Tulle cat costume. Halloween cat costume: do-it-yourself children's and adult's version. How to make the rest of the cat costume
Children love to draw animals. And for the carnival, you can prepare a do-it-yourself cat costume for a boy. This outfit can be made in many ways. It all depends on the skills of the needlewoman, the time allotted for preparation, and the availability of materials at hand. In order to make a do-it-yourself cat costume for a boy, you should clarify which fairy tale this character is from.
Puss in Boots
You can make such a do-it-yourself cat costume for a boy from the things in the house. Pants can be worn ordinary, a bright mother's blouse, which is worn with a belt or belt, will suit them. Cuffs and a large round collar can be sewn or cut out of paper.
Without high over the knee boots, a cat costume cannot be called complete. With his own hands for a boy, bells are made of thick paper, which are put on the upper part of the tops of any boots. They are shaped like a truncated cone.
Someone will decide that a do-it-yourself cat costume has already been made for the boy. The photo of the boy in the outfit of a cat in boots allows one to doubt this: where is the sword with the feather?
If you look carefully on the mezzanines, then it is quite possible that the much-needed headdress was lying around there. Otherwise, the hat can be glued from cardboard. And a pen, if this is also not in the house, is easy to cut out of paper, colorize and cut into “noodles” around the edges. You can also look for a sword among the boy's toys or make it yourself.
It is best to make up the child's face "under the cat" by drawing a nose and mustache on it.
The easiest cat outfit
As easy as it is to pick up the attributes for a Puss in Boots outfit, it can take a whole day. But what if you need to get together in just a couple of hours? Is it possible to collect new Year costume do-it-yourself cat for a boy in such a short time?
Can! It will fit any outfit that matches the color: brown, yellow, white, black. The tail is done or not done, it depends on the availability of time and desire. But the ears need to be built.
They are made from a hair band, to which cardboard triangles are attached. You can sheathe them with a fleecy fabric or paste over with velvet paper.
If there is no rim at home, but you don’t want to buy it or there is no way, you can do without it. Just cut out a strip of paper, which you glue in such a way that you get a ring with a diameter equal to the circumference of the head. This ring should be worn on the head so that it passes through the forehead.
Now triangles are glued in front just above the forehead. These ears look no worse than those made from hairbands.
Simple cat half mask
Sometimes you want to make a do-it-yourself cat costume for a boy more fundamentally. Then, instead of the ears, you can make the child a simple half-mask made of thick paper. To do this, it is enough to transfer this sample to cardboard and cut it out. Having painted the craft, you need to make holes on the sides into which to insert twine, elastic or ribbons.
Such a half mask is attached to the upper half of the face, above the nose, by tying ribbons just below the back of the head at the back of the head.
Volumetric New Year's mask
Any carnival costume a cat for a boy, made at home with his own hands, will be decorated with a papier-mâché mask. It's easy enough to make, but it takes time to make.
First, a template depicting a cat's muzzle is stuck on a glass cutting board or other surface from plasticine or clay. Then an ordinary newspaper is cut into pieces of one or two centimeters in size of arbitrary shape. The first layer of paper scraps is moistened with plain water and placed on the template. All subsequent ones are covered with glue or paste.
When the papier-mache thickness becomes equal to two millimeters, work can be stopped. Now you should wait until the craft dries. The last stage of work on the product is its coloring. Any paint will do, from watercolors and gouache to oils. At the very end of the work, the mask can be varnished.
And be sure to make holes on the sides into which you need to insert the ties.
Leopold cat costume
This is a very cute cartoon character, extremely loved by children. Leopold's cat outfit is also easy to make. A craftswoman familiar with sewing will easily cope with the task.
Need to sew bright blue pants and a yellow shirt with wide sleeves at the cuffs. A huge red bow will complement the outfit, which should be tied around the neck.
A mask or a cap sewn from a fleecy fabric is put on the boy’s head.
Knitted cat costume
Needlewomen who are familiar with knitting can also use their skills. After all, a knitted jumpsuit will wonderfully imitate fluffy cat fur. And put on the head knitted cap with cute ears.
By the way, both the overalls and the hat can be worn after the holiday - today clothes of this direction for children are in trend.
