- September 9, 2019
- Preschoolers
- Yulia Tershak
For a matinee in kindergarten or school, a costume is often required for girls. The image of a cat is one of the most popular at all New Year's holidays and in many theatrical plays. Carnival dresses can be bought in a store or rented, but making a cat costume for a girl with your own hands will be much cheaper. In addition, the image created with your own hands will be unique and special.
Kitten carnival costume: material, size and how to complement the look
Fleece is a lightweight and comfortable material to wear, it breathes well and washes well. In addition, it does not require processing of cuts and therefore it is a pleasure to sew with it! The hat, mittens, top and tail are made of black fleece. In order to determine the amount of fabric, you need to measure the width of your shoulders and choose the length of the top. You will need a piece of fleece with a length equal to twice the desired length of the top + 10 cm and a width equal to the width of your shoulders.
The hat pattern is designed for a head with a girth of 55-56 cm. This size can be suitable for both children and adults. If you need a hat for your head with a girth of 53-54 cm, you can cut out the details of the hat without seam allowances.
Print out the pattern and lay it out on the table. Measure the area occupied and add to the size of the cut for the top.
Catwoman for Halloween
A universal option for an adult look - an elegant tight dress or trouser suit
, decorated along the edges of the cuffs
with a edging of fur ribbons.
A more daring option is a piquant leather outfit, complemented
by lacy ears
and a daring
studded collar.
Cut out four blanks for the ears from
lace fabric
.
Place them facing each other, sew them together and turn them right side out. For stability, thread a thin and strong wire through them, giving the ears a shape. the hoop
with a satin ribbon and secure the finished ears on it. Gloves made of the same openwork fabric will complete the look.
There are no restrictions for an adult costume. It is appropriate to combine corsetry with stockings and elastic sleeves.
, or you can prefer long mittens and, in addition, do a “cat manicure” with long claws. Fluffy leg warmers and cuffs contrast with delicate ears and a chain around the neck. You can fantasize endlessly, it is only important to maintain the overall tone of the outfit and light up any party.
Accessories for the suit
Having decided on the main costume, you can begin to select accessories. Properly selected accessories can enliven and add shine to any, even the simplest costume. You can complement the cat's image with makeup or face painting.
- Tail and breast. The breast can also be cut from felt or velvet into an oval, semi-oval or triangular shape. The color of the breast should be different from the color of the suit and contrast with it. As a rule, a cat's breast is white. A cat's chest can be depicted using a silk scarf, tie or bow tie, as well as a necklace of a suitable shape. The tail is cut from fabric of the required length and attached to the suit or belt. You can attach a soft faux fur tassel in a contrasting color to the tip of the tail.
- Collar. A short necklace - a choker - will help imitate a cat collar. A leather or velvet choker in a bright color will look elegant and complement the look. A choker option is possible in the form of a simple thick chain wrapped around the neck.
Advice. You can make your own choker from a ribbon of velvet or silk in a bright color - red or pink. A flirty pendant on a necklace will be the highlight of the costume.
How to sew a full skirt?
To create a beautiful, delicate image, you need to sew a fluffy skirt - a tutu. To make a skirt you will need from 2 to 5 meters of fabric, thick elastic, threads, and needles. To make the skirt airy, you need to use tulle, organza or mesh. If the girl is older, more fabric may be needed. The fuller the skirt, the more fabric is used to make it.
The easiest way to create an airy skirt is to cut strips of fabric that are tied to an elastic band. The strips need to be cut twice as long as the length of the skirt, bend each separately in half and tie to an elastic band, pulling one tightly to the other. The more stripes, the fuller the skirt. There is also a special elastic band with holes on which you can attach tulle strips in several rows. Such a skirt will be even more airy and beautiful.
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Another option for making a tutu skirt involves using a sewing machine. Rectangles are cut from tulle, which need to be folded into even folds and sewn to an elastic band, or pieces of tulle folded in half can be stitched in a circle, then an elastic band of the required width should be inserted. The top of the elastic band can be decorated with a ribbon.
