On the eve of the New Year holidays, parents are faced with the question of a fancy dress for the child. How to quickly and without special skills make a clown costume for a boy with your own hands? A step-by-step master class, fantasy and a little time - that's all you need!
We sew the Clown suit for the boy with his own hands
Any mom who knows what a needle and scissors are without special skills can make such a New Year's costume for a child. In this, detailed instructions and our tips will help her.
What materials will be needed to work:
• fabric of any bright color (you can take an old mother’s dress);
• narrow elastic elastic band - 50 cm;
• bright threads for knitting different colors - 2 balls;
• threads for sewing to match the fabric;
• scissors;
• tape measure;
• chalk or a special pencil for the outline;
• pattern.
Working process
Step No. 1 Construction of the base pattern
To make a clown’s costume for a boy with your own hands, you first need to take measurements from the child and build a simple pattern. For those who do not know how to sew at all, you can take this pattern as the basis and increase or decrease it, according to the taken measurements.
To build a pattern you will need several measurements.
1. The length of the overalls in the finished form. You can sew a suit to the knees or in full growth, as prompted by fantasy and desire.
2. The length of the step seam. Take this measurement from the inside of the leg. Unforgettable how long we sew a clown costume. If the suit is to the knees, then we take the measurements accordingly.
3. Waist circumference. We measure the circumference of the abdomen of the child with a tape, do not forget to increase the freedom of fitting. After all, the suit should not be tight.
4. The length of the sleeve in the finished product. There are also possible options: ¾ or long sleeve.
5. Sleeve length from the inside of the arm to the armpit.
6. Desired sleeve width.
We put the finished pattern on the paper and adjust it according to our measurements: somewhere we decrease, somewhere we add. Cut out what happened. The finished pattern should look like a piece of overalls for kids.
Step №2 Transfer the pattern to the fabric
Lay out the fabric, pin the paper part of the pattern with pins. Outline the contours of the pattern, not forgetting the seam allowances. Cut overalls details from fabric. You can dream up and make details of different colors.
Step # 3 Putting on a costume
We overlook all the details of the overalls and proceed to assembly.
We work first with the back of the overalls.
1. In the middle seam of the back will be a zipper. Pins a zipper to the right half of the jumpsuit. We sew on a typewriter. We try to work carefully, we lay the seam as close to the zipper teeth as possible (you can use a special foot or do without it).
2. Combine the right to do with the left. Pin the zipper to the left part. This must be done carefully so that there are no distortions. We fasten the zipper, check whether everything is in place and sew on a typewriter.
We pass to the front of the suit. We’ll make a beautiful frill in the front, then additionally decorate it with pompons. So, let's get to work.
1. Combine the front parts, pin them off and lay the seam on the machine.
2. We take an elastic gum, measure the strip of the desired length and cut it off.
3. We tap the tape from the inside of the front along the middle seam, slightly pulling it. We admire the result. Beautiful folds should form on the front side.
4. Stitch the gum on a typewriter, trying to get into the previous line, which connected the parts. We do everything carefully and without rushing.
5. Remove the basting and check the result.
Connect the details of the costume together.
1. Combine the back and in front of the suit at the side seams. The parts are laid with the sides inward. We sew the lines along the shoulder seams.
2. Next, mark the entrance to the sleeve. We chip parts from the armhole to the bottom. We sew the side seams of the overalls.
3. Combine the step seams and lay the line on the typewriter. At the same time, we hide the edge of the lightning in the seam of the product.
We assemble and sew sleeves into the finished product.
1. Connect the sleeve part in the middle part with the front side inward.
2. Laying a line on a typewriter. We do the same with the second sleeve.
3. Turn the sleeve detail to the front side, and the suit inside out.
4. Insert the sleeve into the armhole, with the face to the front of the suit. We fix it with needles, combining the side seams. We sew a sleeve around the okat. Sew the second sleeve in the same way.
Advice! An elastic tape can be sewn along the edge of the sleeve, forming beautiful folds.
We process the neck of the finished suit and attach a strip of multi-colored fabric (tulle), forming folds. It will be a clown frill. We turn the jumpsuit on the front side and try on the child. Do-it-yourself clown costume for a boy! It remains to decorate it with pompons and a cap.
How to make beautiful pompons from knitting threads
We proceed to the manufacture of thread pompons. For this we need the following materials:
• thick cardboard;
• multi-colored remnants of woolen threads;
• compass or glass with a round bottom;
• scissors.
Working process
Step No. 1 Construction of a blank for pompons
We draw circles on a thick cardboard with compasses, you can simply put and circle the glass. Cut the workpiece. In the work we need three large pompons for transferring overalls, several smaller pompons for frill.
Step №2 Modeling a pompom
We fold the cardboard blanks in pairs and wind the thread on them. This must be done carefully so that there are no empty spaces, and the thread overlaps. In order to make the pompom tight, you need to walk a few circles with a thread. Threads can be used in different colors and combine them together. For a magnificent pompom, you need about 1 meter of thread.
Advice! Pre-wind the thread with a flagellum, as in the photo. This will facilitate the winding process.
Step №3 We form a ready-made pompom
Cut the future pompom along the edge of the workpiece. It should be like this.
Then we just push apart the cardboard mugs and tightly weave the middle of the pompom with a thread. Then remove the cardboard blanks, give the finished pompom a beautiful look.
After making the right number of pompons, decorate the clown costume. Sew three large pompons in front, along the crease line.
DIY clown hat
For a bright cap you need dense colored cardboard. Draw a large circle on the back of the paper. We cut the workpiece and glue it with hot glue. Now you need to glue the ties to the cap. We measure the gum of the desired size and gently glue it on the inside of the cap. We decorate the headpiece with bright small pompons.
Thread Clown Wig
What a clown without a wig? Making a wig for a carnival costume is a snap.
We will need:
• harvested pompons from threads (one color);
• children's knitted hat;
• threads for sewing.
In advance, we prepare pompons of the same color for clown hair according to the above scheme. The basis of the wig is a simple knitted hat. For convenience, we pull the cap on a bottle or a large jar. We sew the prepared pompons to the cap until we fill the entire space. Like this.
Bright makeup and matching shoes will help to complement the image of a clown. It can be sneakers, moccasins or Czechs. Do not be afraid to create and embody your fantasies! Create an unusual carnival clown costume for a boy with your own hands.
