Musketeers are brave and courageous characters who are always ready to help those in need. In their arsenal there is a saber, musketeers on a horse move. In general, this is a rather interesting and independent image.
What does a suit look like?
If you decide to make a carnival costume for a musketeer for a boy with your own hands, you should know what he is. Here is a list of the details that the costume should consist of:
- upper and lower clothes;
- footwear;
- headdress;
- weapons.
One of the options for the costume, you can look at the next photo.
clothing
The musketeers dressed in rather interesting clothes, which consisted of pants, a shirt and a cape. If you firmly decided to sew a New Year ’s Musketeer costume with your own hands for a boy, then it is worth considering some features. This applies to the cape, which is an elongated sleeveless jacket, and in some cases a cape.
If in the wardrobe of the child there are trousers or pants of a classic cut, then you can use them. Skinny pants that look like leggings will look good. The colors are preferably dark, they can be shades of black, brown or gray. But if you are determined to sew a musketeer costume for a boy with your own hands, then instead of classic trousers you can choose wide breeches. They look especially impressive when worn on white tights, sewn from velor or velvet.
Outwear requires a white shirt or golf. This piece of clothing also does not need to be sewn on your own if there is something similar in the wardrobe. A cape is required to be worn over the shirt, which may look like an elongated sleeveless jacket or a wide jacket with cut sleeves. Satin or silk is best suited for this detail. But the colors are not too diverse, it is blue and red, with elements of gold or silver. It will not be difficult to sew a musketeer costume for a boy with your own hands. The pattern of several options is depicted in the following figure.
If desired, you can combine several colors when sewing a cape. You can also depict a coat of arms or a cross on the chest of a costume as a decoration. With paint or patch.
Also, the cape can be supplemented with a light strip of lace near the neck. Or a small collar that needs to be sewn from white fabric. As can be seen in the patterns, buttons and braid are used for decoration. As you already understood, there are no special boundaries if you sew a musketeer costume for a boy with your own hands.
Footwear
It’s preferable to pick up high boots for a musketeer's costume. They can be black, brown and even red. We can’t sew shoes, so we’ll have to purchase them specially. Unless, of course, among the available children's shoes there are no suitable boots.
When we talked about choosing trousers, we noted that it is possible to sew wide breeches, which are fixed on the foot from the bottom with elastic. So, if you chose this option, then you can do without boots. Breeches are worn over white tights, and shoes or shoes are chosen from shoes. An example of this option can be seen in the following photo.
Regular classic shoes in this version can be decorated. For this, golden braid, buckles and other accessories are suitable.
Headdress
How can you imagine a musketeer without a hat? No way, so be sure to focus on this when you sew a musketeer costume for a boy with your own hands. The photo below shows the chic musketeer's hat.
As you can see, this is a classic hat with wide sides and one feature. This feature is a pen, so we recommend choosing this option. Ready-made hats can usually be purchased at the store or perhaps you have old adult hats. You can use what you find, the main thing is to add a pen. Ostrich, goose and swan feathers are best suited for this option. Fix the feather on the side of the hat with silicone hot glue or sew with thread.
Another option for decorating a hat is to depict a coat of arms or cross on it. This can be done in the form of a patch, which is cut out of a dense material, in a contrasting color. It is best to fix the finished patch with a thread and a needle.
Weapon
Well, we have come to the end of the image, we have already sewn the musketeer costume with our own hands for the boy, it remains to add the image of realism. Each musketeer had a saber or a sword in his arsenal. They wore this weapon with a belt so that it could be quickly removed if necessary. Here is our, albeit childish, image must be supplemented with weapons.
We can’t do it with our own hands. After all, swords made of cardboard or polystyrene will be inappropriate here. Therefore, there remains one option - to purchase a ready-made weapon.
Now there is a large selection of aluminum swords and sabers that are made specifically for children. They are completely safe, because they have blunt ends and light weight.
Addition
If you sewed a musketeer costume for a boy with your own hands, and now you want to make it special, then we will tell you several options.
Almost everyone watched the film adaptation of the movie about the musketeers, and remember that the main characters were with a mustache and beard. You can draw them with a black cosmetic pencil to your child. It will turn out a very funny and familiar character to everyone.
If you sewed a New Year’s Musketeer costume with your own hands for a boy, then you can decorate it with tinsel, which is trimmed with the edges of a hat and capes.