How to make a do-it-yourself bunny costume for a girl

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

Usually, boys were dressed up as hares for New Year's trees with kids, now very often even in kindergartens they ask to bring a bunny costume for a girl. This option, by the way, is quite versatile, beautiful and easy to create if you intend to do it yourself. The options can be different: from the simplest, which are easy to make in half an hour or an hour, to realistic ones made of faux fur. Choose what suits you and your favorite princess.

What colors to use

If you decide to buy or make your own New Year's bunny costume, decide what shade it will be. The traditional option is an exclusively white outfit, although for a girl it is quite possible to use elements of pink fabric, for example, the inside of the ears, mittens, decor. A combination of white and gray is also suitable. Often such costumes of hares can be found on sale. In addition, decorations of orange and green shades in the form of carrots are quite appropriate. They will add brightness and will look contrasting and spectacular on a white background. As you can see, even in colorsthere is a choice.

Do-it-yourself bunny costume: the simplest option

If you have little time to make an outfit (for example, you need to complete it tomorrow or in the coming days), use the following combination: buy or make your own ears that are worn on your head (this is fast) and pick up ready-made clothes that suit colors. To make a beautiful bunny costume for a girl, you can put on a smart white dress, socks (socks) and shoes for your child. If there is no white dress, make an outfit from a blouse or turtleneck, shorts or a skirt. You can sew a small tail made of a fur pom-pom from a hat to the bottom part. The main thing is that it does not interfere with the child to sit. To do this, attach it a little above the "fifth point".

As you can see, it is not difficult to make a New Year's costume even from the things in a child's wardrobe. It is enough to complement the outfit with ears, you can also decorate with tinsel (pink or silver) or fur trim. It won't take much time, and it won't require sewing experience.

Bunny costume for a girl: component parts

If you are preparing for the holiday in advance, then you can make or sew an outfit that is more spectacular, and not hastily. Below is a list of elements that it can consist of:

• hooded jumpsuit with ears;
• dress;
• skirt and blouse;
• Turtleneck and shorts or pants;
• socks, stockings with fur trim along the top edge;
• fur leggings;
• mittens or gloves (possible withoutfingers) also trimmed with fur;
• ears, mask or hat in the form of a hare face;
• vest or bolero.

In a word, there are a lot of options. The choice depends on your imagination and possibilities. If you do not know how to sew a bunny costume or its individual elements, either study the recommendations or buy ready-made parts. When choosing an outfit, consider the age of the child, as well as the temperature in the room where the party will take place.

If it's hot at the matinee, you shouldn't "pack" the baby in a fleece jumpsuit, and vice versa - if it's cold, don't dress up in a light lace dress. Consider a vest or cape.

What you need

If you decide to sew a bunny costume with your own hands or make individual elements of the outfit, you will need the following:

• base and finish material;
• ready-made patterns or measurements taken, paper, pencil, eraser for building patterns;
• scissors;
• pins;
• chalk;
• thread with a needle;
• sewing machine.

The list is small, but the most important thing is that it takes time, a desire to sew and minimal skills in this area.

Which material to choose

In order for the New Year's bunny costume to sit well on the child and match the temperature of the room where the festive event will take place, it is important to choose the right fabric for the base. For a hot room, the following are suitable:

• atlas;
• guipure;
• mesh;
• crepe satin;
• other lightweight fabrics.

If the event will be cool (or at least not higher than 20 degrees), you can use:

• fleece;
• plush;
• faux fur.

The latter can be taken as an addition to light fabrics for decoration, but at more than twenty degrees, even just in a fur vest or cape, not to mention overalls, the child will be uncomfortable. Be sure to consider not only the beauty of the outfit, but also its convenience.

How to make ears

Not a single New Year's bunny costume will be like that if you don't put on baby ears. You can buy them or make your own. Several options:

• cut out of paper in one piece with a rim or even a mask;
• make from white fabric based on a cardboard frame (also with a rim or elastic band);
• sew a full-fledged hat with ears and a muzzle or a hood, if appropriate in a suit.

The last option is more suitable for a warm suit, since a fleece muzzle hat will not always look appropriate with a thin transparent guipure or delicate satin dress. But the easy-to-make lugs on the headband, as in the next photo, will look good with any outfit.

Step by step instructions for beginners

To complete the costume quickly, work like this:

1. To make the ears, as in the previous illustration, take a plastic bezel forhair, white paper, cardboard or felt.
2. Cut out two lugs and paint the inside centers pink.
3. Fix the blanks on the rim with glue or wire. By the way, if you don’t have dense white material for the ears, you can make it from any (fleece, satin), you just have to sew two-piece blanks, and put at least wire inside, and even better corrugated (you can dark, brown - any) cardboard.
4. Prepare a white T-shirt and pants.

5. Cut out a circle or an oval for the tummy from pink material and sew it on as shown in the photo below.

6. Make a ponytail out of cotton or fur and sew with white thread to the panties.

Everything is ready. Quick and easy.

As you can see, there are many ways to make a bunny costume for a girl by combining ready-made items from a child's existing wardrobe with homemade details.