DIY Christmas tree costume

The Christmas tree is a bright character for a children's party. She is always the center of attention. This role most often goes to artistic girls or their equally active mothers. As a rule, a mother is lost when the choice of teachers when assigning roles falls on her or her daughter. The issue of a bright suit becomes one of the main ones when preparing for the holiday. But there is no need to worry about the outfit. You can make it yourself from scrap materials. The article will talk about how to make a Christmas tree costume for a girl and an adult with your own hands.

Variety of Christmas tree costume options

There are many ideas for creating a Christmas tree outfit: from decorating basic clothes with tinsel to a full-fledged serious suit, sewn in a professional studio.

Let's look at the most popular of them:

• A festive dress in white or green, decorated with tinsel, rain and homemade Christmas tree balls. This dress is complemented with a crown made of foil paper and green ribbons in the hair.
• A sundress of a simple cut with a T-shirt or blouse of the appropriate shade underneath. A voluminous hat made of thick paper is prepared for the sundress.
• T-shirt and tutu skirt made of tulle. The T-shirt is decorated with tinsel. A headdress will be superfluous - the suit is voluminous due to the full skirt. The ideal attribute is ponytails or ribbons with green bows.
• Multi-layered floor-length dress made of green satin. As a rule, such a dress is very massive; due to the large number of flounces, it looks somewhat solemn. But it has one significant drawback - a child in such an outfit can only sit motionless.

Attention! Each mother decides for herself what is suitable for her daughter. But the rule is obvious: the New Year holiday is, first of all, fun for the children, and only then the demonstration of the most unusual costume by the parents. The little actress should be comfortable and cool.

DIY Christmas tree costume for a girl

The model presented in the article is simple to perform, but at the same time looks impressive. We suggest you consider what the costume consists of and how to make it with your own hands step by step.

Costume components

The “Christmas tree” look in an outfit consists of a base and decorative elements for it.

Costume includes:

• green sundress;
• a hat made of cardboard or thick Whatman paper;
• decorative elements in the form of homemade Christmas tree balls, tinsel and rain.

What is needed for production

To make a Christmas tree costume you need:

1. Green fabric for a sundress. Satin or lining fabric is ideal.
2. Whatman paper or cardboard for a hat.
3. Green gouache.
4. Tinsel of golden, silver or green colors. But it’s better to choose one shade.
5. Rain.
6. Cotton wool, colored scraps and glitter for Christmas tree balls.

Making a dress

To sew a dress you will need green fabric. It is better to take satin or any other fabric that is easy to work with and beautiful in appearance.

All work on making a dress is carried out in several steps:

• Open it up. To cut out a herringbone dress, you should review your children's wardrobe and find any casual dress with a simple cut. To make a pattern, place the dress on the fabric and cut out the outline. There will be two such parts - front and back. It is better to measure the length no more than to the knee. Don't forget to leave allowances for finishing the edges and internal seams.
• Sewing. When the patterns are ready, they need to be basted. We try the model on a child. If everything fits, we start sewing. First we make the shoulder seams, then the side seams. We process armholes and edges.

By the way! The model does not provide sleeves, but if the mother really wants to decorate the child’s hands, then she can sew on small sleeves - lanterns. Alternatively, you can sew tinsel instead of sleeves, but only on top of the shoulders. That is, where the arms do not touch the body. Otherwise, the young “Christmas tree” will be uncomfortable - the tinsel is very itchy.

• When the dress is ready, it needs to be decorated. The flight of imagination is unlimited here. You can sew tinsel along the hem and decorate the neckline with it. Rain is sewn onto the dress. But you don’t need to make too many decorations so that instead of a “Christmas tree” the costume does not turn into a “parsley” outfit.

Making a headdress

The costume includes a hat. To make it, you need to cut out 2 parts from a sheet of whatman paper: the brim of the hat and the cone. To make a cone, a circle with a diameter of 40 centimeters is cut out of paper. An incision is made from edge to center. We form a cone and fasten its edges together with PVA glue.

Reference! To ensure that the glued edges hold well, they can be reinforced with tape.But you only need to stick the tape on the inside of the cone.

• When the cone is ready, it is connected to the brim of the hat. To do this, a circle is cut out of whatman paper. Place the finished cone in the center of the circle and trace it along the contour. Next, the inner circle is cut out. Do not forget to leave gaps to connect the fields and the cone. The width of the finished part should be no more than 10 centimeters. A hat with a wide brim will be very uncomfortable for a child.
• Glue the parts together. The structure is also reinforced with tape on the inside.
• Next, the hat needs to be painted. This is done with green gouache. When the paint is dry, you can begin the most enjoyable part - decorating.
• The hat is decorated with tinsel. Homemade Christmas tree balls are laid out on the fields. To make them, you need to form cotton wool into dense balls with a diameter of 2-3 centimeters. The balls are wrapped in bright scraps of fabric and decorated with sparkles. You can attach such Christmas tree decorations to the hat using thread.

The Christmas tree costume for the girl is ready! All that remains is to wait for the holiday, which will be very interesting for a child in such a costume.

DIY Christmas tree costume for adults

Often mothers are asked to participate in a children's party. It’s definitely worth trying yourself as a Christmas tree. And the costume will be quite easy to make.

Required tools and materials

To make a Christmas tree outfit for an adult, you will need:

• green fabric for a dress;
• foil paper and thick cardboard for the crown;
• tinsel;
• glue, thread and scissors.

Making the base of the costume

The costume is based on a sundress, the manufacturing technology of which is similar to sewing a children's dress. To sew a sundress, you need to attach any T-shirt or blouse to the fabric. Trace the outline, lengthen and widen the pattern along the hem.

Important! The sundress should be loose and long. Unlike a child, it is better for an adult “Christmas tree” to wear a matching blouse or turtleneck under a sundress.

When both parts are ready, they are sewn together. The edges are processed. Next, the sundress is decorated with tinsel and rain.

This is how you can easily and quickly sew a dress for a suit. All that remains is to make the headdress.

Christmas tree headdress

Consider the option of a crown as a headdress. To make it, cut out a strip of white paper no more than 5 centimeters wide. The length depends on the size of the head. The edges of the strip are fastened with a stapler. The finished part needs to be painted over with green paint and allowed to dry.

A crown is cut out of foil paper. Crown peaks are made in any form. The parts are fastened using a stapler. The finished crown is decorated with not too large tinsel. Using the same principle, you can make a star.

All! The adult costume is ready. Children at the holiday will be delighted with such a “revived” adult Christmas tree.

Additional details for the costume

To make the image of the Christmas tree complete, it can be supplemented with individual elements.

Additional details may include:

• Earrings in the shape of fir branches or Christmas tree decorations. This accessory is suitable for adults, but if the girl has pierced ears, then you can look for earrings for her too.
• Green ribbons in hair. For a small Christmas tree, the best decoration is bright bows in braids or ponytails. For an adult – a ribbon neatly woven into the hairstyle.
• Blush on the cheeks. Since New Year is a winter holiday, the Christmas tree should be bright, as if just from the cold. Scarlet cheeks will perfectly complement the outfit.

New Year is a magical holiday. This is a time of miracles and fulfillment of desires.To give a child magic, you don’t have to invent the impossible. You can make a fairy tale out of ordinary things by putting a piece of your soul into making a carnival costume.