Here you will find many options for how to quickly make a pirate costume and accessories. Learn how to quickly set up a pirate party table. For a pirate party to go well, you need to properly organize it. To do this: you need to make costumes, decorate the house appropriately, prepare everything you need to hold contests for a pirate party and set the table.
How to sew a pirate costume for an adult?
A pirate costume can be sewn or made from what is available. To do this, you need:
- striped vest or T-shirt;
- shorts or jeans;
- red or black fabric.
Everything is clear with the first two items of clothing, and the fabric of the third is needed in order to sew a bandana. This headdress is made very simply. Lay the fabric with an angle towards you, measure 2 equal segments from it, cut out the resulting triangle. Tuck up the edges, defer. Tie a bandana over your head.
If you wish, cut out a blindfold from a piece of black leather or thick fabric. Then the pirate costume will be very reliable, and you will make one in just 30-40 minutes.
If this is a pirate party for adults, then you can modify the women's costumes. Do a little scissors and this is what you get.
But first, look in stock for an unnecessary T-shirt or blue-and-white striped dress. Pirate day will be great if everyone dresses appropriately. If you want your outfit to be the best, then you do not need to redo the old thing, but sew a dress for the party.
For this you will need:
- white fabric with blue or black stripes;
- thin leather or black satin;
- red cloth;
- red satin ribbon;
- 2 sturdy straight cocktail tubes;
- metal hinges;
- thin elastic band.
If you do not have striped fabric, sew to the blue or black white tape horizontally.
To sew a pirate costume, or rather, a charming pirate, first proceed to measurements and cut out the bodice.
- Use a tape measure to measure the volume above and below the chest.
- Multiply each of the values obtained by 1, 5. This is needed in order to gather the bodice.
- If you will be sewing a dress with sleeves, then determine the girth of the upper arm and also multiply this figure by 1, 5.
- Stitch the bodice so that the seam is on the back. Draw an armhole on this part, cut it out.
- Sew the sleeves, attach them to the bodice and stitch them from below to his armpits (armhole).
- Hem the top of the bodice. Having stepped back from here down 2 cm, parallel to the top, sew the elastic with a zigzag seam from the inside out, stretching it. The elastic runs along the neckline - through the bodice and the top of the sleeves. At the top, you have a beautiful little fringe.
- Also decorate the bottom of the sleeves with an elastic band.
If you have a corset, then the pirate costume for the lady will turn it on, if not, then cut a strip 10 cm wide from the leather. This is the central part of the vest. Sidewalls need to be stitched to it. In height, they should be 1.5 times greater than the desired height of the products. This is necessary in order to gather the corset, as shown in the photo. In width, make this part with a small margin to tuck on the right and left, stitch and insert here on a straw.
Insert a small strip of leather into each metal ring. Sewing the sidewalls to the center section, immediately insert both ends of these leather strips here. Pass the tape through the metal rings to then lace up the corset.
Skirt - sun flared, stitched to the bottom of the corset. If you want to sew a petticoat, use a transparent fabric for it. Do not forget about pirate accessories for ladies: bracelets, earrings, a bandana with a skull.
If you have a corset, high boots, over the knee boots, then an outfit for a pirate party will be ready immediately. Put on a sweater with puffy sleeves under the corset; a cocked hat can be replaced with a kerchief. Tight trousers, bright makeup will complement the look of the insidious pirate.
We make pirate-style outfits for children
Such an outfit is useful not only for a party, a themed birthday. You can dress a child in a pirate costume for a matinee in a children's institution, on Halloween.
For the younger generation, you can also take a vest as a basis. In this case, the pirate costume is created very quickly.
This consists of:
- vests;
- belt;
- jeans;
- striped golf courses;
- bandanas.
You can buy a scarf with the image of a skull for a party or, if you have one at home, take it, as well as a souvenir saber.
And here is another version of the pirate costume for boys.
- Modify the white shirt with a frill collar and ruffles on the sleeves.
- To create pants, trousers that have become short for the child are suitable. Trim the bottom a little more, twist it 2 times, stitch it off, insert an elastic band.
- You need to gird your pants with a red sash. It will be completely replaced by a scarf of this color.
- Striped leggings will help a lot. If they are not there, then it will not be difficult to buy. Moreover, all other things are remade from the old ones.
- To make pirate party costumes as authentic as possible, complement them with a cocked hat, a cardboard telescope. These attributes of the outfit will be discussed below.
In the meantime, see what you can dress your child in if you are invited to a pirate birthday.
Trim the sleeves of an old white turtleneck into a zigzag pattern. Do the same with the bottom of the pants. Cut out the triangle for the bandana on their pirate-themed fabrics. Sew a sleeveless jacket out of it, and a bag from the remains of the canvas. You can put your child's personal belongings or a birthday present in it.
