This is a folk fairy tale character. He is considered a forest master who knows how to create magic. And although he is very kind by nature, his help is selective. Wanderers with a pure heart have nothing to worry about; this wizard will help them find their lost path and show them berry and mushroom places. Evil people will remain in the forest forever.
Festive carnival balls are very loved by children of all ages. A little effort and creativity will help your baby look original and stylish. For many years, the image of Lesovich has been very popular, which is perfect for both babies and older children.
Costume base
If the next matinee is just around the corner, don’t rush to go shopping. The Lesovich costume is not that difficult to make yourself. The following elements are usually taken as the basis for the portrait of this fairy-tale hero.
- Stale trousers with multi-colored patches.
- A loose-fitting shirt or hoodie.
- Headdress in the form of a hat.
- Woven bast shoes (best option) or other suitable shoes.
- On your hands - gloves with cut off fingers.
Important! Clothes for Lesovich should be kept in a harmonious combination of brown, yellow and green colors.
What to make the base from
There are many options, here are just a few.
Conduct an audit of your children's wardrobe. A suitable option for the base of the suit would be jeans or trousers of brown color, a shirt or turtleneck of a greenish tint.. Things made of gray or beige material, as well as khaki, look good. The look will be completed by finishing the edges of the product with fur or mesh and a regular rope instead of a belt.
Take a simple loose-fitting shirt. In this case, large items that will resemble a light hoodie are perfect, creating the necessary image. The edges of the trouser legs and sleeve cuffs can be unraveled in the form of a fringe.
For a street masquerade use stray panties. It’s just great if they have a lot of holes, worn places and patches. It is better to sew a hoodie from dark, light material. The cut will not take much time.
How to sew a hoodie yourself
- Take your child's measurements along the length of the sleeves, back and front. Don't forget to add a few centimeters to make the garment more spacious and slightly longer..
- Make a pattern of four rectangular pieces according to the measurements.
- Sew a suit from the cheapest fabric (burlap), without particularly worrying about the neatness of the seams.
- Make fringe on the neckline, sleeve edges, and lower leg sections.
Important! The sloppy appearance of clothing is the hallmark of Lesovichok’s costume.
To create such an image, large and small pieces of fabrics of different textures, randomly sewn onto a base in the form of bunches or single elements, are suitable.
How to decorate the base to create an image
When creating Lesovichka’s outfit with your own hands, think about decorations that match the image.
Such techniques will become successful decorative elements.
- The neckline is trimmed with bright overlapping braid threads of contrasting color.
- Sewn in different places scraps of fur.
- Hanging fringe on all parts of the costume.
- Felt leaves, twigs, all kinds of forest gifts.
- Patches from ready-made applications: mushrooms, insects, birds.
- To revitalize the decor you can use shiny tinsel, rain, colorful ribbons.
- They will look great crafts made from natural materials - tree branches, dry leaves, beads made of berries, necklaces made of pine and fir cones, chestnut fruits or acorns.
Additional costume details
An excellent addition to the forest boy costume will be an original hat and antique-style bast shoes.
Headdress
Made from corduroy
You can make a wonderful hat with your own hands from brown corduroy and a piece of elastic.
- Measure the boy's head (at 5 years old, the average circumference is 50 cm).
- Mark on the fabric and cut out a circle of double diameter.
- Sew elastic along the edge of the piece.
- Decorate the hat with leaf applique.
Faux fur
A hat can easily be made from faux fur or a rectangular piece of soft fabric. To do this, you need to perform the following steps.
- Bend it in half to form a cylinder.
- Tie the side seam with thread.
- Baste the upper part with vertical stitches.
- Run a fringe along the bottom (longer on the back of the head, in the form of short bangs on the forehead).
From straw
A straw hat would also look great. Her fields decorated with various flowers and figures of ladybugs, frogs, spiders. These small toys are most likely lying around in your old drawer.
Shoes
It is quite difficult to weave bast shoes for your Lesovichka on your own. Moreover, you should take into account the comfort of such shoes for a child. There are several other options.
- Place two fabric covers in the form of bags with laces on top of the shoes.
- Stylize regular socks with a woven pattern by sewing ribbons to the sides. Pull them over your sandals. Tuck the trousers inside, wrapping them with laces in the form of an onuch.
- Decorate cloth shoes of a suitable color with forest gifts (acorns, leaves, grass, pine cones).
- Imitate bast shoes using strips of fabric sewn to slippers and intertwined.
These shoes will successfully complement the image of a little forest spirit.
What attributes can be used for Lesovich
In the hands of the forest spirit, unprocessed looks organically a thick branch instead of a cane and a wicker basket.
Perfect addition to a carnival set a gray beard, a wig made of bast, unnecessary gloves decorated with leaves and berries. And also a canvas shoulder bag where you can put stuffed animal toys.
As you can see, anyone can make a Lesovichka costume with their own hands. You just need to not be lazy and show a little imagination.
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