The year of the rooster is coming soon. See how to sew a costume of this bird for a matinee, make paper crafts to take to kindergarten. There is still enough time before the New Year to learn how to sew a rooster costume, toys in the form of this poultry, and make it happen. In themed attire, a child can go to a children's matinee, and toys will be an excellent gift for the New Year or another holiday.
How to sew a rooster costume?
This outfit can be made from paper or fabric, in the latter case, it will be more durable. Usually, this character's attire consists of the following items:
- hats with a comb and beak;
- wings;
- panties;
- tail;
- boots or other suitable footwear.
Let's start with the headdress, before we sew the rooster costume, create this piece. To make such a hat, take:
- light and red felt;
- scissors;
- paper;
- pencil;
- thread with a needle.
The cock's hat consists of 6 identical wedges. To find out their exact size, measure the circumference of the child's head, divide the result by 6, add 2 cm - these are the seam allowances.
Take two such details, match them with the front sides, sew along the edge from one side. Why in the sidewall of the second clinic sew one sidewall of the third. Set this 3-wedge blank to one side for now. Connect the remaining three pieces in the same way.
Redraw the next pattern, attach it to the felt, cut the scallop out of the fabric. Gather it down on a thread, first stitching here with a basting stitch.
Fold the parts in the following sequence: on the front side of the workpiece of three wedges, attach the gathered side of the comb, cover it on top with the second workpiece of 3 wedges, so that the face is inside and the wrong side is outside. Sew around the edge.
If a suitable shirt is not available, then you can quickly sew it, relying on the presented pattern. It is loose-fitting, so in any case it will sit well on the child. On the left is the pattern of the shelf, on the right is the back.
Please note that the back and the shelf will be one-piece. To cut them out, fold the fabric in half lengthwise, matching the fold of the shelf and back with the fold of the fabric. Match the front and back, folding them right over. Sew these details together on the shoulder, on the sleeves, and on the sides. Roll up the sleeves, hem them. Step 10 cm from the bottom of the sleeves, sew a thin zigzag elastic here on the wrong side, stretching it. The length of the elastic should be 1 cm larger than the volume of the child's hands. Finish the neckline.
Talking about how to sew a rooster costume, it should be noted that the bib can be made of paper or fabric. Sew this piece on the front under the neckline.
The shorts also have a loose fit. Transfer the pattern to a newspaper, cut it out. Attach this paper template to the fabric. From it you need to cut 2 back parts and 2 front. Stitch along the middle and sides. Hem the bottom and top. Insert the rubber bands here.
There is one more important detail of the character, which we will dwell on in more detail.
How to make a beautiful tail?
It will require this:
- fabric of different colors;
- non-woven fabric;
- scissors;
- pins;
- wooden sticks;
- Velcro tape.
Cut out such semicircular parts from fabric of different colors, for each feather you need two identical ones.
Non-woven blanks are also needed.
Let's start with the first feather. Fold the 2 fabric pieces right over. Pin the non-woven fabric from the inside out.
Sew the workpiece inside out around the edges, leaving the small underside free.
To keep the stitching from unraveling, first sew a small stitch forward, then backward, then forward again. Finish the line as well. Cut a sharp corner on the wrong side to make the feather look more neat.
Fill out the rest of the details in the same way. Look, the outer feathers are small, slightly rounded. Large straight lines.
Turn them over your face, iron the seams.
Divide the tail into two identical parts, we will first arrange the first half. On the largest feather, place the same large, which is the second in size. Pin, sew, remembering to secure the stitch at the beginning and end.
In the same way, attach a slightly smaller, third-largest feather to the second.
Sew on the last fourth from the edge. In the same technique, arrange the second half of the tail.
Place the first on the second, sew them together. The width of the stitch should be such that a wooden stick can be inserted into one and the second formed drawstring. This will make the structure more rigid and help to give it the desired shape.
Here's how to make a beautiful ponytail next. Sew up the holes on your hands to prevent the wooden sticks from falling out.
Cut the belt out of the Velcro, if you want, you can sew a piping to it on the two long sides.
With a few lines, which we do along and across the tail, sew the feathers to the belt.
Such a belt is suitable for children of different ages, different builds. Its volume can be adjusted. The belt will fit snugly to the suit due to the Velcro hooks.
But the rooster costume is not yet complete, see how to make wings at home. They can be fabric or paper. There are many manufacturing options, see a few of the simplest ones.
How to make wings at home?
When sewing a shirt for a cockerel, cut a long strip of fabric of a different color, cut it in a zigzag pattern on one side. When you begin to sew on the sleeve from the bottom, put this detail here, sew everything together.
And here is another simple option. For him you need to prepare:
- fabric in four colors;
- threads;
- semicircle pattern;
- braid.
For one wing, 4 blanks are needed, each is a quarter circle of different sizes. To make an even wavy bottom, apply a template to the turns, cut along it.
Now more about how to make wings with your own hands.
