Spiny hedgehogs. Master class on sewing a hedgehog costume! Paper hedgehog hat for a boy

Lyubov Duvanova

On the eve of the New Year, I want to provide you with a master class on sewing a hedgehog costume

To begin with, we will prepare a pattern, here old newspapers came in handy. So we got a pattern for the pants and, let’s say, the capes of our hedgehog.

We make patterns from fabric. We cut out strips of faux fur, about 10 cm wide, and the length will be adjusted by the size of the hedgehog's cape; we had to sew these strips together to completely cover the cape. And we trim the sleeves too. It is better to trim faux fur, as small fibers will bounce off all the time and interfere with the sewing

We sew it all together. We tighten the pants with an elastic band. This is what we get.

Now we need to prepare the needles for the hedgehog

.
To do this, we take foam rubber, 2 cm wide, and cut out the needles with scissors (they can be a little larger, a little smaller in size)
. In order to give them the desired color, we diluted brown gouache in water and colored our foam rubber needles there. They dried them. The quantity can reach 30 pieces or more, at your discretion. You need to fix the needles on the hedgehog’s cape. For this we use a glue gun.

And this is what we get.

The suit is ready

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Very soon the most favorite holiday for children and adults – New Year – will be knocking on our doors. And with it, it’s time for matinees in kindergartens and at all kinds of New Year’s trees. It's time to think about creating an original and fun costume for your beloved children, grandchildren, nephews and godchildren.

One of these options could be the image of everyone’s favorite hedgehog (photo), especially since you can recreate its characteristic features in a huge number of ways. And it is not at all necessary to resort to the services of sellers of ready-made suits. Creating a holiday outfit will not take much time, a variety of materials can be used, and the result will definitely bring joy and childlike gratitude, which no amount of money can buy.

Depending on what you have to create a New Year's costume, you can make different versions of this outfit. Three variations are commonly used:

Vest and hat.
Vest with hood.
Cape with a hood and mask (or without a hood and with a cap).

There are quite a lot of materials from which the above options can be made:

Knitted fabric
(when the parts of the product can be knitted using knitting needles or a hook). Usually for such costumes a yarn called "grass" is used in combination with a plain regular thread.
Artificial wool
in combination with velor or fleece.
Any fabric with “needles” sewn onto it
(which can also be made from all kinds of materials).

And really handy tools include “rain” garlands, clothespins, old sweaters, and you can even just focus on a child’s hairstyle. All decor is sewn onto a ready-made children's item, or the item of clothing is made independently using knitting or sewing.

Examples of DIY children's hedgehog costumes

How to sew a hedgehog costume with your own hands

The first one is the simplest. We select trousers and shirts that match the color scheme (red-brown with gray, black). Take trousers, a checkered vest in matching colors and a plain shirt in yellow, light green or cream. We will create the image of the hedgehog using a headdress. To make it, take a panama hat or cap. The headdress should be light and suitable in size. We cut off the visor from the cap, and the brim from the panama hat. Now we need to decorate it with needles, which we will make from black, brown or gray fabric, cutting it into triangles and sewing them into cones. You can fill the sewn cone with cotton wool or padding polyester to give it a shape. The cones must be sewn by hand to the headdress in a circle, starting from the bottom. Determine the number of needles yourself, depending on the size of the cap. Take a light, dense fabric, sew a cone out of it, and stuff it with cotton wool. Sew on the eyes, nose and mouth - this will be the face of a hedgehog. Attach it to the front of the hat. You can decorate the hat by sewing leaves or apples cut out of paper to the needles on top.

As a result, we will get a children's carnival hedgehog costume for a boy with our own hands. You can also make another version of the costume.

The second type of costume requires a little more time and materials to make. It consists of a jumpsuit with a hood, sewn according to a pattern of the appropriate size from corduroy, velor or other suitable fabric. Fasten the front with a zipper or buttons. Cut an oval out of light fabric (fleece) that imitates the belly of a hedgehog. Attach it to the overalls using Velcro. Sew ears onto the hood by sewing them from two pieces of fabric - the main one and the fleece used for the belly. Sew the spines of the head directly to the fabric of the hood. They can be made using the method described in the first version of the costume or, for example, by cutting needles out of foam rubber and painting them with brown gouache. It is also possible to make needles by cutting out triangles from dark polyethylene, gluing the cones and filling them with cotton wool. The spines can be sewn directly onto the back of the overalls or onto other fabric cut to the shape of the back and then attached to the back of the overalls using Velcro. Additionally, you can decorate the costume with artificial apples and leaves.

