Wanting to dip your child into the world of history andmyths, you can make an original costume "Viking", which will appeal to every boy. After reading the tips and recommendations, you can make a great outfit that is suitable for a masquerade or Halloween.
Selection of fabrics and accessories
To make a viking costume do it yourself forboy, first you need to choose fabrics and materials for the manufacture of attire. For work, you will need a fabric for a shirt, the fabric of blue color will suit perfectly. If there is faux fur, it will be needed to make a cloak, artificial leather and twine are needed for arm ruffles. If possible, you can use small metal blocks to decorate the helmet.
From the skin, you can cut parts for armlets andpull them off with twine. Of the additional items need a sword and shield, they can be found in any children's store, they look quite plausible. Additionally, you can make an amulet from improvised means and hang it around your neck.
DIY Viking Costume
The boy’s outfit should be different not only in beauty, but also in comfort. Therefore, it is very important to make it of the light components that will not restrict the freedom of movement of the child.
The basis of the costume is not so difficult to do.Looking for pants, shirt and cape. The shirt can be sewn specifically for a suit, but a regular light shirt is also quite suitable. Bottoms and sleeves can be decorated with a tape, it will be released quite plausibly.
Pants can also be stitched using a pattern of regular pajama pants. But to create a suit fit the usual dark pants, which are in the boy's wardrobe.
The Viking suit completes the final touch - thiscape. Fur fabric should be hemmed by hand and additionally sew a button with a hook. If desired, the suit can be supplemented with appropriate shoes. The most suitable option would be boots. To do this, fit the usual boots or slippers, trimmed with artificial leather, but in this case, the tops are sewn separately and put on over the slippers.
If you wish, you can create a Viking costume forgirls. Its components are the same as in the dress for the boy, the difference is the bottom. Instead of pants you need a skirt. The finished skirt can be sheathed with pieces of leather or sew an imitation leather product.
Viking helmet
Any Viking will not be able to do without a helmet, since this is exactly the subject of costume, without which this brave warrior cannot be imagined.
The helmet can be made in papier-mâché technique.Using a three-liter jar for the base, you should make a helmet out of clay. It is necessary to make sure that it fits the child in size. You should also prepare a lot of paper or newspaper pieces.
Plasticine base must be gummed with glue andapply the first layer of paper moistened with water. You need to wait for some time until the first layer dries. After that impose four more layers of sized paper. Now the helmet should be left to dry completely. For strength, you can make a wire frame, fix it with superglue and coat the helmet with paint.
The main feature of the helmet are horns. Their frame can also be made of wire and covered with leatherette.
Difference of a suit of the Viking from a dress of the knight
Костюм "Викинг" во многом отличается от knightly attire. And the first distinguishing feature is the helmet. Only brave Scandinavian warriors wore a horned helmet. If the knights wore square-shaped helmets, then the Vikings had hemispherical helmets.
An equally important difference is the shape of the shield. The viking shield is round, bordered with an iron hoop. Knights wore triangular shields. In addition, the Vikings had protection from wood, not iron.
The weapons of these warriors also have no less differences.Viking swords are wider, and guards are not too large. In addition, the Danish warriors have additional weapons - this is an ax. If we talk about knights, then in addition they can arm themselves with a small sword with the image of a lion.
The costume "Viking" is an original outfit that is not so often found on children's parties. Strive for originality, such a dress will be a great choice for a children's party.