Let's start with the first option. Fold 4 pieces for it, arranging them according to size. Fold them up on one edge, overdue. Then do the same on the other side. You can not tuck, but trim with braid. It needs to be sewn on top from one side and the other in the form of large loops. The child will stick his hands here, putting on the wings of a rooster. To keep them tight, sew a drawstring in the front, and you will fasten it like a cape.
From the same braid, make eyelets for the sleeves, the child will wear the lower part of the wings on the wrist. See how else you can arrange them.
Sew the cape. It will be worn on the wrist with the help of ribbons. Cut long ribbons from fabric of different colors, gather each with a basting seam, stitch to the raincoat, starting from the bottom.
There is another interesting idea that will tell you how to sew wings. Also cut the ribbons, having previously gathered them, into the sleeves. When the child raises his arms, they will look like wings.
You can make them quickly if you cut a circle out of fabric or wrapping paper. Let the child stretch his arms in opposite directions, Measure the distance between the hands in this position, this is the radius of the circle. Cut its edges in a zigzag, cut out the neck so that the child can put on the wings of the rooster.
It is good if the child comes to the matinee with a gift for the teacher. Make a fiery rooster together with him, which is a symbol of the coming year. The result will be amazing and it takes so little.
How to make a Fire Rooster craft from threads?
To reproduce this, you need:
- red and white threads;
- tweezers;
- scissors;
- "Titan" - adhesive for ceiling tiles;
- drawing of a cockerel made on a printer;
- Scotch.
Cover the drawing with tape. Pour the glue into a small bottle with a spout, apply it to the outline of the animal's breast, using tweezers, place a piece of red thread over it.
In the same technique, lay out the following turns, forming the body and head of the bird.
Next, make embossed feathers, lay a white thread inside several, also attach them with glue.
To make the craft even more chic, you can glue glass stones to match the ends of the feathers.
After completing the first wing, move on to the second.
It remains to arrange the tail of the rooster. To do this, also first glue the thread along the contour, then fill the inner space of the fishnet wings.
Leave the Fire Rooster craft to dry for 24 hours, then carefully detach it from the base. You will see dry drops of glue peeking through. Remove them with a soldering iron, but you need to be careful so that there is no blackness due to burnt glue. The work is completed, you can frame it and give it or hang it on the wall and wait for the holiday.
Craft a rooster from paper
If a rooster made of threads turned out to be difficult for children to reproduce, then advise them simpler crafts. Such funny roosters are made quickly, for this you need to take:
- colored paper;
- glue;
- scissors;
- felt-tip pens.
On a piece of colored paper, draw a triangle with a semicircular bottom side. Roll a cone out of it, glue the side. Cut narrow strips out of paper, for each bird you will need 2. Roll these blanks with an accordion, glue paws with three fingers, cut out of colored paper, on one edge of the strip. Attach the legs in place.
Cut out round eyes, beak, glue these elements too. It remains to make the tail and wings. Take a closer look at the process of this work.
Cut the strips out of colored paper, connect the ends of each, glue them in this place. All that remains is to glue these improvised feathers to the bird. Shorter stripes will become its wings, longer ones - its tail.
And here is another option for making such a bird, a paper rooster template is attached.
Enlarge it, redraw it onto the white sheet attached to the monitor. Place it on folded colored paper, cut out.
You will also need to draw a comb, a rooster's beard on red paper, and a beak on orange paper.
You can use purchased toy eyes or make them out of colored cardboard, stick on your face, like the rest of the head.
Attach a large stationery clip to the lower torso, tape this section to the neck, and this is such a wonderful bird.
In the same technique, you can make a girlfriend for our hero - a chicken. Very young children will make an applique on the same theme.
As you can see, the body of the rooster is made up of a large triangle, and the wing is made up of a small one. The tail is created almost from the same geometric shapes. The kid will only have to cut and glue the bird's comb, beard, eyes and paws.
If you need to quickly make a carnival costume of a rooster, paper will also help. Mark the volume of the child's head, according to this size cut a strip of white sheet, but with a small margin to glue its ends on the side. Glue the second paper tape on the first, perpendicular to it. Cut a comb out of red colored paper, attach it to the top of the mask. Make a beard out of the same paper, and a rooster's beak out of yellow paper.
Then you can put on this headdress on the child and send it to the holiday.
The body of a rooster can be made in an unusual way. Let the child put his palm to a sheet of paper, circle it. Using this template, the baby, together with the senior assistant, will cut out many blanks from paper of various colors. Then he will need to cut out the head of a bird from the light one, from red and yellow other details of the face, from white and black to make an eye.
Having pasted the head with all the details on one side of the sheet, let it attach the palms of colored paper with glue. You need to start with the tail, gradually moving towards the neck, so that these blanks are overlapped in relation to each other. It remains to glue the paws cut from brown paper, and the applique is ready.
Here's how to make a rooster costume for kindergarten, make a New Year's craft to bring it here. If you would like to see the costume making process, then turn on the video player. We invite your attention to a master class from which you will learn how to make a mask of this bird from foam rubber.
It will be interesting for kids to learn how to make a rooster out of paper, especially since almost their peer is talking about it. Parents read about the manufacturing process in this article.