Suit-jumpsuit. Cutting master class
To sew a cat costume for a boy with your own hands, you will need a fleecy fabric of two colors - the main color and a light one for a spot on the stomach.
The front closure is best done with a zipper. If it is decided to make it on buttons or buttons, this moment should be foreseen when cutting out details.
- Before you make a cat costume for a boy with your own hands, the patterns should be transferred to paper. It is most convenient to do this with the help of graph paper, which is used by draftsmen. Then all the details are cut out.
- The fabric of the main color is folded in half lengthwise, face inward.
- On the material, the details of the pattern are laid out with the mark “2 children”, since after the cut, exactly a couple of such details will be obtained. Therefore, drawings of the back, front and sleeves are taken.
- Patterns on the fabric must be laid out in such a way that the direction of the share indicated on the part coincides with the direction of the share thread on the piece of fabric.
- All details are carefully circled with a special disappearing one. You can use dry soap or chalk. At the worst, they take a pencil, as it leaves a mark that is then difficult to remove. When tracing parts, allowances for seams should be provided.
- Cut out double pieces with scissors. The fabric is laid out inside out.
- The cat's tail is cut out.
- From a lighter fabric, a spot is cut on the stomach.
Tailoring of a suit-overalls
First, you should sweep (bait) the details of the back and front.
- To do this, the front part is placed face down on the front part of the back part so that the blue and green edges match.
- Seam "forward needle" fasten the details along the blue and green lines.
- The same is done with the other two parts of the back and front.
- The resulting trouser halves are folded with each other, without turning on the face, and swept them together along the front line.
- Now you need to sweep the shoulder seams of the back with the front.
The fitting is carried out without turning the product inside out. If necessary, you can make a correction directly on the figure, removing the excess with a “forward needle” seam. But you need to be very careful not to prick the child.
When the product is fitted to the figure on a living thread, you can stitch all the seams on a typewriter and sweep the sleeves along the side seams. Without turning the details, they are tacked to the main part of the product so that the deeper notch of the sleeve is in front. After trying on and adjusting the overalls, you can also sew these
After trying on, if corrections are not required, the basting is removed, and all edges of the parts are overcast on a typewriter or manually, if this function is not available.
From below, at the legs and sleeves, a hem is made so that you can insert an elastic band or drawstring for a drawstring. A zipper is inserted into the back seam, and the collar is processed
The tail is cut off, turned inside out and a thick wire is inserted inside. After that, it is sewn to the suit.
First, they are processed with an undercut or an oblique trim, then they are tacked to the front of the jumpsuit. Attach the part on top with threads that match the color of the overlay.
Mittens and mask are prepared separately. You can also sew boots. But regular shoes are fine too.
My daughter was invited to take part in a reading competition. The performances of the second graders were united by the theme “Animal Life”, and my daughter got a song about an asterisk. What animals walk at night? Of course, cats. So this do-it-yourself cat costume for a child appeared.
For the costume, I decided to use a gray turtleneck, gray tights, a flirty blue skirt, and knit ears, a ponytail and a vest from fluffy white yarn as recognizable elements. And draw a cat face on the face.
Materials:
yarn "Grass" (100% polyester, 150 m / 100 gr.) 100 gr., acrylic (or any smooth yarn) (thickness about 300 m / 100 gr.) 50 gr., knitting needles No. 8.0, hook No. 5 .0, stocking needles No. 4.0, satin ribbon for ties, base for crocodile or invisible hairpins 2 pcs. or bezel.
Description of work:
Vest
Since the Grass yarn tends to stretch strongly, the cat costume was knitted in two threads: fluffy Grass plus a smooth acrylic thread. The vest was knitted on knitting needles No. 8.0.
Cast on 30 stitches and knit in stockinette stitch to a height of 25 cm. This is the back of the vest.
Then divide the knitting into three parts of 10 loops: on the extreme loops, continue knitting (vest shelves) with front stitch, and close the middle 10 loops for the neckline.
At a height of 6 cm from the beginning of knitting the shelves, start making additions from the middle of the front in each row 5 times. The total width of the shelf will be 15 loops. Continue knitting so that the height of the shelf becomes equal to the height of the back. Close loops.
Similarly, tie the second shelf.
cat costume vest pattern
Fold in half and sew side seams.
