New Year's costume ladybird

Children's costume ladybird make recognizable red wings in a black dot, their manufacture and will be the most difficult stage of making a suit. But first you need to take care of the basis for the costume.

For a boy it will be Black overalls or a combination of black trousers and turtlenecks. To suit did not look so gloomy, you can decorate it with a red rim. A red dress or a combination of a black blouse and a red skirt / sarafan is suitable for a girl.

It's better if the skirt is lush. The easiest way to sew a magnificent skirt, using a pattern of skirts, the sun. To keep it better, you can plantskirt on a taffeta ponyubnik. Also, the skirt-balloon or skirt-tutu is suitable for the costume. On a skirt, sew or paste circles of black fabric. The bottom of the skirt can be decorated with black ribbon or lace.

But, of course, the most important element of the ladybird costume is the wings. there is several ways to make wings, you can choose the one that seems most appropriate for you.

If you want to achieve maximum similarity, cut two wings of thin foam. Then from a red fabric cut out four detailsThe same shape as the wings, but larger (taking into account the allowances for seams). To two details, sew or glue the circles of black fabric - these will be the upper parts of the wings of the ladybug.

Sew the parts in pairs, to make two cases, "wrap" the foam wings and sew them to the back of the suit. If you do not want to spoil the dress / turtleneck, you can sew a vest and sew wings to it.

You can also do wings of wire and nylon pantyhose: make a wire frame of wings, pull on it old nylon pantyhose of red color and fix it.

More details on how to make wings from wire, we wrote in the article "Children's costume bees with their own hands." But for the ladybug, there will not be four wings, but two. Black circles can be painted with a cloth paint. The disadvantage of this option is that it is not so easy to find red nylon pantyhose.

If for you it does not matter that the costume has two separate wings, you can do red cloak or cape with black dots. The points can be made of black cloth and sewed or glued to the finished cape, or you can try to find a red cloth for selling black polka dots.

Easiest sew a pelerine, using a pattern of a skirt-half-sunny. The inner radius will be equal to the radiusneck circumference, external - the desired length of the cape (usually the length of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow). Sew the neck and the bottom of the pelerine with edging (black or red), sew the strings.

When the wings are ready, you will remain to make a mustache. To do this, you need a bezel for the hair, which must be carefully wrapped in a black ribbon. If the bezel is already covered with a "default" fabric, you do not need to wrap it with tape.

Antennae are easiest to make from black chenillewire ("fluffy" wire for needlework). Bend a piece of wire in half, give it a shape of antennae and at the bend place, sew the wire to the rim. You can take the usual wire instead of the chenille wire, but you will need to wrap it with thick threads or a thin tape. You can attach small pom-poms to the tips of the antennae red or black.

The costume of the ladybug will be completed with red or black pantyhose / leggings (for the girl) and red or black shoes (shoes, moccasins, etc.). All, children's carnival costume "Ladybug" Ready!