Every girl probably dreams of feeling like a real princess and putting on an elegant butterfly costume, the distinctive feature of which is beautiful wings. It’s easy to make such a costume yourself to pamper your little one and provide her with the most original and fashionable outfit for New Year’s or any other holiday with carnival elements. This will not require a lot of expensive materials, and the girl will appreciate the time and effort you spend on making it.
What do you need for a butterfly outfit? How to do everything right and avoid annoying mistakes? You will learn about all this in this article.
Making Wings
One of the most important elements of the costume are the wings, so they need to be given special attention. There are several ways in which wings can be made from different materials. Let's look at the most interesting of them.
On a wire frame
This is a very easy option for creating wings, which anyone who has ever had to deal with any crafts can handle. And it’s not at all necessary to buy wings in a store, where, of course, there are a huge variety of them.
You just need to take the wire and make a special frame out of it, onto which you can subsequently stretch any light and beautiful fabric that you can find at home. It is best if it is translucent, this will increase the magical effect that the whole butterfly costume produces, which has a lot in common with the fairy costume.
Decorate the resulting product as desired.
IMPORTANT! Be sure to discuss with your daughter what kind of costume she wants before you start. It is the child’s preferences that should play the main role when choosing decorative elements and the general appearance of the outfit.
Fabric
Fabric wings will flutter very beautifully behind the girl’s back, so you can give them preference if there is a very active holiday ahead, where there will certainly be dancing.
Several scraps of fabric, for example felt, will need to be sewn or glued to a base - a pattern that can be easily found on the Internet or any magazine dedicated to sewing.
Another advantage of this option is that no additional materials are required - only fabric, excess or unnecessary scraps of which are certainly available in every family.
Paper
Wings can also be made from cardboard or thick paper. In this case, it will be easiest to color them at the girl’s discretion. In addition, a good option would be to decorate with applique or, for example, tinsel and other details.
It’s also quite easy to give them the desired shape, because you can either draw a sketch yourself or print it in advance and subsequently transfer it to cardboard.
Choosing an outfit
The main clothes for a costume can also be different: from a simple dress to an original jumpsuit.
Dress
It is not necessary to sew a dress specifically for the holiday. You can take what the girl already has if it matches the color scheme. The most common colors for this outfit are pink, soft green, blue and other pastel shades.
IMPORTANT! It is important to know here that butterflies are diurnal and nocturnal, and their color depends on their belonging to a certain type. Talk to your child and discuss what color she likes best, show a video of real butterflies. Surely, she will quickly decide, and will wear the finished suit with pleasure.
Skirt and body
An excellent option would be a combination of a bodysuit and a skirt. You can take an old unnecessary swimsuit as a basis, and also sew a perky fluttering skirt from light fabric. It is extremely easy to sew, you just need a pattern, a little fabric and time.
In such a costume, the girl will feel confident and free, no matter what she has to do at the holiday.
Overalls
This is an even more convenient option. A one-piece suit always looks interesting and original.
Sewing a jumpsuit is not difficult for anyone who is familiar with basic sewing skills. It is important to decorate it with some details so that the jumpsuit does not look too simple and boring. Of course, in the case of a butterfly, you can’t do without recognizable accessories, but still you shouldn’t deprive the girl of the pleasure of looking bright and stylish.
Final Attributes
Almost every carnival outfit, especially for a child, requires special details, with the help of which everyone around them understands who exactly it represents. For a butterfly, these are funny antennae that should never be forgotten.
Mustache
In order to make the antennae, you will need a headband, wire and any desired decorations.
The wire can be carefully attached to the rim using tape. Pay attention to which butterfly you took as the basis for your outfit - a particular species may have its own individual characteristics regarding the antennae. Of course, for a children's party it is not necessary to maintain maximum similarity with the original, but this will make the costume more interesting.
Shoes
You shouldn’t neglect your shoes: it’s important that they match the overall look. In addition to matching the color scheme, you can add various decorative elements to the baby’s shoes: for example, make a beautiful applique and glue it, or draw funny and cute butterflies on too modest shoes.
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