Where the width of the shelf becomes 15 loops, sew on the ties for the vest. I used satin ribbons (melt the edges so that they do not bloom), or you can knit a chain of air loops.
The vest for the cat costume is ready.
Ears
The ears are crocheted in two strands with a 5.0 crochet stitch. Link a chain of 13 ch. + 1 v.p. lift. Knit with single crochets (st. b / n)
1 row. 13 art. b/n (=13)
2 row. 13 art. b/n (=13)
3 row. reduction, 9 tbsp. b / n, decrease (= 11)
4 row. reduction, 7 tbsp. b / n, decrease (= 9)
5 row. reduction, 5 tbsp. b / n, decrease (= 7)
6 row. reduction, 3 tbsp. b / n, decrease (= 5)
7 row. reduction, 1 tbsp. b / n, decrease (= 3)
8 row. decrease on three loops of the previous row (= 1)
For the ear, tie two triangles. Put them together and tie with single crochets. In the corners of the triangle, knit three tbsp. b / n from one loop to save the edge of the corner.
Similarly, tie the second ear.
Attach ears to hairpins - crocodiles, invisible or bezel.
ears for a cat
Do-it-yourself ears for a cat costume are ready.
Tail
The tail was knitted in two threads on stocking knitting needles 4.0 (you can take more, then the tail will be thicker, but I used the largest stocking knitting needles. On the other hand, a stiff fabric is obtained on small knitting needles, and the tail itself holds its shape).
Cast on 16 stitches, evenly distribute on 4 double-pointed knitting needles, close into a ring (make sure that the knitting does not twist).
Knit in stockinette stitch for 15 cm.
Then I decided to make a bend in the tip of the tail. To do this, I knitted in short rows: knit loops on three knitting needles, turn knitting and knit three knitting needles in the opposite direction, turn knitting again and knit three knitting needles plus the fourth missed needle. Knit a regular row.
Repeat short rows two more times.
Knit another 1/2 inch in stockinette stitch.
We make a decrease for the pointed tip of the tail: at the beginning of each knitting needle, knit two loops of the knit together. Decrease until there is one stitch left on each needle. Cut the thread, leaving a segment for fastening. Thread through the remaining four loops, pull off and fasten off. The length of the tail turned out to be about 22 cm. If desired, you can tie it longer.
- a matter of imagination and skill of a needlewoman. In other words, there are a lot of instructions and they are all different. Someone sews a complete suit - from head to toe, someone can limit themselves to only ears and a tail, and someone else will take care of everything else - a cute detail - a cat's chest. In a word, the flight of fancy is unlimited, and homemade suit in any case, it will be original.
Here are some options for possible materials and items that will help create the basis for the image of a cat for a girl:
- Fabric for ears, ponytail, breast: felt, fur, velvet, silk or satin;
- The basis of the ears is a hair hoop. You can make ears by cutting two-sided triangles out of felt and fixing them in the center on a regular hair hoop. You can hide the hoop with a velvet ribbon or any fabric from which the ears are made. Felt ears are more suitable for girls younger age. A wire in the form of two ears can be attached to the hoop. Wrap the wire with a thin ribbon of silk or velvet. Contour ears will look spectacular on teenage girls.
Advice. The wire can be covered with lace or nylon, decorated with rhinestones.
- Beanie. For more experienced needlewomen, it will not be difficult to sew a simple hat with cutouts for eyes and ears. You can use a ready-made hat and just sew ears to it. You need to understand that the fabric of the cap and the ears must match the quality of the fabric so that the product does not look ridiculous and does not ruin the entire costume.
- Hair. Ears can be made from hair. It will look extravagant and unusual. For a "cat" hairstyle, you need to take small curls of hair in the right places and make two ponytails. Twist “pyramids” from the ponytails, sharpening to the top. Secure the resulting ears with hairpins, and it is important to leave the remaining hair loose. This hairstyle is very flirtatious and mischievous. At the tip of each ear, if desired, you can fix a piece of fur.
Costume
- Dress. It should be plain and elegant. All accessories are selected or sewn in the appropriate color. It will look festive fluffy dress with a tulle skirt for a little girl. For a teenage girl, you can find a short leather dress or a long velvet dress.
