Once again, kindergartens are preparing another series of children's matinees with fancy dress costumes.

Parents will once again have to prepare a mask for the matinee. It is better to do this with your child together.

The topic of today's post is a master class that answers the question of how to solve this difficult problem.

We need to turn mask making into an educational game.

The mask should be the most beautiful and cool one in the kindergarten. This requirement requires an extraordinary approach on the part of parents.

Today, together with the children, we will make a mask for the matinee.

Today, together with the children, we will make masks of an elephant, a mother elephant, and a baby elephant with our own hands.

Below are pictures that need to be printed, laminated, cut out along the contour and threaded with twine or elastic to fit the child’s head.

It is also possible to have a strip of cardboard or laminated paper at the bottom of the mask, folded with a rim to fit the child’s head (if you connect not with threads, but with a stapler, then the staples should be directed with their sharp ends outward (so as not to scratch the child’s head)).

To make the mask original, you need to print out the black and white mask templates available here, paint them together with the children with gouache or watercolors and also laminate them, after which you need to thread a string or elastic band to the size of the child’s head or attach the mask to the prepared rim.

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DIY elephant costume for a child: master class with step by step description, printable templates for elephant masks for children.

DIY elephant costume for a child

The elephant costume is quite a rare costume for a child. How to make this hero of a masquerade or performance?

From this article you will learn 3 ideas for making children's costume DIY elephant:

1. How to make a cap mask for an elephant costume on a child’s head.
2. What parts can an elephant costume for a child consist of?
3. How to make an elephant mask from paper and printable templates.

Part 1. How to make a mask-cap for an elephant costume with your own hands

The master class is conducted by “Native Path” reader and participant Tatyana Dubovchenko. The organizers of the competition are the “Native Path” website and the magazine

Tatyana writes: “I needed an elephant costume. But I only had to sew at school, and I didn’t have any fabric. But I consider myself a happy owner of a sewing machine and I only have enough for toys and dresses for dolls. And this is the elephant I got. With him for the Christmas tree and a themed holiday (we have him and a mammoth in ancient world was) and we went to a children’s theater studio in Africa.”

Tools and materials

To make an elephant hat for your costume you will need:

Brown or gray sweater

Cardboard (you can use cardboard instead old rug for yoga or anything else that will help keep your ears stiff)

Shifty eyes (d = 3 cm)

A piece of white felt or any other fabric (size approximately 5 x 8 cm)

Elastic band 2.5 cm wide, 58 cm long

Wire (length approximately 50 cm)

Filler for stuffing the trunk (sintepon or filler for soft toy and pillows)

Glue "Moment"

Scissors

Sewing equipment (thread and needle or sewing machine)

How to sew an elephant hat for a suit

First we will sew elephant mask for children's head (elephant cap).

Step 1. First, find a suitable sweater. It will become the basis for making an elephant hat. I happened to have a brown one, my daughter refused to wear it, the size is about 8-10 years old.

Step 2. You need to cut the sweater along the red lines indicated in the diagram below. On one side of the sweater is the sleeve seam. On the other side of the sweater, cut perpendicularly down from the neck of the sweater about 6-8 cm below the junction of the sleeves.

Step 3. Cut out the details of the elephant's ears.

From the back and front of the sweater, cut out 4 ear pieces. The ears can be drawn in shape approximately like pears (just draw a shape that is not elongated like that of the conference variety, but more round in shape like ordinary garden pears).

The details of the elephant ears are indicated in the diagram below. pink.

Step 4. Making ears for the elephant costume.

We cut out the seal, i.e. cardboard. We make the parts in the shape of the ears, but the fabric parts should be 1-2 cm larger than the cardboard inserts (this is the seam allowance). In the diagram, the fabric part is indicated in pink, the cardboard part in gray.

Instead of cardboard, you can take an old yoga mat or a tourist seat or various packaging seals. The main requirement for a seal is that it holds its shape.

This is important to consider: There should be no cardboard in the place where the ear is sewn to the head, otherwise it will be difficult to sew, to do this, reduce the parts from the seal another 1 cm only in this place.

We sew the ears together by inserting cardboard inside.

Step 5. Sew the elephant's trunk.

• We take the part of the sweater that is larger in size (with part of the front and back). We tighten the elastic on the sleeve, wrap it inward and sew it on. We insert the entire length of the wire inside and secure it near the seam on the sleeve with several stitches in several places. Trim the end and secure it (I bent the tail, twisted it and wrapped it with tape so it wouldn’t prick.
• Stuffing the sleeve.
• Sew on a piece of scrap fabric as a patch. The hole in the trunk is closed.

There was a weak wire in my trunk. I had to secure the trunk to my head. Here's how it happened.

Step 6. Assembling the hat for the elephant costume.

We have already stuffed and sewn up one sleeve. Along the line marked in red in the diagram, we sew together two pieces, inserting the finished ears into the cap.

