To make the New Year holidays unforgettable, learn how to sew a Santa Claus costume. See how to make a hat, beard and other details with your own hands. One of the most cheerful holidays is coming, which is celebrated everywhere. But what is the New Year without a costume ball, Santa Claus, Snow Maiden? Having learned how to make a carnival costume from scrap materials, you will make it from almost nothing. But we will start with the outfit of the main character of the holiday.
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If you do not have a pattern, then take a dressing gown as a basis. Put it on the one who will play the role of this character. If this garment fits, then attach to it a newspaper or a large sheet of paper to the robe, outline the back, shelf, sleeve, the pattern is ready. If there is no such apparel, then take a pattern from the Internet, build it yourself or redraw the one presented below.
If this pattern works, use it. You can increase or decrease this base by slightly removing or adding on the sides and in the middle of the back and shelves. The length of the sleeves also varies as you see fit.
The pattern will help to make a Santa Claus costume. After you reshoot it, see what you need to work:
- the cloth;
- white faux fur;
- oblique inlay;
- glue gun;
- for decoration: beads, braid, sequins, rhinestones;
- scissors;
- threads;
- needle;
- sewing machine.
For the costume of Santa Claus, various fabrics are used, in this case, a crepe-satin of blue color was taken, but you can sew a robe from red. Lay the details of the pattern on a folded canvas, outline, cut out with allowances for seams.
If you are limited in fabric or do not want to make side seams, then cut the shelf and backrest together. The side seam of these parts will be one.
Cut the sleeves with seam allowances.
Sew the bias tape to the neck of the back, going slightly over the neck of the front, iron it. Step back 8 cm from the central edge of the shelf to the side, sew on the decorative tape, not reaching the bottom of the hem 20 cm.
Cut strips of fur 11 cm wide, the same length as the shelves. Fold the front of the front with the right side with the face, sew on the wrong side. Also design another shelf.
Here's how to sew a Santa Claus costume next. Cut out an edge 20 cm wide from the fur. On one side, sew to the bottom of the fur collar using a hand seam.
Turn out the fur trim that is on the shelf and hem. Stitch these details on the face.
So that the fur does not fall under the line, adopt a tailor's trick. It must be removed from the path of movement of the foot using scissors.
If you did not immediately sew the seams on a typewriter, but first sewed on your hands, remove this thread of the basting and proceed to the design of the sleeves. Stitch them in the same way with a strip of fur.
Stitch the side seams of the sleeves, overcast them on a typewriter, iron them with an iron.
Place the sleeves in the armholes, baste them on the arms, then sew here on the sewing machine.
Also zigzag the edges of the fabric to prevent fraying. Iron the seams, see how wonderful the sleeves are.
Cut out beautiful patterns from the remnants of fur pieces, glue them, as well as rhinestones, sequins, and other decorative elements to the bottom of the fur coat.
Next, we will sew a cape collar. It consists of three parts, but you can attach the presented sample to the fabric, cut out one part.
Stitch the edges of the cape collar with a fur strip.
In the same way, process the inside of this part, which will be adjacent to the neck.
Decorate this collar with various glittery elements, in the same color scheme, make the fastener to be sewn.
Cut the belt out of the main fabric, fold it in half lengthwise, sew. Sew fur pom-poms at the ends. You will make mittens by attaching large work gloves to the fabric, which will become a kind of template. It remains to make a hat, and the Santa Claus costume is ready.
He will put on his boots on his feet. Make a staff from a wooden stick, which needs to be wrapped with a wide silver braid. For fixing, it can be glued with hot silicone from a glue gun.
How to make a beautiful hat for Santa Claus?
Santa Claus simply needs it, let's start with the classic one. Re-take the pattern.
It is better to sew such a headdress from a dense fabric such as felt. For the upper part, take a blue cloth, And if the suit is red, then choose such a felt. Cut out two pieces for the base of the hat. At each, sew a fold at the top, sew two halves of the headdress on the side.
One-piece lapel, sew side seam. On the face, combine the bottom of the base of the cap and the top of the lapel, sew. That's how quickly you can make a hat for Santa Claus.
Nowadays, Santa Claus hats are popular. See how to sew a hat of this type with your own hands, and no patterns are required for it. You just need to measure the volume of the head, remember this figure, put the following items next to it:
- fleece in red and white;
- threads;
- synthetic winterizer;
- lining fabric;
- centimeter tape.
Divide the resulting head volume in half, this figure will be the base of the triangle, its height is 40–45 cm. Cut out two such parts, make the edge of white fleece, from which you need to cut two strips 80 cm wide. Stick each to the base of one of the triangles.
Stitch the strips to the base of the cap and one of its sides. Cut decorative elements such as stars or snowflakes out of red fleece and sew them onto your headpiece. Stitch the second side.
Here's how to make a pompom. Cut a circle with a diameter of 10 cm out of white fleece, gather it around the edge with a thread, tighten it slightly. Fill the pompom with a synthetic winterizer, sew it onto the end of the cap, fix the thread.
From the prepared fabric, cut two triangles for the lining, sweep them along the edges. Attach the edges of this piece to the edge of the edging so that the front sides meet. Sew around the edge, tuck the lining inward.