- Pantsuit. Perhaps the easiest and most affordable option. A one-color suit made of velor, fleece is best suited. Other options are also allowed. Great addition to the usual trouser suit there will be a border of faux fur ribbon on the sleeves and legs.
- Skirt and jacket. In this embodiment, a combination, for example, of a finished plain blouse and a do-it-yourself tulle skirt to match the blouse, is possible. The tulle skirt is easy to sew. Even an inexperienced needlewoman will cope with this task.
- Leggings and gymnastic leotard. This combination will create the effect of latex. You can decorate a simple suit by attaching a white breast to a swimsuit.
Suit accessories
Having decided on the main costume, you can proceed to the selection of accessories. Properly selected accessories can revive and add shine to any, even the simplest costume. You can complement the image of a cat with makeup or face painting.
- Tail and chest. The breast can also be cut from felt or velvet in an oval, semi-oval or triangular shape. The color of the breast should be different from the color of the suit, contrasting with it. As a rule, a cat's breast is white. A cat's chest can be depicted with a silk handkerchief, tie or bow tie, as well as a necklace. suitable form. The tail is cut out of the fabric of the desired length and attached to the suit or belt. At the tip of the tail, you can attach a soft faux fur tassel in a contrasting color.
- Collar. A short necklace - a choker - will help imitate a cat's collar. A leather or velvet choker in a bright color will look elegant and complement the look. A choker variant is possible in the form of a simple thick chain wrapped around the neck.
Advice. With your own hands, a choker can be made 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.
- Gloves. This part of the costume is best found in the finished version or not used at all. The edges of simple gloves can be trimmed with fur that contrasts with the color of the suit.
Advice. If the gloves are with open fingers, triangular false “claws” will look impressive.
- Makeup. The eyes are shaped like cat eyes. Long arrows are drawn with black eyeliner in the corners of the eyes. A black spot is applied to the nose, it can also be drawn with black eyeliner. And from the nose - cat whiskers are drawn on the cheeks. Lips can also be decorated “like a cat” - paint over only the upper lip with paint.
Attention! For younger children, for safety reasons and to avoid the occurrence of allergic reactions, it is necessary to use face painting, and not decorative cosmetics.
New Year's masquerade ball or children's party on the eve of the New Year - a fabulous event. The image of a cat is one of the most mystical and mysterious. It's perfect for this kind of event. original accessories and interesting little things will give the costume individuality and coquetry.
Do-it-yourself cat costume for a child: video
Many matinees involve fairy tale animal characters. That is why the question of how to sew a cat costume with your own hands is relevant - any little princess will look cute and charming in such an outfit. Moreover, it will not lose its relevance and is perfect for other celebrations - small changes will help to instantly turn it into stylish outfit for halloween . And most importantly, this does not even require special skills and knowledge - just the desire and the purchase of suitable materials are enough.
Stage 1: tail, ears, paws
Soft paws, triangular ears and a long tail- the main attributes of this beloved animal. Therefore, the answer to the question of how to make a cat costume should begin with the creation of these products.
This will require:
colored felt
Needle and thread
Pencil, glue, scissors.
Before looking for how to make a cat costume at home, you need to take a sheet of suitable size, draw a triangular cat ear on it, or transfer the finished template.
This is the easiest way to make a pattern. It must be folded in half so that 2 elements are obtained at once.
Put the resulting template on black felt, cut it out and attach it to the black hoop.
You can sew the details with a decorative seam.
Thanks to the decorative seam, the edges of the product are also processed.
Material Pink colour cut out 2 triangles.
Sew or glue pieces.
The product is ready.
To create a tail you will need:
Piece of cardboard or toilet paper tube
tights, stockings, stockings black color
Use a piece of cardboard rolled up into a tube.
It is inserted into a black stocking tube - until the required length is reached.
The end of the stocking is wrapped.
A stapler is used to secure the tube.
Or you can just sew it on.
For decoration, you can use small fur pieces.
Cat costume
Many women are interested in the question of how to make a cat costume for a child with their own hands. After the main details are ready, such as ears and tails, you need to take care of the final details. For this purpose, any black clothing is required. Leggings, tights or stockings are best suited. Black dress, skirt, blouse - any option.
If desired skirt and it can be made from black tulle at all by tying cuts of the required length to a wide elastic band. Or you can use a standard pattern for sewing a classic product.