A do-it-yourself cat costume made for a girl, or rather part of it - a tutu skirt - can not only be used for matinees and carnivals, but also worn as regular everyday clothes.
Clown
As we mentioned earlier, in recent years there has been a tendency to wear not only scary costumes of negative characters, but also the outfits of your favorite good heroes for Halloween. Among these is a clown costume. Or rather, clown girls. It consists of a white T-shirt and a stacked skirt (made from bright, multi-colored scraps). Additional details of the costume: a bright yellow tie made of colored paper, a small top hat and bright leg warmers. If you really want (to enhance the stunning effect of the costume), you can buy a bright wig, for example, violet (lilac).
DIY cat costume for girls
The time for New Year's holidays, fireworks and carnivals is coming again.
And the children eagerly wait for the moment to plunge headlong into the magic and feel like a fairy-tale character. But the parents are not laughing; they have to decide what role their beloved child will take on this time. And do everything brilliantly and on time with your own hands.
A win-win option for little princesses will be the image of a graceful, elegant cat. Let’s take a closer look at making the costume.
Airy skirt
Clothes for cats are needed not only to keep your pet warm, but also for going out into the world. Thus, show animals often appear before judges in exclusive outfits. Skirts are especially relevant in cat fashion, giving femininity and charm to sophisticated breeds.
To create such an unusual accessory you will need:
The easiest way to create a fluffy ballet tutu does not require any drawings or patterns. To sew a skirt, just measure the cat’s “waist” circumference and add 10 cm to this value.
Required materials and work process
The satin ribbon is cut to the obtained length. The tulle is cut into strips 2 cm wide. The length of the strips is equal to the required length of the skirt multiplied by 2.
Next, the tulle strips are folded in half and tied onto a satin ribbon with loose knots, as shown in the photo. The thicker the ribbons are tied, the more magnificent the pack will be. To add volume to the product, the length of the strips can be varied. To create color transitions, tulle of various shades is used.
How to cut and attach ribbons
When all the stripes are tied on a ribbon, the skirt is tried on the cat. The free ends of the tape are tied on the back of the animal and their length is adjusted.
Cloth
By sewing a cat costume for a girl with your own hands, you can additionally use clothes you already have in your wardrobe. For example, a regular knitted sweater with long sleeves or a plain turtleneck will go perfectly with a full skirt. Both girls and boys can tie a butterfly around their neck. You can complement the look with a sleeveless vest of the desired color. Beautiful openwork tights will decorate a cute cat. You can attach pieces of fur to shoes, shoes or boots.
Cat make-up
No matter how beautiful and unusual the costume is, you can’t do without cat makeup. The main emphasis is on eye makeup. You need to make beautiful arrows with eyeliner, giving the look mystery and mystery. You can also use dark eye shadow. A thick black dot on the nose, whiskers on the cheeks, and thin eyebrows will create an unforgettable impression. Lips need to be highlighted with bright lipstick. A beautiful design can also be made on the cat’s neck.
The perfect holiday look is ready. If you put in a little effort and imagination, you can make a cat costume for a girl with your own hands quickly and beautifully.
DIY New Year's Puss in Boots costume
Note that you can also create a Puss in Boots costume with your own hands. This is the image of a brave and courageous hero who will not go unnoticed. The Puss in Boots costume consists of a lot of details. For it you will need:
- green velvet (for trousers and hat);
- black velvet for camisole;
- clasp;
- lace;
- red satin for the cloak;
- velor or red leatherette for trousers;
- feather for hat;
- leatherette for buckle and belt;
- fur for the tail.
It’s not very difficult to prepare a New Year’s Puss in Boots costume with your own hands. The Cat costume must include trousers. You can sew them yourself using a suitable pattern. Green velvet breeches will also work. Decorate the bottom with an elastic band, sew the cuffs to the sleeves. To create a camisole, sew a black vest with a green insert at the front. The vest is fastened at the back with a zipper. The blouse is decorated with fluffy lace. To make a hat, you need to cut a pattern according to the diameter of the child’s head. It will be the basis for the product. To sew a hat, you should work with green velvet. Pin the feather and margins with a brooch. The cloak is made of red velvet. The boots consist of two parts: shoes (covered with fabric) and leggings. The tail is sewn to the middle seam of the trousers. You need to choose a large buckle for your belt. So you will get a wonderful DIY Puss in Boots costume. Don't forget to add the final touch - makeup. White makeup is applied in the area of the nasolabial triangle, and cat whiskers are drawn with a black pencil.