Here's how to sew a fleece hat for Santa Claus or Santa Claus.
And here's what the headdress of the main hero of the occasion can be.
In this case, the base of the cap is semicircular; it can consist of 4 or 2 wedges. If you want to make 4 wedges, then measure the volume of the head, divide this figure by 4. This is the base of the triangle, the sides of which will be slightly rounded. Its height is the same as the hat of Santa Claus. This is a pattern. Attach it to the fabric, cut out 4 wedges, add an 8 mm seam allowance for each on all sides. Sew 4 wedges into a single cap base. Sew on a fur trim or padding polyester. Decorate the hat with rhinestones or red faux glass stones.
If you decide to make it out of 2 wedges, then the following pattern will help you. In order for the template to be exactly on the head, you need to measure its diameter and height from the forehead to the crown of the head.
Creating the beard of Santa Claus
It can be made from a wide variety of materials, from:
- cotton wool;
- chignon;
- paper;
- ropes;
- artificial fur;
- fabrics.
A paper beard is one of the simplest. This option will help out if you need to quickly make such an accessory for Santa Claus. Draw a beard on a piece of paper or cardboard, do not forget about the part that will be behind the head, it is done in the form of a semicircular ribbon. Cut along the contour and you can already try on the beard.
A cotton wool beard is also quickly made. For her you will need:
- cardboard or white fleece;
- scissors;
- a piece of gum;
- glue;
- white thread;
- cotton wool.
Since the glue will show through the cotton wool, take one so that it does not leave yellow stains even after drying.
- On cardboard or fleece, draw a semicircular underneath and a concave beard on the other side. Cut out.
- In one and the second upper corners, make small holes with scissors, thread an elastic band here, tie its ends at the edges with knots.
- Smear small areas of the beard with glue, attach loose cotton wool here. Start at the bottom, gradually working upward.
- Roll a "sausage" from a piece of cotton wool, tie it in the center with a thread, glue this mustache over the beard.
By winding curls of cotton wool on a toothpick, you can make Santa Claus's beard curly. If you want, make it out of one fleece. Then make the edges of this part wavy, cut a groove for the mouth at the top, while making a mustache.
Also make slits in the corners for the elastic, insert it so that you can freely put on and take off your beard. You can give it a different shape, make it denser from two identical fleece blanks. Then they need to be combined and sewn around the edges.
See how you can combine fabric and cotton wool, how to make Santa Claus's beard from these materials. Take:
- scissors;
- glue;
- white fleece;
- cotton pads;
- white rubber band.
On the fleece, draw the outline of the future beard, not forgetting about the mouth and mustache. Fluff the cotton pads slightly and glue them to the fleece blank to cover it completely. Attach the elastic as described above, after which you can put on a beard, completing the New Year's costume of Santa Claus with it.
If there is no suitable fabric, then cotton pads can be attached to a paper or cardboard base. In this case, they are not fluffed up, but slightly crumpled around the edges, attached with hot silicone using a glue gun.
If you do not know how to make Santa Claus's beard with your own hands in 10 minutes, then take a look at the photo.
Fold the piece of paper across almost in half, but keep the top half smaller than the bottom. Cut the ends of both halves of the sheets into 1 cm wide ribbons. Wind them onto a pencil. To do this, with this stationery, you need to quickly run several times over the paper tapes from top to bottom.
A fur beard is also quick to make and looks great. It can be round, sharp. It is also attached with an elastic band or rope.
By the way, you can also make a beard from this household material. To do this, the white rope is cut into pieces, glued vertically to the fabric base.
If you have a light-colored knit that no one else is wearing, let it loose, but don't roll it tightly into a ball so that the curls don't get loose. It is better to immediately cut the threads to almost the same size. Place them on a work surface, sew on top with two stitches. Use scissors to trim your beard, giving it a rounded shape at the bottom. Sew on strings or an elastic band, after which you can try on this part of the wizard's wardrobe.
If you have wool for felting, see how to make Santa Claus's mustache beard out of it. Cut out the base from the fabric, glue the strands of wool on it.
If you know how to knit, then arrange the threads in this way.
You will also get a wonderful winter wizard beard. Experiment, create, using the most unusual materials for this element of the costume. So, you can turn a white washcloth for a shower, trimming of light fabric, especially tulle, into a beard. If you sew thin light ribbons on a linen base or glue small white pom-poms, you will get an interesting and original accessory.
In order for Santa Claus to be dressed in uniform, to have everything you need, to look right, you will have to add something. A blush on the cheeks and nose will be created by female red lipstick. You can use loose blush to match. If our hero does not have felt boots, you can replace them with high men's boots by putting on the edges of white fur.
The Santa Claus sack is very simple to make. You need to cut out a rectangle from the fabric, fold it in half, stitch the bottom and sides, tuck and hem up, leaving a gap. A rope is inserted there to tighten the bag. You can glue paper snowflakes on it, embroider with sequins, rhinestones. To keep the bag in shape, it is given using filler or cardboard.
If you want to see how a Santa Claus sack is made, we suggest watching a master class.
You will learn how to sew a hat for Santa Claus from the second plot.
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