Musketeers are brave and courageous characters whoalways ready to help those in need. In their arsenal there is a saber, musketeers on horseback move. In general, it is quite an interesting and independent image.
What does a suit look like
If you decide to make a carnival costume of a musketeer for a boy with your own hands, then you should know what he is. Here is the list of parts that the costume should consist of:
- upper and lower clothing;
- footwear;
- headdress;
- weapon
One of the variants of the costume, you can look at the following photo.
clothing
Musketeers dressed in pretty interesting clothes,which consisted of pants, shirt and capes. If you have firmly decided to sew a new year musketeer costume with your own hands for a boy, then it is worth considering some features. This applies to the cape, which is an elongated sleeveless jacket, and in some cases a cape.
If in the wardrobe of the child there are pants or pantsclassic cut, you can use them. Skinny pants, which look like leggings, will look great. The colors should preferably be dark, they can be shades of black, brown or gray. But if you are determined to sew a musketeer costume for a boy with your own hands, then instead of classic trousers you can choose wide breeches. Especially effectively they look worn on white tights, sewn from velor or velvet.
White shirt requiredor golfik. This piece of clothing is also optional to sew yourself, if there is something similar in the wardrobe. Over the shirt, a cape is necessarily worn, which can look like an elongated sleeveless jacket or a wide jacket with cut sleeves. Best of all for this detail is suitable satin or silk. But the colors are not too diverse, it is blue and red, with elements of gold or silver. It is not difficult to sew a musketeer costume for a boy with his own hands. The pattern of several options is shown in the following figure.
If desired, you can combine several colors when sewing a cape. Even as a decoration you can depict a coat of arms or a cross on the chest of the costume. With paint or stripes.
Also, the cloak can be supplemented with a light striplace around the neck. Or a small collar that needs to be sewn from white fabric. As can be seen on the patterns, buttons and ribbons are used for decoration. As you already understood, there are no special boundaries if you will sew a musketeer suit for the boy with your own hands.
Footwear
Mostly to suit the musketeer to pick upknee-high boots. They can be black, brown and even red. We will not be able to sew shoes, so we will have to purchase them specially. Unless, of course, among the available children's shoes there are no suitable boots.
When we talked about the choice of pants, we notedthat you can sew wide breeches, which are fixed on the bottom of the leg with a rubber band. So, if you choose this option, you can do without boots. Breeches are worn over white tights, and shoes or shoes are chosen from shoes. An example of this option can be seen in the following photo.
Ordinary classic shoes in this version can be decorated. To do this, fit gold braid, buckles and other accessories.
Headdress
How can one imagine a musketeer without a hat?No, so be sure to focus on this when you sew a musketeer costume for the boy with your own hands. The photo, which is shown below, just demonstrates the musketeer's gorgeous hat.
As you can see, this is a classic hat with widesides and one feature. This feature is a pen, so we advise you to choose this option. Ready-made hats, as a rule, can be purchased in the store or, perhaps, you have old adult hats. You can use what you find, the main thing is to add a feather. Ostrich, goose and swan feathers are best for this option. Fix the feather on the side of the hat with silicone hot glue or sew with thread.
Another option to decorate a hat isin that on it to represent the picture of the coat of arms or cross. This can be done in the form of stripes, which is cut from a dense material, in a contrasting color. It is best to fix the finished patch with a thread and a needle.
Weapons
Well, we have come to the end of the image, alreadya musketeer suit is sewn with his own hands for a boy, it remains to add a realistic look to the image. Each musketeer had a sword or sword in his arsenal. They carried this weapon in a belt, so that you can quickly get it if necessary. That's our, albeit a child, the image must be supplemented with weapons.
Doing what you need with your own hands will not work. After all, swords made of cardboard or foam will be inappropriate here. Therefore, there remains one option - to buy ready-made weapons.
Now there is a large selection of aluminum swords and saber, which is made specifically for children. They are completely safe, because they have blunt ends and light weight.
Addition
If you sewed a musketeer suit for a boy with your own hands, and now you want to make it special, we will now show you several options.
Almost everyone watched the film about the filmmusketeers, and remember that the main characters were with a mustache and beard. You can draw them with a black cosmetic pencil for a child. It turns out very funny and familiar to all the character.
If they sewed a New Year's costume of a musketeer with their own hands for a boy, then he can be decorated with tinsel, which sheathes the edges of his hat and capes.