It is worth noting that the answer to the question of how to make a cat woman costume is similar. To sew a pack, you will need strips of tulle of the required length - since they will be folded in half to secure, it is necessary to measure a double length to make the product.
An elastic band is attached to a stool or back of a chair - it is equal to the size of the waist of the future owner. It is necessary to make an allowance - about 10 cm.
As it turned out, sew cat costume pretty simple. It remains only to buy face paints in order to give her daughter a suitable make-up - a black nose and a charming mustache.
In a similar way, you can make a costume for an adult owner. For this, the same materials and a similar procedure are used. The main thing is to choose the right clothes that are in harmony with the tutu skirt, and also take care of the right makeup. Gloves with claws and stockings will complete the seductive look.
The outfit of the mysterious cat is simple in execution and always relevant. Suitable for both child and. Such a Halloween costume is very popular and will never go unnoticed!
The base should be black: skirt / dress / trousers / shorts or leggings and even tight-fitting overalls. Shoes should also be dark. The main requirement for the image is color, since our cat is black. For details, you can take white accessories.
We create a cat costume with our own hands
What we need:
- Shirt
- Trousers
- Dark shoes (ballet flats)
- Fluffy wire (sold in craft stores)
- bezel
- Black tulle or tulle
- Elastic band
We will make a tutu skirt and four cuffs - two for the wrists and two for each ankle.
To do this, you need an elastic band: a little thicker for a skirt and thinner for small details.
1) Measure your waist, ankles and wrists with a centimeter and cut off the required amount of elastic. Sew or pin the ends together so that they are securely fastened.
2) For cuffs, take pieces of tulle 12.5-15 centimeters for small ones, and cut 25-30 centimeters for a large, lumbar tutu.
3) Tie thin sliced \u200b\u200bflaps and pull them along the entire length of a large elastic band, close to each other, around the entire circumference. For small ones, it is enough to make bows from flaps on each elastic band.
4) Cut the wire in half and wrap around the triangular lugs to wrap or decorate the boa.
5) We collect all the details of clothing and accessories together, combining them into a complete image. We draw a nose and mustache with a pencil.
Accessorizing the costume
The Halloween costume can be supplemented with cat ears, mustaches, and also paws.
Here are some examples of a variety of additions:
Masks are sold at costume and accessory stores and can be ordered online. Headband ears are a popular accessory today. They come in different designs, pink, and other colors. These lugs are easy to find in the accessories section of mass market stores.
There are also hairpins and invisible with ears. This option will be more convenient for those who are uncomfortable wearing a bezel.
There are no cats without fluffy tails, we use them as an accessory. We will make the tail with the help of a strong wire and material, like fur. If you do not want to do it yourself, then you can in specialized themed stores.
For the credibility of the image and its complement, transform your hands into cat paws. The easiest way to make them is to use gloves. Glue “claws” cut out or sewn from durable material to the end of each phalanx.
Faux leather gloves are suitable for the base.
Instead of claws, you can use pink pads made of softer material, correctly distributing them on the gloves.
Let's make fluffy neko-paws of a Japanese cat that brings good luck:
We need:
- Faux fur (according to the size of the hand, pick up one and a half centimeters more, under the seams);
- Lining fabric, similar in color to fur (one and a half centimeters more than your measurements);
- Sewing accessories;
- Pink fabric for details.
1) We prepare two pieces of fur fabric, and the same from the lining material. As a result, four pieces of fur fabric and the same amount of lining should be prepared for two paws. When cutting, leave a centimeter for seams.
2. Take a pink lining and cut eight small pieces out of it to decorate your paws, two of which should be slightly larger than the rest.
Makeup for a cat costume
With a pre-made costume and a full set of accessories, you can easily get used to the role of a playful cat. It remains only to add a few important touches: if you are wearing a dress / skirt or shorts - get black or semi-black tights, possibly with a pattern.
An important and final element is makeup! Smoky eyes or light shadows on the eyes and accent on the lips are perfect.
The arrows will emphasize your expressive look, and dark lipstick make your smile more enigmatic.
Hair can be loose or gathered into an elegant hairstyle. No matter what you choose - in this kitty look you will become the main star of the party!