New Year's Dragon Costume

Of course, the children's dragon costume is easy to sew. The main thing is to have a little patience and imagination. So, what does it take to sew a New Year dragon costume with your own hands?

You will need such materials:

• the main fabric (most often using green fabric, but you can take any other color)


• contrasting silk for breasts, backs and manes (offer beige)


• beige braid


• rigid mesh for spines, manes and hoods


• transparent woven fabric


• lining fabric


• a heater for shaping the tail, spikes and an additional volume of the abdomen


• snake


• two adhesive tapes


• Threads in the color of a suit

The basis of any suit is a jumpsuit. Naturally, to make a jumpsuit you will need a pattern of dragon costume. For this purpose You can use your child's pajamas as a curtain. You can also use the patterns that are provided on our website.

Based on the growth of your child, calculate the amount of tissue that will be required in order to sew a New Year's dragon costume. So, a child of 100 cm height will have 1.5 meters of main tissue. Use a lining, so that the suit does not strongly stick to the body and look more voluminous.

Sew all four parts of the suit: front and back, sleeves. In front, insert a snake, with which you can zastegivat suit. Leave the seat behind to insert the tail and the crest of the dragon.

The tail and the comb are easy to make. Only a rigid mesh needs to be inserted into the comb, so that it does not break. And here the tail is stuffed with a thin heater. To make the dragon costume believable, the comb is inserted not only along the line of the back, but also the tail.

Of course, what kind of dragon without a light belly? Use the oval as a pattern for the abdomen. Fold the oval and iron a few ribs to mimic the real belly of the dragon. To the abdomen on the suit was voluminous, you will just have to beat it with the same thin insulation.

In the lower seam of sleeves insert the wings of transparent fabric. To simulate folds on the wings, you can use a beige braid. Lead the braid from the same point from the armpit.

The hood needs to be stitched hard enough to keep it in good shape. Therefore, it inserts a rigid grid. To prevent the net from pricking, it is advisable to make a lining in a hood made from a fairly dense old material. Thus, the hood will consist of four layers: the reverse side, the thick lining, the mesh, the front part of the hood. Sewing all four pieces can insert into the seam of the fangs and nostrils of the dragon. Canines can be made in the same way as thorns.

Now You only need to decorate the hood with spikes and a comb. Comb You already know how to sew. And the thorns make it very simple. It is enough to sew a cone from the grid, which is stuffed with cotton. Cone of the same size must be sewn from a beige fabric and put on top of the net. Now you only need to sew the studs.

If you can not boast of a good ability to sew, can make a "lightweight" version of the New Year's dragon costume. It will consist of a cape with a hood. Also on it are wings and a comb.

When you sew a New Year dragon costume, your child can take part in the carnival. After all, the carnival costume of a dragon is no different from a New Year! Besides, The dragon costume can be supplemented with mittens and soft slippers in tone. Using thick fabric, you can sew on their claws.