Of course, girls will also be invited to the pirate birthday. For them, you can complain about making such an outfit.
- To sew a dress without a pattern, or, in this case, a jacket and a skirt, put a T-shirt on the fabric folded across the fabric, which is just for a child, but not tight. If there is none, use a girl's blouse instead of such a pattern. If it has sleeves, fold them inward like the collar.
- Draw the sidewalls, neckline, and armhole on the fabric. Cut by adding 7mm to the seams. Make sure the neckline is deep enough. Make it V-shaped, then the girl will be comfortable taking off and putting on the outfit.
- Stitch the sweater on the sides, process the neckline.
- Sew a white lace braid on the armholes, pulling it up so that the sleeves are fluffy.
- For a skirt, you need a rectangle of fabric, cut out with a margin, stitch it on the side, gather it on top with an elastic band.
How to make a hat, how to tie a scarf to a pirate beautifully?
To make the pirates look like real ones, do not forget to make the following attributes of the costume, these are:
- hat;
- for girls a scarf;
- eye patch;
- saber made of cardboard;
- Spyglass.
You can also make a chest out of a cardboard box and fill it with gold coins, which you can make yourself or buy at a gift shop. Here you will also put artificial pearl beads and various women's jewelry.
To tie a scarf, fold it diagonally first. Attach to the head, turn 2 opposite corners back, tie a knot from them over the third. Then tie one or two more, and pry the ends of the scarf under them and pull up.
The costume is complemented by a pirate's hat. It is easy to make it from cardboard or thick paper. Here's what you need to have on hand for this:
- white cardboard;
- black velvet paper;
- pencil;
- glue;
- scissors.
Then proceed according to this plan:
- Enlarge the presented template, transfer it to cardboard, cut it out. Attach the template to black velvet paper, outline, cut 2 identical blanks.
- Measure the rounded part of the hat, multiply the resulting figure by 2. Cut a strip of white paper this length. Its width is 3.5 cm. Fold the strip "accordion", but at the same time two paired folds go towards each other.
- Coat the bottom of each strip with glue and attach to the top of the hat.
- Draw the skull and bones on white paper, cut out. Glue this pirate insignia to the front of your headgear.
- Glue 2 blanks of the hat together, leaving its bottom free. Through it they put on a headdress for a pirate party.
And here's how to quickly make a hat for a girl. For her are used:
- cardboard;
- black paper;
- insulating tape;
- long pencil or wooden stick;
- White paper;
- glue;
- scissors.
The manufacturing instructions are as follows:
- On a piece of cardboard, draw a pirate headdress with a rounded top and pointed edges. Cut the exact same blank out of black paper. Stick it onto the cardboard.
- Cut out the bones and skull painted on a white sheet, glue it to the center of the headdress.
- Using two strips of electrical tape, attach a wooden stick or pencil to the wrong side of the workpiece.
The pirate hat is ready. If you want to sew it, this is also no big deal. Only the fabric should be dense, you can take felt.
In order to get a solid and beautiful pirate hat, take:
- black felt;
- white cloth;
- scissors;
- black and white threads;
- pencil;
- glue;
- graph paper or a regular school notebook in a box and a ruler.
If you are using a notebook, unfold a large sheet, glue another one to it. With a pen or pencil, draw horizontal and vertical lines 10 squares apart. They will help draw the details of the pirate hat. It:
- bottom;
- fields;
- crown.
As you can see, the bottom diameter is 18 cm. The dimensions of the other two parts are also given. Cut them out and attach them to the fabric. Please note that the bottom is 1 part, the crown is 2 with a fold, and for the margins you need 4 parts with a fold.
- Sew both edges of the crown. You will have an oval shape. Fold the top edge of the crown with the bottom, sew these details on the wrong side.
- Sew both border details on the sides to give each of these blanks a closed shape.
- Chip the bottom edge of the crown with the brim, so that the crown will be between the two brims. Sew.
- Turn the pirate hat over your face, and trim the brim with white tape or trim cut from fabric.
- Glue the pirate's emblem cut from light canvas.
You can decorate the headdress in a different way. Sew ribbons, braids woven from threads, braid to the bottom of the cocked hat, then you get a pirate hat, almost like the famous Jack Sparrow.
Spyglass, cardboard hook, pirate party boots
These are also essential attributes of a pirate costume. If you have any toilet paper rolls, do not throw them away. Such cardboard packaging will be an excellent material for creativity.
To make a telescope, you will need:
- 3 toilet paper rolls;
- roller for removing pellets from clothes;
- colored paper;
- scissors;
- glue.
If you have artificial leather, then you can make a spyglass out of it - you need pieces of red and black.
If you have faux leather, cut two rectangles out of the red. The first one is large, measuring 10x9 cm, the second is slightly smaller - 8x9 cm. From black leather also - 8x9 cm. Roll each rectangle into a tube, glue the edges.