Using any method, you can sew an excellent carnival hedgehog costume with your own hands, which will definitely delight your child.

At any costume party, New Year's or dedicated to the Autumn Festival, you can meet kids in a hedgehog costume. This look is equally suitable for boys and girls. We will tell you how you can make a hedgehog costume with your own hands quickly and easily.

Making a hedgehog costume

There are many sewing options. We will talk about those that require minimal time, material and physical costs.

The gray hedgehog is very happy: He dressed up in a jacket. Covered in needles in front, Covered in needles behind. Runs through the grass in the forest, collects apples, mushrooms, leaves, nuts, and flowers for pins...

Here are the main features - gray, prickly, economical. The most important thing is, of course, a fur coat with thorns. The color scheme, in addition to gray, includes black and shades of brown. Let's take a closer look at how to make a do-it-yourself hedgehog costume for a child. The basis of the masquerade outfit will be a vest-cape with a hood, imitating the character’s fur coat.

You will need:

A piece of fabric of the appropriate color, one meter is enough;
Braid, approximately 50-70 cm or button;
Fleece in three colors, foam rubber (1cm thick) or Christmas tree tinsel to imitate thorns (choose one);
Threads, needle;
Glue gun;
Multi-colored felt for making gifts of the forest or pictures.

First of all, you need to decide what you want to make the hero’s needles from. If your choice falls on Christmas tree tinsel, you may not be too strict in your choice of fabric, since the tinsel will completely cover the lining and the material will be practically invisible.

So let's get started:

Cut out the base of the fur coat. It could be a cape-vest or just a cape. Please use the attached diagrams:

Connect the parts along the indicated lines.

The hedgehog costume pattern N1 involves assembling the model using braid. Cut holes and thread the string through them. It is also necessary to prepare holes for the hands.
Pattern N2 consists of two parts, they will need to be sewn together. Make a clasp under the hood.

After assembling the vest, you can work on the spines.

The simplest thing is to use matte Christmas tree tinsel with a white coating. Hand sew it tightly all over the fabric. It should look something like this:

Or like this:

Our hero, it turns out, may also be red-haired!

If you decide to make needles from foam rubber, first paint the material on both sides. The color of the outer side should contrast with the inner layer. Acrylic paints are perfect for painting; after drying, they do not crumble. Dilute them with water 1:1 for ease of application and savings. If you don’t have acrylic on hand, prepare the following composition: a jar of gouache + 5 tablespoons of PVA glue + one glass of water. Apply it to the surface, being careful not to overdo it so that the inside of the foam does not stain. This coating will also not crumble or crumble after drying. When the paints have dried, the sheet must be cut into small pieces in the shape of straws or elongated triangles.

Hand sew them around the entire cape. You can arm yourself with a glue gun; the work will be completed much faster with its help. The result should be something like this hedgehog coat:

Another way to make something like thorns is to make them out of fabric. Use fleece for this, it is thick enough, its edges do not fray during processing. Cut the material into triangles, then sew them around the cape along the back and hood.

You can also prepare strips of fabric of three different shades: dark, medium and light tones, approximately 10 cm wide. Cut them along the entire length and lay the resulting multi-colored fringe on top of each other, as shown in the picture below. Sew stripes onto the main outfit along the back and hood. The result might look something like this:

Your baby will look more like a cute animal if combined with an interesting fancy dress.

You can limit yourself to a round nose with a mustache drawn with a hypoallergenic cosmetic pencil.
Or you can draw an animal face on your face.

If you chose the second option, then first of all tint the child’s face, making a transition from light to dark, and then draw the needles with face painting. Highlight the eyelids in black and draw white highlights.

That’s basically it – your DIY hedgehog costume is ready! You can wear any clothes under it: trousers and a shirt with a bow tie, pants with a turtleneck, shorts with a T-shirt or a jacket with a skirt - for a girl. Just try to choose clothes in calm colors so that they serve as the backdrop for an interesting fancy dress.

