See how to sew a rat costume for a girl and a boy. For these purposes, you can even redo the outfits that children already have and make a 2020 carnival costume in literally half an hour.
Since the upcoming 2020 Year of the Rat, the costumes of this character will be in demand at children's matinees. It is better for parents to make such outfits in advance using the materials they have.
How to make a rat costume for a girl - a master class and a photo
For such vestments you will need:
- brown and beige fabric;
- black chenille wire;
- some white and black linen;
- scissors;
- ordinary wire;
- sewing accessories.
You can use the child's appropriate clothing as the basis for the pattern. Make a one-piece back pattern. Mark where the tail will be. The front consists of two types of fabric. Closer to the sides, you need to cut out two parts from a brown canvas. They are symmetrical. And the front part is one-piece.
Sew it with the sides. Then sew these sidewalls together with the back. Trim the armholes with a slanting tape. Fold up the bottom of this piece and hem.
A hood needs to be sewn from brown fabric. The ears are combined. They are composed of brown and beige fabric. From white, make two round eye whites, sew a black circle in the center of each. Create a nose out of a beige fabric and pin it in place as well.
Under it, fix pieces of chenille wire, 3 on each side. This one will be a mustache. This kind of rat costume for kids is very convenient. It can be worn over the head without using the clasp. The hood will turn into a head with ears.
If you need to make a carnival costume quickly, then use the child's knitted hat in gray or another suitable color.
If the hat is tucked in, turn this twist and make a nose out of the resulting piece of fabric. Sew on the ears and eyes. And on the nose, attach the threads that will become a mustache.
You can make a mouse, rat costume for a girl by taking a gray fluffy fabric. Sew a sundress out of it and attach an emblem with the image of such a rodent here. From the remnants of the canvas, you need to sew a beret on an elastic band. Attach your ears to it.
Create slippers. They can be put on directly on gym shoes or on girls' shoes. To do this, put her foot in the shoe on the wrong side of the fabric, outline with a small margin. This will be the sole. Now create the front and back of the sides for each slipper. Sew the elements together and attach them to the bottom of the sole.
You can also make a rat costume for the New Year using taffeta. If the child has gray tights, a jacket of this color, then use them as a base. Take a gray taffeta, cut a belt out of it. Now from the same material, cut out many identical strips.
Tie them to this belt tightly to each other. You can sew several sun-flared skirts from taffeta, collect them with an elastic band at the belt, you will get a beautiful fluffy skirt. Cut the tail from the leg from the old tights. Give it a pointed shape and stuff with filler. Sew this piece back into place on the skirt.
Attach white pom-poms made of fabric to the already existing slippers, make a bow from the same cloth, and attach 2 ears made of the same fabrics to the hair band.
If the girl has a dress or sundress of a suitable color, use it to make a rat or mouse costume for the New Year.
Then you will sew a white oval on your stomach, and from a suitable fabric you will make a long tail and sew it on the back of your clothes.
Create 4 circles for the ears out of the brown fleece, and attach one circle from the smaller pink fabric to the two circles. Now connect the front and back of these two halves of the ears.
Sew them to the headband, which also needs to be covered with brown fabric.
The next taffeta costume is also quickly created for the child.
Take a gray shiny taffeta and start tying it to a satin belt of that color. See how you can make a taffeta skirt like this.
You will sew a tail to the back of the skirt, having previously stuffed it with filler. Make the ears from the same fabric and cover the headband with it. It will be enough to put on the created outfit, as well as the girl's light-colored T-shirt or turtleneck, and tie a pink bow on this outerwear around the neck.
To complete the look, you can apply face painting. To do this, draw a rodent's nose on the tip of the child's nose, make the eyes more expressive. Also create strokes from face painting above the upper lip, and on the lower one draw two teeth.
You can sew a dress and pantaloons to make a rat costume for a matinee.
The following pattern shows 2 pieces of the dress. This is a shelf and a back. These parts are one-piece. Cut them out, sew the sides and shoulders, process the bottom and armholes.
The following pattern shows the details of the pantaloons.
Sew them together, then tuck the bottom over and attach the frill here. You can make these shorts so that they have an elastic band at the top. Then you do not need to create darts and make a zipper like on a pattern.
How to make a rat costume for a boy with your own hands?
If you have a son, on New Year's Day he will be a symbol of 2020, then see how to make a rat costume for a boy.
Take:
- soft gray fabric;
- some white matter;
- a piece of a red flap;
- two buttons;
- gum;
- filler.
Crafting workshop:
- You can sew shorts without a pattern. To do this, take the child's existing pants or shorts, use them as a template. But if such products have a belt and a fastener, then the top needs to be increased. After all, the suit will have an elastic band at the top. Cut out a double breast for this jumpsuit. Sew it in place, and attach the straps as well.
- Make a tail, also fix it on the shorts. All that remains is to make a rat mask. To do this, you can sew a beret for the boy, then sew a white fabric here in the form of the lower part of the muzzle. Use the same material to make the inner ear pieces.
- Sew on the red tongue, black nose and buttons for the eyes. The next boy's costume is also made in the form of a jumpsuit. But it can be put on a girl too.
- Use your child's pants for the pattern. For the top, you will use his shirt or T-shirt. Attach your ears to the rim, make such a chic collar from white fabric. It will be possible to sew flowers here from thread or fabric.
You can also wear gray shorts and a vest of the same color on the boy. Complete the outfit with a mouse headdress.
Even for a toddler, you can make a carnival rat costume.
This is sewn in the form of a vest. And on the neck you need to sew a hood, make a mustache from chenille wire, eyes, nose, tail.
If the boy has a sweatshirt, you can sew fabric ears here or make them out of cardboard. Create a ponytail from the pantyhose or you can make it from knitted fabric. This outfit is also suitable for both a boy and a girl.
How to make a rat mask with your own hands?
Here is a rat mask template. First, reshoot it on paper, cut it out. From fabric that holds its shape well, cut two identical halves for the muzzle. Create darts. Sew the two halves, attach the nose here. You can also make a rat mask out of cardboard. She dresses like a hat, then she will not obstruct the view of the child.
Make a mustache out of black thread, sew on the eyes. This mask will suit both a girl and a boy.
Here's how to make a rat costume for 2020. If something remains unclear to you, then watch the video.
In the first plot, the girl's mother shares the secret of how to sew a mouse costume. Following the same principle, you can create an outfit for the Rat, which is the symbol of 2020.
You may also be interested in the 2020 horoscope of the Rat.
