The Carnival, a date on which we want to have fun and dress up, but the situation is not to spend too much. Therefore, we have toured the net to seek inspiration and we have compiled what we are the ten best DIY costumes (do it yourself) for kids.
Some have a higher level of difficulty, others are very simple, but you can all do them at home with easy-to-get materials. It only takes some patience, a lot of creativity ... and the most fun: you can do them with the kids. So get to work!
American football player and ball: costume for brothers
A fun idea for brothers, when there is an older child and a baby, it is what I have seen in The Patriotic Peacock. It is an American football player costume hugging his ball.
For the older child you will need some white tights, socks on the outside, a football or rugby shirt that will be sewn by shoulder pads, the face painted, and if you get, a helmet. For the baby, a brown body to which you have to sew or glue an applique imitating the seam of the ball.
A la carte sushi costume
It's trendy in gastronomy, so you can turn your little one into a nice piece of sushi as they teach us in The Cheese Thief. Do not tell me that it is not the most original?
You have to have minimal notions of sewing, but it is not difficult. You need a piece of felt or orange cloth and a little white to make the prawn stripes. It consists of making a small cushion, which you will tie to the back with a black belt or belt. The child must be dressed in a shirt and tights or white pants imitating a rice roll.
UP character costume
The movie is no longer new, but the Up character costume It is so original that it is still valid among the favorites.
How to do it? The basket is made with a decorated cardboard box and four thin rods to which you have to tie a few colored balloons, which are the true protagonists of the costume. It is creative and sure that your little one does not go unnoticed at the Carnival party.
For step-by-step instructions, you can check the Country Living website.
Rainy Cloud Costume
It is complicated to make a disguise of a meteorological phenomenon, but we loved it as they have solved it in Rare DIY with this rainy cloud.
You need to sew a bib in the form of a cloud, or another variant is to cut two cardboard in the form of a cloud and paste cotton balls. Then you have to join them with two strips to pass them through the head. For the rain, you need some tights or cotton pants to which you paint some blue drops. What do you think?
Owl costume
Owls can also see them everywhere. They are beautiful and there are hundreds of variants to make a owl costume, but we have chosen the one of Alpha Mom, where you can see the step by step and download the pattern.
You will need, in addition to a lot of patience to sew the feathers, a black t-shirt or body to which you will sew small pieces of fabric in the form of waves in different tones. To complement it, you can make or print an owl mask from the internet.
Princess Ariel costume
Similar to the previous one, although somewhat more complicated, is this lovely mermaid costume They teach us to do in The Sewing Rabbit.
You need a dance jersey, a wig and a bodice. The tail is pure sewing work, so if you're good at it, or not so much, you have a video tutorial that teaches you how to do it.
Clown costume
One of the most colorful and simple to do is this clown costume I've seen on Oh Happy Day, where you can find all the instructions.
What you will need, which will be the base of the suit, is a striped pajamas of various colors. To that you will have to add the fists and neck characteristic of the clowns (who also teach you to do on the web), a bonnet and, of course, the classic red nose.
I hope you liked the DIY costume proposals that we have selected so that your kids are the sensation of the parties of Carnival.