For a small black and red tube, you need to cut another small rectangle in order to roll each into a small tube, put each of these blanks underneath, gluing.
Now glue the rounded inserts with glue, put the first small one, different in color, into the large tube. Then to the second and third. Place leather over the roller left over from a hand tool used to remove spools from clothing. Insert the end of the three-piece tube into it, gluing it.
If you don't have faux leather, you can use cardboard sleeves to make a spyglass for a pirate party. Cover them with colored paper. Cut out small cardboard inserts, roll them up, glue the edges. Also fit the small tubes into the larger ones. Assemble the pipe using the method just described.
Instead of bushings and a roller, you can use a sheet of cardboard. You need to cut it into 4 rectangular sections, roll each into a tube, put one into one, attaching the elements to each other with glue.
Thick paper will help to make another attribute of a pirate party - a hook. Used for it:
- empty cardboard cup;
- foil;
- wire;
- black or red marker;
- scissors.
Use a marker to paint the cup black or red. Place a piece of wire on a piece of foil, wrap it in it, leaving a small piece at the edge. It is needed in order to pierce the glass from the inside and wrap the wire here in the form of a loop to secure it in the container.
Bend the opposite end of the wire in the form of a question mark. This is how cardboard packaging became an attribute of a formidable pirate.
And if you want to know how to make his boots out of nondescript rubber boots, then read about it right now.
For them you will need:
- black rubber boots;
- red braid;
- 6 large artificial pearls or the same number of buttons on the leg;
- wide black elastic band;
- 2 buckles;
- a piece of dense fabric (fleece, drape);
- glue;
- scissors;
- twine;
- thread with a needle.
Making shoes for the pirate party begins. First, glue the tape along the edge of the boots. For the cuffs of the boots, cut out two rectangles, glue twine around their perimeter. Attach these elements to the boots, glue them, and from the outside, secure them with decorative buttons, sewing on those.
Measure the ankle of the boots, cut out a wide elastic band of this length. Pass the buckle through it. Sew both ends of the elastic.
Pattern of vest, vest, pirate trousers
If you want to sew a pirate costume for a teenager, a slender man of 42 Russian size, then use the presented patterns. If your figure is 1–2 sizes larger, then add 1–1.5 cm on the fold for each half of the shelf, back of the vest and shirt.
Do not rush to transfer the pattern to the fabric, first try it on to yourself, see if the details are small? If so, then add a little more from the sides.
As you can see, the vest pattern consists of two parts: the front and the back, which is cut out with a fold. And for the vest you need to cut out:
- 1 piece of backrest with a fold;
- 2 sleeves;
- 2 parts of the front with a fold.
If you don't want to sew a vest, use a loose white shirt. Then a pirate costume with a vest, trousers, shirt will be like this.
Now you have a complete set - a pirate party costume and accessories for it. It's time to start the holiday by holding contests on the topic, inviting guests to a table decorated in an appropriate way.
How to decorate a pirate party table?
In order not to spend a lot of time and money on this, look at how to quickly decorate the place of the meal so that it looks spectacular.
On a piece of white cardboard or whatman paper, draw a skull and bones, cut out. Using this template, you can create a few more of these elements, which are laid out on plates. Roll the napkins into small bags and place them with a thin edge into the mouth opening. Place a chest in the center of the table; spices, toothpicks can be placed in it.
Canapes, sandwiches are also easy to arrange based on the theme of the evening. Draw or glue a skull with bones on the light colored rectangles of cardboard. If you are using dark cardboard, then stick this pirate paraphernalia cut out of white paper on it.
Pierce the decorated cardboard rectangles in two places with the sharp edges of the wooden skewers. Stick flags on their top. To do this, you need to cut out triangular parts from cardboard, draw strips on them, glue them to the top of each skewer in pairs.
And of course, what's a pirate birthday without cake? Experienced cooks will be able to make one. The hull of the ship is made of baked cakes, sandwiched with cream. Its sides, as well as figurines of pirates, small details are made of mastic.
But even novice housewives can bake such a cake and include it in the pirate party menu.
You will need two biscuit cakes for it. Lubricate them with chocolate butter cream on the outside and on the sides, decorate with colored dragees, refrigerate until solid.
Now take out some of the pulp from one cake with a spoon. Do not throw it away, but mix with the remaining chocolate cream, shape into circles, wrap them in gold foil. Let it be the wealth of the pirates.
Put it in the bottom cake with the pulp removed, and on top are candy beads, chocolate medals, which will become money. Put the second cake on top, join both cakes on one side with cream.
Put the cake back in the refrigerator, after which it is ready to serve.
Now you know how to decorate a table, make costumes, attributes for a merry holiday. Check out how to sew a pirate party costume to look like Jack Sparrow.
And if you want to make a pirate costume vest from an old T-shirt in 5 minutes, then check out the following story.
