Fish costume made of different materials

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

So many events take place in a year, and for each you need to choose an image, and for some even a suit. Fish are creatures that do not have a gender, which allows any person to dress up with them. The image can be played up in such a way that even an adult will not be ashamed to put on a costume of this sea creature.

Simple suit

Make a fish costume with your own hands using this method is simple, but long. But you can wear it for Halloween or a New Year's party, not only for a child. What you need:

• Sleeveless dress in any color.
• Fabric in five different colors.
• Scissors.
• Sheet of paper, pencil.
• Safety pins.
• Threads.
• Sewing machine.

Progress:

1. On paper, draw a pattern of one scale in the form of a semicircle with a diameter of 10 centimeters. Cut out.
2. Cut the fabric into 11 cm squares. Put them together in fives.
3. Place the template on the top piece of fabric and secure with safety pins. On it, cut out the details for the scales.
4. Do this with the rest of the fabric. If you want to decorate only the front of the dress, then you will need about 70 scales. For both sides, respectively, twice as much.
5. Now the longest part of tailoring:overlay each flake on a sewing machine.
6. Start sewing the scales to the bottom of the dress, each new row should hide about 3 centimeters of the past.
7. It is better to sew the scales on the collar on a sewing machine, it will be more beautiful.

Done!

From paper

Such a bright outfit is made of paper. Making this fish costume for a girl is simple, but it is not very durable. So what you need:

• Whatman sheet.
• Paints and a simple pencil.
• PVA glue.
• Large, deep cup.
• Newspapers.
• Scissors.
• Threads.

Progress:

1. On a piece of drawing paper, draw the main part of the costume, which could cover the child's body from the neck to the knees. Lengthen the suit at the top on the sides so that later it can be sewn onto the shoulders. Color and cut out the drawing.
2. Sew on clothes in matching colors.
3. To create a hat, mix glue and water in a bowl.
4. Tear small pieces from the newspaper.
5. The bowl you chose at the beginning will be the shape for the hat. Dip each piece of newspaper and stick to the outside of the bowl.
6. Do this layer by layer, then leave to dry overnight.
7. Using a knife, carefully remove the blank from the bowl.
8. Paint her white, let dry and decorate.
9. On a separate sheet, draw a tail and a fin. Cut them out, decorate them and glue them to the hat.

The fish costume is ready!

For kids

How to sew a fish costume, and what materials are needed for this:

• Blue hooded sweatshirt and pants (can be black).
• Sequins.
• Item with a round bottom for the template.
• White, blue, light blue and light blue felt.
• Hard blue felt.
• Spray glue.
• Scissors.
• Thread or glue.

What to do:

1. Following your chosen pattern, make 4 circles on light blue felt.
2. Sprinkle each flake with glue and sprinkle with glitter. Let the pieces dry.



3. Cut ten pieces of the same shape from light blue and blue felt.
4. On the blue fabric draw a tail, the width of its upper part should be equal to the back of the jacket.



5. Draw two circles on white felt, two smaller circles on blue felt, and two smaller circles on black felt. In the cut sequence, sew or glue the pieces together to make the eyes.
6. On hard felt, draw and cut out two pieces of the fin. Glue them together.



7. Spread and glue the scales all over the jacket, starting from the bottom and overlapping each row, glue the tail to the back. Glue the eyes on the hood on both sides, and the fin on the top. Don't put scales on your pockets.

If you replace all the colors with pink or red, you get a fish costume for a girl.

Fromboxes

This costume is made very simply, for sure you will find all the materials at home. What you need for it:

• Box.
• Paints
• Scissors.
• Simple pencil.
• White ping-pong ball.
• Super glue.

How to:

1. Draw a big fish on the cardboard. An obligatory element is a fin, which should be slightly larger than the child's handle and the upper part should be located in the shoulder area.
2. Paint the fish.
3. Cut out the fin leaving the top piece in place. Cut out the rest.
4. On the ping-pong ball, paint the pupil with black paint. The result is an eye that needs to be glued to the box.

That's it!

The advantage of this outfit is that it is not necessary to choose colors for it, because the sea world is so diverse. Now you know how to make a fabric or paper fish costume.