Pirate costume with your own hands

During the pre-New Year's fuss, we often forget about the fact that this is primarily a holiday for the child. Surely your little schoolgirl has repeatedly asked him to buy a saber or asked him to draw a treasure map. Glad your child and sew a carnival costume for him. You can make a pirate costume in one evening, as almost all of its elements you will find at home.

Pirate costume for the New Year

The pirate costume for children consists of the following elements: shirt (vest), pants, bandana, sash, shoes and accessories. If the imagination does not prompt the image as a whole, try to search among cartoons and films, go to the carnival costumes shop.

  1. The first item in the manufacture of a pirate costume will be your own pants . Ideally, it should be wide and spacious trousers made of cloth such as heavy silk, which are tucked into boots. If there is a possibility and desire, they are easy to sew in the evening. It is possible to act easier. From old jeans will turn out the perfect bottom for a costume. Trim them slightly below the knees. Processing edges is not worth it. You can decorate a little with patches, sewn them with a suture.
  2. Now a little bit about the top of the suit . If you decide to sew pants out of bright silky fabric, complement them with a better white shirt with wide sleeves. This will give the image of completeness. For jeans, a more suitable pair is a vest. Both a shirt and a vest must be supplemented with a sash. To do this, it is better to use a fabric of contrasting color. On top of the shirt, put on a vest.
  3. It is difficult to imagine a pirate costume for the New Year without a bandana . To do this, simply pick up a piece of cloth of the same color with any other element of the suit. If you want, you can sew on the bandana application in the form of a skull. Another very popular element of the costume is leggings. You can put on your legs black czech boots or boots, even boots, but not sneakers.
  4. How to make accessories for a pirate costume ? In the toy store, buy a musket and a saber. You can make a saber with the child yourself. To do this, take a very tight cardboard from which to cut out the layout and glue it with foil. A small bottle of a drink can be turned into a bottle of rum. It will be very effective to look a costume, if you attach a small parrot toy to your shoulder.
  5. To a pirate costume, made by yourself, had a completed look, complement it with a blindfold . We cut out of a black fabric two circles in diameter of 5 see Between them the circle from a cardboard is inserted and all is sewed. We sew the circle to the strip. The length of the strip should be such that you can tie it to the back of the child.

Pirate Costume of the Caribbean Sea

This suit has several of its features. To create the image of Jack Sparrow, you need to prepare the following details of the costume:

  1. Vest. Suede or leather vest daddy is quite suitable. If you cut off your old mother's dress from velvet sleeves, you will also get a good vest for the pirate.
  2. Shirt. The most ordinary white shirt, a couple of sizes larger. You can decorate with beautiful jabots or lace cuffs.
  3. Bandana needs to be prepared a little. The material can be taken any. The main thing is to sew an elastic band from inside with black hair and a pigtail. "Hair" you can make from thick knitting threads. In order not to waste time, buy ready-made strands in the shop of wigs. Pull up the braids with beads, feathers or coins.
  4. You can put on high boots on your feet . If the room is hot or there are no such boots, take the black czech. On them, sew beautiful gold buckles.
  5. And most importantly - makeup. Draw a black pencil with a mustache and beard, and draw your eyes. Now your image is complete.