The holidays are already coming

literally on your heels and urgently need a costume for a matinee in kindergarten or school.
What is offered in stores is not always pleasant: the child wants to be individual, not like others. Therefore, it is worth sewing a hedgehog costume with your own hands
.

Necessary materials

To start making a costume, you need to look through your child's wardrobe. Since for the first version of the costume the main detail depicting a hedgehog will be a cap or panama hat, the shirt, vest and pants are selected from the son’s clothes. Clothing should be brown or reddish. And from an old Panama hat, cutting off the brim from it

, sew the hedgehog itself.

Needles, needles

Triangles are cut out of dark fabric

, rolled into a cone and stitched.
They stuff a little cotton wool into them and start sewing them to the Panama hat from the bottom in a circle. How many needles are needed and how often to sew them is up to you
.
The more often, the more beautiful. Next, the muzzle is sewn: a larger cone is cut out of light fabric, stitched, stuffed with cotton wool, and painted. You need to attach the muzzle to the Panama hat, from the front side. DIY hedgehog costume
- made.

Complex option

Another version of the costume will require more strength and skill from the needlewoman. Yes, and we need to prepare a lot of material. For sewing, you need to prepare velor fabric and sew a jumpsuit with a hood

.
Make the fastener in front with a zipper and Velcro. From white velor you need to sew an oval belly, which will also be attached with Velcro. Now we need to deal with the needles. They are made from foam rubber
, painted with brown gouache and sewn to the back and hood. You can make needles in the same way as in the previous version: sew cones, stuff them with cotton wool and sew them on. Ears, combined from two colors, are also attached to the hood.

To add brightness to the costume, you need to sew mushrooms and apples and secure them among the needles on the back and head. Another version of the costume is ready.

Craftswomen's proposals

A lot of options with attached patterns and instructions can be found on the website, in the “ do it yourself”
If you follow the directions and tips
, you can sew more complex options.
For children of school age, primary school, the outfit will be larger, and you will spend
more labor. But the effect of a suit that was sewn jointly with my daughter is always higher than that of a store-bought one. The beige hedgehog version presented below involves large needles, which are sewn on a sewing machine, stuffed with padding polyester and manually sewn to the back and hood. The belly is cut out of yellow fleece and sewn on the front. The classic option for a girl is a hedgehog.

Fur hedgehog

The most convenient option for sewing a hedgehog costume is to use faux fur in brown or dark gray colors. For a suit, you need to sew a dark-colored vest and trim it with fur along the entire perimeter and along the edge of the sleeve. A hat is sewn separately, to which the ears are sewn. Mushrooms, leaves and apples are produced separately. They can be made from fabric, stuffed with cotton wool. Or maybe from colored paper. Ready-made forest fruits are sewn onto a hat and vest. And on your face you need to do makeup in the shape of a hedgehog’s face. Just draw a “face”, a muzzle. This suit is complemented by a beautiful white shirt and trousers to match the fur. The result is a nice and complete image. This option also has a lot of room for the needlewoman’s imagination!

DIY hedgehog costume

- ready.

On the website of needlewomen, visitors can use all the patterns offered by the masters and learn how to sew and knit outfits for their children. The main thing is that everything will be made with love and imagination.

The second version of the universal hedgehog costume is this:

overalls or shirt (shorts) with trousers;
light shirt or white turtleneck;
for needles we use a vest;
tie and bow tie for boys;
hedgehog mittens;
hedgehog slippers;
makeup;
hedgehog scarf

For this costume you will need overalls, a checkered shirt or a plain gray sweater.

If the hedgehog costume is made for a girl, then instead of overalls and a shirt, you can choose a plain, dim dress from your daughter’s wardrobe and sew a small apron to it. There is very little left to do: a hat, a cape with needles and accessories in the form of bright autumn leaves, mushrooms and rosy apples in a basket.

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Warm jumpsuit with needles

You can stick foam needles made from sheet foam rubber or foam tape used for insulating windows onto a warm gray or brown jumpsuit purchased in a store or in your wardrobe.

