Most grape varieties ripen in the fall just when matinees dedicated to this time of year are held in kindergartens. The main characters of productions and performances are vegetables and fruits, played by children. The role of ripe grapes can go to both boys and girls. Children are required to learn the words of the cue, parents need to prepare a costume that matches the intended image.
General recommendations for creating a grape costume
At first glance, it may seem that making a grape costume for a children's party with your own hands is very difficult and without special skills it will not be possible to do it. In fact, such a costume can be made without much effort and using only available materials.
The simplest option that even a child can make is a costume with a paper mask. To make it, take an image of a bunch of grapes printed on a color printer and glue it onto a hair hoop (option for a girl) or a strip of thick paper, which is wrapped around the head and fastened with a stapler or paper clips (option for a boy).
Important! When making a mask for a child for a matinee, you need to make sure that it does not cover his face or interfere with his view.
Any green clothing will be suitable as the bottom of such a suit. It can be:
- shirt (T-shirt) and trousers (shorts) for a boy;
- sundress, dress, skirt with golf for girls;
- overalls.
Advice! So that such a costume does not seem too boring and is more in line with the given theme, you can give the child a basket with real grapes. Also, as a decoration, you can use artificial grapes made of silicone or polymer clay, which can be bought in handicraft stores or china shops (where they are often used to create various decorative compositions).
Another option for creating a carnival costume could be an outfit consisting of a hat - a grape and a cape with the image of a bunch of ripe berries. To create a grape hat, any dark blue or purple Panama hat is suitable. For greater resemblance, leaves cut out of felt and a twisted vine made of soft wire are sewn onto it.
Advice! A stencil of grape leaves can be made from an image printed on a printer. It is cut along the contour, applied to felt and cut out with scissors. You can draw veins on a piece of paper with a felt-tip pen.
As a cape, you can use a rectangular piece of satin fabric, sewn on the sides so that it can be placed on the child’s shoulders. A cut out paper image of a bunch of grapes is sewn or glued to the chest and back, or a felt applique is laid out. The last option looks much better and more interesting. To create an applique, you need to cut out many small circles or ovals from blue, purple or yellow felt (there are grape varieties whose berries have an oblong-oval shape) and sew them to the canvas so that the end result is a bunch of grapes.
Advice! You can make the process of laying out the appliqué easier if you draw a schematic image of it on the fabric in advance.
After the berries are ready, several leaves are glued to them and a twig or threads of the vine are drawn in with a felt-tip pen or marker. Under the cape, you can wear brown or green clothes, the main thing is that they do not distract attention from the cape and cap.
Advice! If the costume is being created for a girl, the grape hat and cape can be embroidered with green or blue shiny sequins. An applique of felt grapes will shimmer beautifully under the light of the lamps if you glue sparkles or sew rhinestones on them.
How to make a grape costume for a girl with your own hands
All children love watching cartoons, and while boys prefer stories about pirates, Ninja Turtles and various equipment, girls most often pay attention to cartoons about fairy-tale princesses. One of these cartoons that can be useful in creating a carnival grape costume is “Charlotte Strawberry Shortcake”.
The animated series is divided into several seasons and until the release of the fourth part, “Berry Adventures,” there were no characters personifying juicy and tasty berries.At the beginning of Berry Adventures, twin sisters who sell fruit desserts come to the sweet town. The sisters' names are Red Grape and White Grape.
The images of these beautiful cartoon heroines can easily be used to create a carnival costume. The cartoon “Charlotte Strawberry Shortcake” is very popular, so when you see a child in such a costume, neither the child nor the adult will have any doubts about who he is portraying.
To create the image of the Red Grape you will need:
- White T-shirt with lilac stripes. On the side of the T-shirt you need to attach a small bunch of grapes printed and cut out.
- A blue skirt with flounces (can be replaced with a short denim skirt).
- White tights with lilac stripes. If you cannot find suitable tights on ordinary cotton or nylon tights, you can draw stripes with a fabric marker.
- White shoes. You can attach fake silicone grapes to the buckles of your shoes or stick on a felt applique.
The White Grape costume is more complex. It consists of:
- a hair hoop with a bunch of white grapes attached to it;
- dresses with green and purple longitudinal stripes;
- white tights with thin black stripes;
- black high boots.
Each of the sisters has a different hairstyle and hair color. Red Grape has waist-length pink hair. White Grape wears a blue-green bob. Of course, you shouldn’t dye your child’s hair the right colors for a party. However, to make it more similar to the intended character, you can look into thrift stores and studios that rent carnival costumes.You can certainly find something suitable in them.
Important! To avoid the risk of a child becoming allergic to a synthetic wig, it is important to limit the time it is worn.
If a girl doesn’t like the cartoon about Princess Strawberry, she can make a costume using a “tu-tu” skirt made of purple felt and a green turtleneck. The little actress can wear a lilac hat or a headband with a green bow on her head. For greater resemblance, you can attach a paper cut-out image of a bunch of grapes to your chest.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a grape costume for a boy
The only male cartoon prototype of a bunch of grapes is the shoemaker Grape. However, his image may seem too boring and inappropriate for a fun children's party. You can create a more childish and elegant costume for a boy using the following materials:
- dark green satin and gabardine;
- purple or yellow jersey;
- green decorative tape;
- padding polyester;
- wide elastic band;
- fake grape bunch.
Step-by-step description of the work:
- Creating the top. A top is cut and sewn from green fabric (you can use any T-shirt of suitable size as the base). An elastic band is sewn to the bottom and processed with an overlocker. The sleeves are slouchy and lined with purple jersey. As decoration, an applique of knitted grapes stuffed with synthetic padding is sewn onto the front of the top.
- Sewing pants. Pants are sewn according to any convenient pattern, and an elastic band is inserted into the waistband. Grape leaves are sewn onto the knees as decoration.
- Sewing a headdress. A grape hat can be sewn according to the above principle: sew decorations in the idea of vines and leaves to a ready-made Panama hat or beret.
For the youngest children to participate in a photo shoot, you can make a voluminous grape costume from inflatable balloons. The balloons, inflated to halfway (it is important to ensure that the balloon is not overinflated and does not burst), are glued to the child’s clothes with double-sided tape. You can put a matching hat on your head, and the funny grape costume is ready.
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