DIY frog costume for girls and boys

When choosing a suitable costume for a holiday, children very often give preference to the image of a frog. This image became popular thanks to famous characters from cartoons and children's fairy tales. Making a spectacular costume is quite simple with your own hands.

The most popular materials for a frog costume

To make a costume you will need various materials. Their range is determined by the type of outfit chosen and its design features. The following materials and equipment may be needed:

• Textile. To sew an outfit, materials of different textures in shades of green are suitable. It is better if the material is pleasant to the body and hypoallergenic. This can be knitwear, fleece, velor, cotton and other fabrics. They are more often used in suits for boys. Skirts and dresses for girls are made from satin, satin or tulle. Felt is useful for decorative elements. It makes good eyes, eyelashes and other small details.
• Polyethylene, cotton wool, foam rubber or other filler is useful for making eyes.
• Scissors, thread, needle, cardboard, colored paper, felt-tip pens, paints, glue and other devices are auxiliary materials.
• Gloves. It's easy to make paws from them.
• An old cap and ball are used to make the head.

DIY frog costume

Due to the versatility of the image, the frog outfit can be presented in many versions. This gives you complete freedom of action and allows you to create an outfit based on your own capabilities. Both boys and girls can transform into this hero. With the help of a spectacular outfit, you can transform into a frog princess, an enchanted prince, or a simple kind frog.

Frog head options

You can also decorate your head in various ways. The most popular are the following:

    

• Headband with eyes. It is a narrow bandage made of fabric or a headband to which large eyes are attached. The eyes are made large and showy with long eyelashes.
• A voluminous head made from an old cap and foam rubber. It completely covers the baby's head. There is a small space left for the head and nose. Volumetric ball eyes are glued to the top.
• Hood, cap or hat with eyes. If the jacket has a hood, then you can glue ball-shaped eyes to the top. The hood can also be sewn as a separate element. Eyes can also be quickly sewn or glued to a cap or knitted beanie.
• Crown. This is an option for the frog princess. It can be quickly made from cardboard or colored paper.
• Face mask made of felt and cardboard with an elastic band. The shape can be different, the main thing is not to forget to cut out holes for the eyes.

How to make a frog's body

The frog body can be made in many ways. It all depends on the ability to sew and other skills. To begin with, you can search among your existing clothes for trousers, turtlenecks, dresses and other green wardrobe items. So, for a boy they often sew a suit consisting of a jacket and pants or shorts.

The main part of a girl's outfit can consist of a fluffy tutu skirt and a turtleneck or T-shirt. The skirt can also be in the shape of the sun, made of thick satin or satin. Of course, a win-win option is a dress. You can choose colored tights or knee socks.

REFERENCE! The basic part of an outfit for girls can be leggings or gymnastics suits.

How to make frog legs

Of course, you can take ordinary green gloves, or better yet, make real webbed frog legs. To make the paws, first, you need to trace the outline of the child’s hand on paper. You don't need to trace every finger. Next, we transfer the pattern to the fabric and cut it out in four copies. It is better to put filler inside. We sew it on the machine and turn it inside out. Next we stitch the finger compartments using a machine. We sew five small pompoms along the edge. Paws on the feet can be made by attaching cut out toes and webs to the sole of the shoes. The paw should be wider and may resemble flippers in shape.

ATTENTION! You can also sew triangular membranes made of light fabric or elastic paper to the fingers of the gloves. Fingers are filled with cotton, creating a volume effect.

Making a frog costume for a girl with your own hands

Let's start creating a costume for the girl. It will consist of a T-shirt, a fluffy tutu skirt and an interesting hat with a spectacular crown on the head. Follow the following sequence of actions:

1. For a sweater, take a regular turtleneck or a white/green T-shirt. You can paint water lilies or algae on it with acrylic paints.
2. To make a tutu skirt, you need tulle of medium hardness. You can combine different shades of green. The amount of material depends on the length of the product and the desired pomp. On average, about 3 meters of material are used. The tulle is cut into strips 20 cm wide and a length equal to the length of the skirt multiplied by two. Next, we take an elastic band, up to 3 cm wide and a length equal to the girl’s waist circumference minus 3–5 cm. We sew it into a ring and put it on the back of the chair. We fold the tulle pieces in half and attach them with an elastic band using a knot.
3. You can take a ready-made hat, or better yet, knit or sew it. The pattern can be obtained by tracing an existing headdress. Then sew the resulting parts on a typewriter.
4. You need to glue the eyes to the hat. They can be cut out of thick cardboard or other material. You can glue or draw eyelashes.
5. It is better to make a crown from felt. It must be drawn on the fabric and two elements cut out. Next, sew the two parts together and lightly fill them with cotton wool so that it looks voluminous and stays on the head. It is then sewn to the top of the hat.
6. The look will be complemented by green gloves and tights, as well as a bow-shaped satin belt.

Making a frog costume for a boy with your own hands

Let's start creating a simple costume for a boy. It will consist of a jacket, pants and a large bright head. You will need foam rubber, an old cap, a ball, fleece, felt and sewing tools. It takes an average of two evenings to make.

The main part of the costume is pants and a sweatshirt. To get a pattern, just take basic items from your child’s wardrobe and trace them on paper.The pattern is transferred to the fabric and cut out, adding 1.5 cm on each side to process the seams.

IMPORTANT! The design of the products is very simple, and fleece is a very convenient material for sewing.

Let's deal with the sweatshirt first.. It is necessary to connect the side sections of the back and the shelf using an overlocker or sewing machine. Then we sew in the sleeves. The good thing about fleece is that you don’t have to process the bottom edges on the sleeves and neckline. The material does not crumble and looks neat. We connect the side sections of the pants in the same way, having previously chipped them with pins. An elastic band with a length equal to the child’s waist circumference minus 4–6 cm is sewn to the pants.

To make a head, you must follow a certain sequence of actions:

1. Cut off the visor from an old cap.
2. Next, we cut out two wedges from foam rubber, equal to the length of the cap, and two wedges - 5 cm longer than the cap. The pattern of the wedges can be drawn by eye, focusing on the wedges of the cap.
3. We sew the foam wedges together. The short ones should be in the front, and the long ones in the back. In this case, the cap is located inside the wedges.
4. Cut a strip 5–7 cm wide. This will be the frog’s mouth. It is connected to the back of the product so that between the hat and this strip there is space for the baby’s eyes and nose.
5. We cut out 5-6 similar wedges from fleece and connect them from the inside out.
6. Next, turn the resulting cap inside out and put it on the product.
7. We do the bottom hem manually using a blind seam. Cover your mouth in the same way with a cloth.
8. Cut a small ball in half and cover it with white fleece.
9. We cut out the pupils from dark material and attach them to the eyes.
10. We glue the resulting eyes in the center of the cap.
11. The lower part of the cap can be decorated with a collar.To do this, we make a piece of felt measuring 25x10 cm, cut out teeth on it and sew it to the hat.

Thus, there are many options for creating an interesting and memorable image of a frog. Everyone will be able to find a suitable material for themselves in terms of complexity, completion time and required materials.