How to make a Kupavka doll
New Year is already very close, but the cat still doesn’t have a carnival costume? I would like to say: yes, and there is no need. Well, freedom-loving cats value nothing but their own fur. And all the quirks of people with dressing up only tire them. But if you decide to dress up your purr, then you need to do it right.
Morticia Addams and Cruella De Vil
Morticia is a very shocking image, which, as a rule, is chosen by extremely extraordinary mothers of little girls. If this is you, rush to buy your daughter a two-tone black and white wig, black and white tights, a little black dress and a snow leopard skin cardigan.
However, the reason for choosing such a costume may be another of my daughter’s favorite animated series – “101 Dalmatians”. There is also an evil and, nevertheless, very original and aristocratic image of the eater of small dogs - Cruella De Vil. For Cruella, the cardigan is not made from leopard. A fur coat made from the skins of small Dalmatians is enough. Of course, we sincerely hope that for your daughter’s costume you use substitutes that are close to natural ones, and will not look for a real snow leopard or Dalmatian.
DIY cat scratching posts: help the cat and save the furniture
Make a pattern for the ears in the form of two triangles. Make a tail pattern. Sew the tail to a belt or suit. It will perfectly complement the catwoman costume. Be sure to attach a small black or red bow. It's very easy to make them. If you still have a lot of time and material at your disposal, you can make a special hat with ears. This costume can be made for a boy cat. We have long learned to dress up our pets in clothes and even shoes. A cat in a cat costume looks funny. In the photo, Murka is wearing a simple cape, tied around her neck with a bow.
The destructive process, which ends sadly for the home environment, is not carried out by cats out of harm. Well, a cat can’t help but sharpen its claws. That’s why forward-thinking owners purchase or build scratching posts for their furry pets in advance. Domestic cats are deprived of this opportunity, unless, of course, you have a tree growing at home.
Makeup
One of the most important moments in creating a cat's image is applying the appropriate coloring to the face. Here is where your imagination can run wild. The catwoman costume will be complete. After all, a cat's face is not only black whiskers. Don't forget to draw:
- three to four vertical stripes above each eyebrow;
- slanted eyeliner;
- nose, in the form of a black pipette at the tip of the nose;
- above the upper lip you can draw a stripe up to the nose and decorate the skin with black dots;
- if you are depicting a tabby cat, you can make faint stripes on the cheeks.
Cat in a hat
If you still have a lot of time and material at your disposal, you can make a special hat with ears. The photo shows a pattern for such a headdress. It will perfectly complement both children's and adult cat costumes.
You don’t have to sew the hat, but use a ready-made one by sewing on ears made according to the patterns shown above. Ears on a brimmed hat look flirty. This costume can be made for a boy cat. If you throw a cape over your shoulders, put boots on your feet, and attach a sword to your belt, you get a chic puss in boots.
Little robber
Of course, the favorite fairy tale character from the fairy tale by H.K. Andersen's "The Snow Queen". A girl who carries within herself two contradictory images - the outer evil “robber” shell always conflicts with her kind, lonely inner essence. Why not a Halloween character? After all, your little daughter is probably also very kind and good inside, but she is going to the Feast of All Saints, which means she must be formidable, insidious and evil!
The robber pirate dress is made in black and red colors. The headdress is a pirate cocked hat with the Jolly Roger in the center, and there is a black mark on the eye. The top of the dress can be decorated with blue lacing (under a corset) and the skirt can be assembled from pieces of multi-colored tulle. It will turn out great and very pirate-like! And also, as an additional attribute, buy your daughter a bent robber’s saber! The effect of this combination will be stunning!
Hair ears
If you have long hair, then it is not at all necessary to make ears from fabric or cardboard. All you need is two thin elastic bands and a few hairpins to make two cookies, as shown in the photo, which will look great, imitating cat ears.
