Children's Christmas costume Snow Maiden

First, let's define, from which elements the New Year costume of the Snow Maiden is composed:

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  blue, blue, white or silver dress or coat trimmed with fur;
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  pelerine (optional);
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  white boots;
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  gloves, gloves or collar;
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  diadem, cap or kokoshnik.

For children's matinee more suitable version with dress and kokoshnikom - it will not be so hot, besides, the kokoshnik will look more elegant than the cap. But it's up to you, of course.

To start making a costume Snow Maiden is standing with a dress. For this suit is most suitable long dress with a wide skirt and sleeves. You can sew the dress yourself for anyaccessible pattern, or you can just buy the finished one. As we have already said, the preferred colors of the outfit are blue, blue, white and silver. As for the fabric, the fabric of one of two kinds of species will look best: either a shiny satin or soft velvet.

To turn a dress into a New Year's costume of the Snow Maiden, you need Handle the bottom and sleeves of the dress with white artificial fur or tinsel. The collar of the dress can also be trimmed with fur, but you can instead make a cape.

To make a pelerine, you can take the samefabric, as for a dress, or play in contrast, say, to a dark blue dress to make a silvery cape. Cut a square piece of cloth of the right size four times, cut the neck, and the bottom edge rounded. On one side, cut out the smell. There is another way to cut the cape - it will look neater if you use a pattern for the skirt-sun (for it, of course, reducing it to the right size).

Handle the neck and the edges of the cape in the same way.fur or tinsel, as well as a dress. On the neckline, sew a braid that will act as a string. You can sew fur pom-poms to the ends of the braid. You can sew a large beautiful button to a cape instead of a string, or use a smart brooch. And a dress, and a dancer, bead, beads, paillettes, snowflakes, rhinestones, etc.

You can put on your hands light gloves or gloves, but they can be very hot, so it is better to make a coupling. To make it, take a rectangularpiece of fur and sew it on one side. It is desirable to attach a ribbon to the sleeve so that you can hang it around your neck. For the integrity of the costume, use the same braid for the clutch as for the capes of the pelerine.

Shoes and a headpiece will complete the New Year's costume of the Snow Maiden. With shoes everything is simple - suitable for any light boots or shoes. As decoration, you can attach to them pompoms of artificial fur or tinsel.

There was only a hat. There are several options. You can buy a ready-made diadem, sew a hat or make a kokoshnik. It is desirable to sew a cap from the same fabric, from which the dress and / or pelerine is made. The simplest way is to sew a cap from the wedges, the bottom of the cap should be trimmed with tinsel or fur, and the top should be decorated with a fur pompon.

For manufacture kokoshnika draw its outlines on the cardboard, cut outkokoshnik and color or cover with a cloth. Attach the braid, which will be tied under the chin. The kokoshnik itself can be decorated with sequins, beads, rhinestones, applique, etc.

As you can see, it's not so difficult to make the Snow Maiden's New Year's costume for your daughter. The main thing is the recognition of the costume, and in the Snow Maiden costume there is a mass of recognizable elements, which can be easily reproduced using improvised materials.