DIY maleficent costume

Maleficent is one of the brightest Disney characters. Her image is very popular among girls. When a child is given the role of Maleficent at a children's party, every mother falls into a stupor. How to prepare a costume? After all, it is quite complex and consists of very specific parts. But the task is quite doable. You don't need any special skills to create a costume. A maximum of imagination and patience is enough. The article will tell you in detail how to make an original Maleficent costume with your own hands.

What does Maleficent's costume consist of?

Maleficent has attributes in her character that set her apart from other characters. She is a negative heroine, but bright and beautiful. Likewise, a child’s costume needs to be given some zest: make the girl not an evil sorceress, but a coquette, trying on the image of a fairy-tale character. To achieve this, each element of the image must be carefully studied. Maleficent's costume includes: graceful black horns on her head, a bright purple dress with a cape and a staff.

To create a costume you will need

1. Glue gun and silicone for it.
2. Bright purple and black fabric. The best budget option is lining fabric.
3. Black satin ribbon. It is better to choose a tape with a width of 5–6 centimeters or more.
4. Hard tulle to strengthen the horns and collar of the cape.
5. Sintepon.
6. Foil in a roll.
7. The fabric is a rich green color.
8. A piece of plastic pipe for a staff (size depends on the height of the child).
9. Black double-sided cardboard.

DIY Maleficent costume for a girl

When all the materials for completing the outfit are prepared, you can begin to work. The costume is prepared in stages. First - the horns, then - the dress, and finally - the staff.

Important! When making each detail of the costume, you need to carefully take the child’s measurements. This is necessary so as not to spoil consumables and not waste time on constant alterations and elimination of defects.

Maleficent's horns at home

Horns are an indispensable attribute of the image. Surely the little fashionista will want not only a beautiful suit, but also an impeccable hairstyle. You shouldn't deny her this pleasure. You can make horns on the headband and curl your hair into beautiful curls.

Important! The bezel must be thin and always black, without additional decorations.

1. We prepare 4 horn patterns from black lining fabric.
2. The same 2 patterns of a slightly smaller size need to be made from tulle. They are necessary so that the horns do not fall. It is better to manually baste tulle inserts to the horns from the wrong side.
3. We sew the horns together in pairs and carefully turn them right side out.
4. You can additionally stuff the parts with padding poly for strengthening.
5. Using a glue gun, attach the horns to the headband.

Important! The horns should be no more than 15 centimeters in height. But not less than 12.Too large, they will interfere with the wearer of the outfit, and small ones will remain invisible in the overall look.

The horns are ready. You can move on to the next elements of the costume.

Maleficent dress

The dress consists of a purple base and a black cape.

First we sew the base. For this:

1. We put any children's T-shirt on the purple fabric and trace it along the contour.
2. We expand the pattern to the required length for the dress.
3. We cut it out, make the necessary seams and turn it right side out.

Important! You need to start working with the shoulder seams and finish with the side seams.

When the base is ready, move on to the cape. To do this, cut out a rectangle from black fabric. Its length corresponds to the length of the base, and its width is 5 centimeters greater than the circumference of the child’s neck. Set the pattern aside for a moment.

Maleficent's cape is decorated with graceful peaks at the collar. For making gates need to:

1. Cut out 2 rectangles with a length equal to the circumference of the child’s neck. Height no more than 15 centimeters.
2. We cut out peaked corners on the top of the rectangles.
3. We strengthen the patterns with tulle, similar to how we worked with the horns.
4. Next, we sew the rectangles together and carefully turn them right side out.

Now the collar remains to be sewn to the cape pattern.

Attention! You need to sew the cape to the collar, gathering it a little. This way the cape will naturally fall over the girl’s shoulders.

You also need to cut peaks along the edges of the cape. To prevent the fabric from fraying, the edges can be scorched with a candle or match.

Another important detail of the costume is ready. Already at this stage, girls love to try on a role, put on a dress and horns. The matter remains small.

Additional attributes

Maleficent's Staff. For the staff you will need a piece of plastic pipe.You can buy it at a hardware store. The pipe is wrapped with black satin ribbon. You need to fix the tape with a glue gun.

Important! It is advisable to treat every 3-4 centimeters of the pipe with silicone from a pistol. The satin ribbon slides on the plastic and must be secured well.

Preparing the magic ball. You need to take a lot of foil and form it into a dense, neat ball with a diameter of 5–7 centimeters. Next, we wrap the round blank in green fabric. We sew the fabric at the base of the ball. We attach the ball to the staff using a pistol. To complete the look, glue black paper petals around the entire circumference of the ball.

The suit is ready. All that remains is to iron the dress and wait for the holiday.

Maleficent's bright and colorful costume will not leave any girl indifferent. She is undoubtedly capable of becoming the main heroine of the holiday in such an outfit. A sea of ​​positive emotions, admiring glances from girlfriends and teachers are guaranteed for the child!