Homemade costumes for children
Homemade costumes are cheap and often fit children better than store-bought costumes. If you want to offer your child a costume that is not one of the standard costumes in belongs to every carnival department, can often more easily meet the wishes of the child by making them in-house will. A rather rare costume for children, for example, is the swan, although this animal appears in many children's stories. If your child would like to imitate a swan, you will find simple instructions here for a child-friendly costume.
What you need:
- white bodysuit or white shirt
- white or black tights or leggings
- black shoes
- white craft feathers
- white ballet or summer skirt
- orange photo cardboard
- scissors
- Elastic band
- Glue / tape
- Carnival make-up
Homemade swan panel
- As a basis for self-made swan costumes, you need a white body or a tight one Fitted white long-sleeved shirt on which you can put soft white craft feathers with just a few stitches at will sew on. If you work very carefully, you can also use textile glue for finishing the costume. But be careful that the fine feathers do not stick together and that only a small amount of glue is dripped onto the stem.
- In addition, your child can wear black or white tights or leggings. Swans actually mostly have dark legs, but it's not necessary to pay attention to this detail for a costume. In addition, your child can put on black shoes or gym slippers.
- For a swan feather dress you need a white or light ballet skirt or an airy summer skirt, which you decorate with as many feathers as possible, similar to the shirt. The more feathers you attach, the more beautiful the costume will be. Make sure it is evenly distributed.
- For the beak, roll a triangular piece of orange photo cardboard into a cone and stick the paper in this shape with glue or adhesive tape. Use a large needle or fine scissors to drill two holes in the wide end and pull a rubber band through it to fit the circumference of your child's head. Make sure that the elastic is not too tight so that your child feels comfortable with it.
Make-up rounds off costumes
If the costume fits correctly, carnival make-up should not be missing, so that the disguise as a swan is harmoniously rounded off. When buying, look for products that are kind to the skin.
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- Most of all, for the swan, you need white paint. You can also emphasize the tinkered beak by drawing black outlines around the cardboard mask on your child's face.
- Of course, you can use a picture template (for example a swan photo from the Internet or from a Animal Lexicon) draw in further details, but remember that not every child likes to patiently apply makeup leaves. It is better to avoid unnecessary details if your child does not enjoy this painting. Because homemade Costumes after all, should especially please the children.
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