeers, cowboys and Indians, pilots, hussars - the choice is wide. Of course, these outfits are sewn or made for students in grades 5-7, and they themselves can take an active part in their creation. Do not forget about the fabulous, fantastic and even fantasy motives. Artemon, Pierrot from the already familiar Pinocchio, and Karabas Barabas - what is not a wonderful New Year's costume for a boy? And the Robot or the Alien, the vampire Dracula or the Goblin, Harry Potter? The outfit for each of them, in principle, is not very difficult, but, if you show a little imagination, it can become a "nail" of a masquerade. Especially the role will be successful if the child presents some reprise related to his costume, plays the appropriate scene.
3. Convenience and comfort
We must not forget that the New Year's costumes for the boy you choose should not hamper your movements or cause any other discomfort. It is important that the child does not freeze, or, conversely, does not sweat under the armor of armor or in knightly armor, does not feel awkward. After all, masquerades are organized precisely in order to create a joyful, fun atmosphere from which children enjoy!
4. Your possibilities. Of course, the best option is to buy a finished outfit, in a pinch, adjust it a little according to the figure of the child. But not always the family can afford to carve out a fairly large amount for such a purchase. But you can make New Year's costumes with your own hands for the boy, and your son will be very pleased with this.
To summarize
The most important principle that must be observed in any business, including when sewing carnival costumes, is to do the work with love and pleasure.