Of course, you can buy a fancy dress in the store. The choice there is simply huge: the traditional costume of a bear or a hare hangs next to the outfit of a robot, Zorro or Spider-Man. But modern costumes are expensive, not every family can afford such a purchase. And well, if the costume was required only for the New Year, in many kindergartens all themed matinees are held in costumes. And on children's birthdays, they often ask to bring a child in a suit. So what you want - you don’t want, but many mothers have to take up a needle and scissors and remember what they were taught at school at needlework lessons. But not everything is so complicated, even a novice craftswoman can sew a bear costume.
"Fast" bear costume
This costume is suitable for a matinee in the garden and can be made in literally an hour. The outfit consists of ears, a mitten, a ponytail and a bow on the neck, like a bear from the cartoon "Masha and the Bear." We will need a small flap of satin, brown faux fur, a thick bezel and a pair of safety pins. We make a bow tie from chintz. From the fur you need to cut mittens, ears and the tail of a bear. Then cut off a strip of material, sheathe its rim, attach ears on top. Previously, you can seal the ears and tail with synthetic winterizer or cardboard. We attach the butterfly and ponytail to the child’s clothes with safety pins. The bear costume is ready!
Carnival costume bear
It will take a little longer to sew this suit, about four hours. For him, you need to take 80-100 centimeters of faux fur, a piece of faux leather, artificial eyes from a needlework store. We measure the volume of the child’s head and cut out the hat-face of the bear. From a leatherette we make a nose, from fur - ears, sew them on a hat and glue eyes. We cut shorts, vest and mittens from faux fur. Sew a fur tail to the shorts, glue triangular claws cut from leatherette onto the gloves. So that the paws do not fall from the child, you can insert an elastic band into them in a circle.
Jumpsuit with hood
Sewing such a bear costume is somewhat more difficult than the previous ones, but the result will be excellent. If you take white faux fur instead of brown, you get a polar bear costume. Most likely, the child will ask him to dress the outfit not only on holidays, but also for everyday games. The basis of the costume is overalls. Patterns corresponding to the age and size of the child can be found in needlework magazines or on the Internet. And you can put any jumpsuit from the baby’s wardrobe on fur fabric and circle it, not forgetting to leave allowances for the seams. Do not worry, the fur will hide all the flaws. Mittens for this suit can not be cut. The front of the bear's costume should be fastened with a zipper, inner buttons or buttons. On the edge of the legs and sleeves, you need to insert elastic bands, sew ears on the hood, and a tail on the ass.
Perhaps sewing so captivates you that you dare to sew a bear costume for your dad's child or other adult. Look at the options on the Internet, there are very funny outfits.