An owl costume may come in handy for a children's party or costume party. Did you know that you don’t have to buy it? Needlework skills will help in creating a costume with your own hands.
Owl
If you can’t sew, then in this way an owl costume for a girl can be made with glue. Materials:
- The fabric is gray and black. You can use old clothes, since only rags are needed in the work.
- Scissors.
- Needle with thread or Moment glue.
- Sunglasses.
- As a basis, use a black simple dress or a turtleneck with a skirt.
- Cardboard.
- Stationery knife.
- A printer.
- Lace.
Working process:
- First draw a pen template on the cardboard. Cut it out.
- Using it, make about 50-60 feathers.
- From the bottom of the dress, start sewing or gluing every detail. Continue until you reach the top and put your arms around your neck.
- Print an owl mask on the printer. If this is not possible, then draw it yourself. In the center, cut out round holes and stick to the sunglasses.
5. Insert a ribbon or cord into the edges of the mask.
Done! If you replace the feathers with white, you will get the costume "Polar Owl".
Wings
The most important part of the costume is the wings. If everything is simple with the upper part (in extreme cases, you can find a suitable hat), then with the bottom it is much more complicated. What you need to create an owl costume:
- Black jacket.
- Scissors.
- Mask of an owl.
- Glue.
- Shiny ribbon.
- Fabric for the base of the wing.
- Trimming fabric for feathers.
- Cardboard.
What to do:
- Create a wing layer template. Cut feathers using it.
- Measure the size of the wings. To do this, find out the distance from the middle of the back of the neck to the fingertips of the child. And the distance from the same place, but to the tailbone.
- Mark these measurements on the fabric. The ends should be connected by a curved line.
- Apply glue to the top edge of the feathers and press it against the wing from the back. Let the first layer dry. Lay an oilcloth under the cloth so that leaked glue does not spoil the table.
- Start pasting the following layers, but already in the foreground. With each layer of feathers it’s getting smaller, keep this in mind when you cut details on fabric.
- When all layers are in place, trim the excess pieces of fabric along the edges of the wing.
- Cut two additional wing-sized parts.
- Turn over already made wings and sew a new piece to them. This is necessary in order to hide defects in work such as translucent parts and leaked glue.
- Glue additional feathers from the same fabric onto the protruding first row from the wrong side.
- Sew a sequin ribbon on both sides of the wing.
- Sew the wings to the black sweater from the neck to the end of the sleeve.
- Sew feathers on the jacket.
The owl costume is ready!
Owl face
Do-it-yourself owl costume is made from the cheapest materials. For the muzzle you need:
- Hat. Look for a suitable one in old things or in a cheap store.
- Buttons
- Felt or felt.
- Scissors.
- Glue.
Working process:
- On the gray fabric of your choice, draw two large circles, on white a little smaller and the smallest on black. From an orange cut a rhombus (it's a nose).
- Cut out the details.
- Sew buttons to the black details.
- Glue the two gray circles close to each other, glue the main parts and the nose in the middle to them.
That's all. Simple muzzle design for an owl costume.
Owl skirt
To get a full-fledged owl costume with your own hands, you need to think through every detail. Create a skirt. Materials:
- Fatin three different shades of brown.
- The elastic is black.
- Threads.
- Scissors.
What do we have to do:
- Measure the child’s waist and cut the required length of the elastic according to this size. Sew its edges to form a vicious circle.
- Put it on a chair.
- Now, from the tulle of each color, cut strips ten centimeters wide and two times longer than necessary (choose the length yourself, based on the age of the child).
- Fold the strip in half and loop the elastic. Pass the free edges through the loop. Do not overtighten the elastic. Place all the strips tightly together.
- Thus, you need to fill the entire gum.
The skirt is ready. This supplement should be used when you have created wings, feathers on the body and face.
Cape Wings
The easy-to-remove owl costume is made from:
- Fabrics for the base of the wings.
- Contrast fabric.
- Matching color ribbons
Well, the required materials: scissors, threads, cardboard and transparent varnish or a lighter (to fix the edges of the tape)
What to do:
- Measure from the back of the neck to the waist and to the wrist.
- Fold in half the fabric chosen for the base of the wings. Mark the distance from the neck to the waist on the fold, and the distance to the wrist on the free edge.
- Cut out.
- Draw a feather line pattern on the cardboard. Using it, make the necessary details on fabrics of different colors.
- Glue or sew feathers on the main fabric.
- Scorch or paint over the edges of the tape with transparent varnish. Sew it along the neck and leave free edges to tie.
Now you know how to make an owl costume in different ways. See how simple and beautiful everything is at minimal cost!