By the way, two fluffy pom-poms attached to the girl’s hair will also solve the problem of the cat’s hearing organs.
Little ghost
Just about the easiest Halloween costume you can get. And very understandable, from the point of view of involvement in the holiday. And you can make a ghost by buying a snow-white bodysuit, white tights with large black polka dots, half a meter of black and white tulle and several black and white ribbons. Oh yes, you will also need black fabric paint and the ability to draw at the 1st grade level of a secondary school.
So, let’s draw a ghost’s face on the bodysuit. To do this, you need to prepare a cardboard stencil with a face. Then, attach the stencil to the body, apply paint, and let it dry. While the paint dries, we sew the black and white tulle to the ribbon with an accordion, making a skirt. We sew bows from the same black and white ribbon to the shoulders of the bodysuit. We put the assembled suit on the baby and hurry to do an amazing photo shoot!
And if you add some orange ribbons to the image of the little ghost (orange is a symbolic color for Halloween, the color of the jack-o'-lantern), it will turn out even more beautiful and original.
Is a cat's tail really not needed for a child's cat costume?
Well, what is it worth doing? But don't tell me, we've come to the important part of the children's cat costume.
For reference: a cat’s tail is an integral part of the animal’s body.
The tail serves as an antenna, with the help of which the cat detects the smallest vibrations in the air.
Thanks to this, the cat can draw conclusions about the slightest changes in the world around it.
This particle of the animal's body performs a control function through which the cat can coordinate its movements.
So, take its production more seriously, having acquired a piece of fur in front of it, the width of which should be twice the size of the finished thing.
Fold the item in half, sew and turn it inside out, right side out. Attach the craft to the costume after threading the wire through it.
Due to its flexibility, the product can be given the desired shape.
The second version of creating a carnival cat costume for a girl with your own hands?
Take three paper towel rolls and fold them one to one.
Pass a wire through this structure and secure the product with an ordinary polyethylene bag, wrapping it around the invention.
Pull the fabric cover, so to speak. Decorate one edge and sew the other to the girl’s children’s costume.
Pumpkin
The pumpkin girl is also a delightful creature. Despite the fact that the costume contains the meaning of the symbol of the not-so-good man Jack with his intricate hell-lantern, the pumpkin dress turns out to be very charming. Materials: green thick and wide ribbon, orange tulle. Jack's face is an appliqué made of black self-adhesive fabric (it is usually used for tucking up trousers, etc.). The tulle is assembled like an accordion onto a green ribbon, secured to the chest, and sewn on the side. The top of the dress can be decorated with green swan's down and rhinestones, it will be even more beautiful!
Another very original costume for a girl is sweet candy or corn (in the American style). A simple costume consisting of a white T-shirt, striped leggings and a mysterious headdress with orange tulle. Most often (I’ll tell you the secret of many mothers) they resort to such a costume when there was no time to do something more complex!
New Year's suit for a boy
Popular costume images for boys have long been Puss in Boots and the good cat Leopold . Both images are easy to achieve with a minimum of effort. Wide blue pants, a yellow shirt and a big red bow on the neck will help transform into a cute cartoon image. Such things can be found in a child’s wardrobe, but the cat’s hat will have to be purchased separately or sewn yourself.
- For the base, take the pattern of any hat and shorten it so that it fits on the top of the head, slightly covering the ears. To work, take felt of the desired color and some pink fabric for the inside of the ear.
- For the ears, cut out 4 triangles from the main material and two smaller ones from pink fabric. Fold the dark blanks in pairs facing each other and stitch. Turn right side out and glue on the pink pieces. To make the structure more dense, insert cardboard inside. Decorate the outer edges of the parts with decorative stitching. Sew the finished ears to the hat.
How to make a headband with ears?
There is another option for creating cat ears. Instead of felt, you can use faux fur. If you also make a tail from the same fur, the cat’s outfit will look elegant and harmonious.
If you have difficulty sewing triangles and ovals together, you can simplify your work and use glue instead of a needle and thread.
The head attribute of the cat outfit is ready.
