How to make a Baba Yaga costume

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

With absolute certainty, it can be said that at any costume party it is much more interesting and more fun to be Baba Yaga than a Snow Maiden, a princess or some other fairy-tale beauty. Baba Yaga, a costume for which, by the way, is not difficult to make, is completely unlimited in actions, and all her pranks and jokes will be forgiven her. If you decide to choose this image for yourself for the next holiday, then our article will tell you how to make a Baba Yaga costume yourself.

Costume Base

Baba Yaga costume can be made based on some wardrobe items. First of all, we need a long, below the ankles, skirt. You also need to choose a wide and long blouse or dark-colored shirt that you will wear outside. If you want to make the "granny" look feminine, you can gird yourself with a fashionable beautiful belt.

If you don't have the right pieces of clothing in your wardrobe, you can make your own suit. For a skirt, a suitable material measuring 1 by 1.5 meters is selected, folded, a side seam is sewn, an elastic band is sewn in at the top, and the bottom of the skirt is cut into flaps of different lengths. Sewing a jacket will be a little more difficult. Suitable fabric for thisfold in four so that the fold is on the left side. At the top it is necessary to make a smooth neck, and the lower right piece must be cut off around the circumference, while stepping back from the top about 20 cm, and from the bottom - about 25 cm. After that, the fabric must be unfolded, cut the neck, sleeves and bottom by 3-5 cm, and sew the sides on a typewriter. If you have an old unnecessary fur coat, then you can make a vest for your heroine out of it. On top of it, you can also sew patches with thick woolen threads. The costume of Baba Yaga is almost ready.

Costume decoration

Choose fabrics or unwanted items in dark colors like green, brown or black. Of these, it is necessary to cut strips, the length of which is about 20 cm, and the width is about 2 cm. Then the strips are folded in half and (as thick as possible) sewn onto a skirt and blouse. Leaves of trees can be cut out of yellow or brown fabric, which will be an excellent decoration for a costume. They will look especially impressive if you use chiffon as the material. If you want your Baba Yaga to look like a real fashionista, then take care of ring earrings, as well as large multi-colored beads. By the way, a large multi-colored scarf will come in handy, which will look great if it is tied obliquely over a skirt. Also take care of a suitable wig, which should be pre-combed and fixed with hairspray.

Makeup

However, the costume of Baba Yaga cannot be considered complete without a suitable make-up. Atif you wish, you can buy a false nose in specialized stores. But the make-up of Baba Yaga can be done without it. It is enough to apply a dark base on the face and draw wrinkles under the eyes and near the nose with a black pencil. Also highlight your eyebrows with a black pencil and paint your lips with red lipstick, this will help emphasize the feminine side of your fabulous Grandmother Yaga.