Master class: how to make a musketeer costume

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

The brave D'Artagnan, the noble Athos, the cunning Aramis - the heroes of the immortal novels of Dumas for the second century have captivated the imagination of the boys with their heroic adventures and brave deeds. And therefore, be prepared, dear mothers, for the fact that at the next New Year's party your son will want to appear in their image.

Working on costume

In order for our Musketeer costume to turn out smart, in addition to the basic toilet items, you need a few bright details:

• figured Christmas "rain" and garlands of golden and silver colors. They will go to trim the cloak and decorate the hat;
• smart lace collar and cuffs. There are several options here. You can pick up a white women's blouse with puffy sleeves and other necessary details. Perhaps this is found in the wardrobe of yours or friends. The size is not very important, because. she will be all hidden under the cloak, and only the already indicated parts of the clothes will remain in sight. If you yourself know how to knit, then you can crochet a chic openwork collar and cuffs in a couple of hours,starch, then attach to the shirt that the son will wear - and your musketeer costume will be inimitable. Well, another option is to buy beautiful lace in the haberdashery department and sew it on a shirt. In principle, all this is solvable and easy;

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  knickers and raincoat. Ideally, both pieces of the costume should be made of silk, velor or sky blue velvet. If the child is small - garden or primary school age, sewing them will not be expensive, and it will not take much time. The bottom of the pantaloons needs to be decorated with cuffs and lace, for splendor, pull in elastic bands. And if the son has passed into adolescence, it is somewhat more complicated. With a raincoat, of course, traditions will have to be observed. Without it, the musketeer's suit loses its identification marks, charm and beauty. But instead of pantaloons, dark trousers are also suitable. The galoshes will need to be pulled up a little to make a slight slouch, and tied on the shins with special garters with bows. How to do it is up to you. The main thing is that everything is in harmony and does not get out of the general stream;
• boots with over the knee boots and spurs. Here you can think of the following. Cut out boots from cardboard, paint with watercolors or gouache, adding some patterns. Then attach to the child's boots. Musketeer costume to add spurs, also made of cardboard, painted, put on a wire and attached to shoes;
• hat. Suitable straw, from the sun. Just bend the fields dashingly, wrap the “rain” around the crown, instead of feathers, or use tinsel with them. After all, the outfit is still being prepared for the New Year's holiday! And your musketeer carnival costume must match the moment! The hat, by the way, can be painted - in blue or black. You can buy or pick up felt, from those available in the house. Or make it yourself out of not very thick cardboard - which method is more suitable for whom.

Getting Started

When we figured out the details, we proceed to the costume itself. His main subject, of course, is a cloak. It must be really beautiful. It is not difficult to sew it yourself, since the musketeer costume itself (pattern and details) is easily available on the Internet. Just be sure to sheathe the hem of the raincoat and the contours of the sleeves with silver tinsel or “rain”. It harmonizes wonderfully with the blue color of the raincoat. And on the panels, sew musketeer crosses from “stuffed” golden tinsel - it will turn out elegant, spectacular, great.

Don't forget the belt with a fancy buckle. Any belt is suitable here, and the accessory can be decorated with foil, making it larger. Well, the sword, the main attribute of musketeer prowess. They buy it in the store, of course, a toy, or make it yourself, from improvised means, and then paint it over with silver.

Yes, draw a small beard and mustache on the face of the newly appeared Athos so that the child completely enters the image.

This is how a real musketeer "outfit" turns out!