We turn the elastic on the second sleeve into a fringe, making cuts and forming a tassel. This is what you get (see photo below).

Step 7. Decorate the bottom edge of the elephant's cap.

We fold the 6-8 cm that we left (see step 2) and insert an elastic band. The elastic band will not be visible from the front. At the back, the elastic is simply sewn to the edge.

Step 8. Making the elephant's eyes.

The elephant's eye on the costume is simply glued on.

• We take a piece of white fabric for the backing, it is better to take a fabric that does not crumble like felt, I took a piece of padding polyester. Cut out an oval.
• Glue the finished moving eye for toys.
• We cut out the eyelids from scraps of fabric and glue them on.
• We glue the finished eye with “Moment” onto the elephant’s head. I prefer the “Moment” rather than the hot gun, because... You can move the part a little to the desired place until the glue dries.

The elephant's hat is ready! We put an elephant cap on the child's head. Have fun games and interesting performances! Too-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo, the elephant buzzes.

Part 2. What elements can be used to make an elephant costume for a child?

For an elephant costume, you can use those items of clothing that you have at home:

• gray turtleneck
• knitted T-shirt or large T-shirt,
• gray shorts or tights, skirt.

To create “thickness”, because an elephant is a large animal, you can use a small pillow that is placed under the child’s T-shirt.

You can put gray mittens with an elastic band with a pink appliqué on your child’s hands. The feet may have shoe covers made of fabric, also with pink appliqué.

Part 3. DIY paper elephant mask

The elephant mask does not have to be sewn. You can make it very simply and quickly from paper and cardboard.

Option 1 for making an elephant mask: a mask with an elastic band

Step 1. Print out the mask template. You need to print the template taking into account the head size of the child or adult who will play the role of the elephant.

It is better to make a sketch of the mask on a piece of paper in advance, try it on, measure the required height and length of the mask, and mark where the holes for the eyes will be. And after that, print the template taking into account these dimensions.

Step 2. Glue the mask onto thick cardboard.

Step 3. We make slits for the eyes.

Step 4. Use a hole punch to make slits on the sides for the elastic. Insert the rubber band. The mask is ready.

Option 2 for making an elephant mask: mask - paper headband

This is the easiest and fastest version of the mask to make, suitable for everyone and does not require any preliminary measurements.

Step 1. A headband is made from thick cardboard to fit the child’s head. Please note - the headband must be sewn or glued, but in no case secured with a pin, because a pin is a sharp object.

Step 2. Glue a picture of an elephant to the rim (see templates below). The headband is a mask for a game or for a performance, ready!

Elephant mask templates for printing

You can print the elephant mask for free using these links:

And in conclusion, let's look at something very interesting and useful children's video about a baby elephant based on the filmstrip “Baby Elephant and the Letter” of the Literary Living Room channel. This is a filmstrip that will show children why they should learn to read. The author of the tale is V. Lunin. And the child will be happy to dramatize this fairy tale using our baby elephant mask! Creative inspiration to you!

More ideas for making fancy dress for children from the participants of the New Year's Masquerade competition you will find in the master classes: or on the course cover below for free subscription

Do you remember, parents, how just recently, every child came to all children’s parties in a costume made with their own hands? We made the template ourselves, took cardboard or paper, drew it ourselves, painted it, and cut it out. And they cut it out themselves. Nostalgia…. Now, parents don’t have a headache on this topic - they go to the store, buy it and they’re done. But what about the former individuality? Let's not forget how cute it is to see your fidget with a mask on his head that he made himself. Can you imagine this feeling of pride: like a carbon copy, and yours stands out from the crowd?

Not every child can draw beautifully, so the templates can be downloaded and printed on black and white paper or cardboard, and then it’s up to your imagination to decorate as you wish. On this page we have prepared templates for an elephant mask. Choose which one you like best! If you still don’t have time for coloring, you can print out a color version.

Top. Gray turtleneck -I- knitted large size T-shirt. Wear a thick one under a turtleneck or under a T-shirt so that your tummy is visible. As thickness, you can use a small, not very thick pad, tying ribbons or elastic bands to its ears. You can take a ready-made T-shirt (from dad’s), or you can sew it yourself. The T-shirt can be gray, but in a different shade than the turtleneck, or it can be bright (for example, pink). It has a large pocket with an appliqué of exotic fruits (Fig. 1). Black (dark) bias tape is sewn along the edge of the neckline and armhole.

On the neck- butterfly bow (black with small polka dots or specks).

Bottom. Striped shorts of any color found in the suit (matching the color of the turtleneck, applique T-shirt).

On foot. White or gray tights. There are shoe covers on the feet, and gray mittens with pink appliqué on the hands (Fig. 2).

On the head. A mask-cap sewn from fabric (Fig. 3). Each ear has two parts: the upper one is gray and the inner one is pink.