Overalls with a hood made of flannel or fleece with a zipper. The costume is suitable for girls and boys of younger and teenage age

Gray painted foam tape needles

Sneakers or black shoes

Ears sewn to the hood

Mushrooms, apples, autumn leaves made of fabric and paper

Overalls or tracksuit with a hood. Costumes for the whole family of hedgehogs - mom, dad and their children

Decor on needles made of mushrooms and leaves

Foam needles

Colored jumpsuit

Painted foam needles

A bunch of colorful hedgehogs

Regular sweater with sewn on needles

Regular blouson or jacket.
Quick transformation from an ordinary holiday participant to a hero of the New Year's carnival Sewn or sewn triangular needles made of painted foam rubber

Apple or mushroom decor

Natural apple in hands for a treat

Sweatshirt of any color

Needles made from ordinary pasta glued to fabric with hot glue

Paper ears on the hood

Costume with mask

Any jacket made of thick material. Simple suit

Triangular foam needles glued with hot glue

Cardboard mask with elastic band or paper tape

A hoodie or loose-fitting dress made of linen, canvas or thick burlap. A costume for girls to wear over regular clothes

Triangular foam needles glued on the back

Hedgehog mask made of cardboard

Felt hat. The simplest suit

False muzzle made of thick foam rubber with eyes, nose and ears

Fabric with sewn needles

A cloth cap with stiff fabric needles. When you don't have time for a whole suit

Making a headdress for a hedgehog

The hat is made on the basis of an old panama hat or cap. Needles are attached to it, which are simply made from foam rubber strips for insulating windows.

This strip is cut into pieces of the required length.

Sew the needles to the headdress starting from the top of the head in a spiral, and then tint the tips of the spines with acrylic and leave until dry.

In a similar way, needles are attached to a cape - a rectangular piece of fabric with a drawstring at the collar into which a ribbon is inserted.

Bright leaves are cut out of colored cardboard and glued to the cape. It will be difficult for a child to carry a basket with real apples, so you will have to make light fruits from polystyrene foam, which is used for wall insulation.

Apples or mushrooms are cut out with a regular stationery knife and painted with acrylic paints. Several of these apples can be glued to the needles with silicone glue.

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For the bunny girl you will need:

white sweater;
plain skirt;
ears on a hairband and a ponytail.

The following options are also suitable:

with a dress, for example, white or pink;
white T-shirt with a tutu skirt and a vest or jacket;
white or light-colored dress trimmed with fur.

How to make a tulle skirt is described in detail with photographs in this article.
Festive hairstyles for girls for a matinee are described in detail with video tutorials in. When creating a costume, take care of a beautiful festive hairstyle. If you still haven’t decided what kind of costume your child wants, then we recommend the always popular Christmas tree costume for girls, as well as detailed instructions for creating it with your own hands.

If you have the opportunity, make a small white faux fur vest, but your bunny may feel hot during outdoor games near the Christmas tree, and this is completely unnecessary.

Video on how to create a bunny costume with your own hands without a sewing machine

Carnival hat cylinder made of cardboard

Is carnival coming soon? Will your child be dressed as a magician or a gentleman from London? Or maybe she will be a real lady who cannot go out without an elegant miniature hat? Then you definitely need to learn how to make a cylinder hat out of paper. Of course, plain paper will not work for this job. The material should be denser, it is better to use cardboard.

What else is needed for this job:

the main material (cardboard) is selected according to the theme of the future costume;
pencil for making marks;
PVA glue;
adhesive tape;
fleece;
To create a beautiful shimmer, use varnish and a wide brush.

Before you make a paper hat with your own hands according to the instructions, you need to prepare for the upcoming work. It is impossible to make a top hat without measurements, of course, unless it is a miniature hat to decorate your hairstyle.

You are required to:

measure the circumference of the child’s head with a sewing meter;
think about what height of the finished product you need; making a very high cylinder is not recommended, it can cause discomfort when worn.

Now we’ll explain step by step how to make a paper hat with your own hands:

We transfer the obtained measurements onto paper. The first thing to do is to cut out a cylinder (the top part of the hat) according to the circumference of the head.
Based on the resulting cylinder, we cut out the bottom and crown. Glue the parts together (Step 2)
Let's start making the cylinder fields. We attach the blank to the cardboard and trace it. We cut out several identical parts. The second part will be attached to the crown of the finished cylinder. Don't rush to cut the first one. Draw another circle inside this circle with a diameter smaller than that at the base of the workpiece. We cut out the parts and cut the inner circle with a large fringe. Glue the elements together.
Almost done. You need to attach the previously obtained “teeth” to the base with glue. To ensure that the finished hat fits tightly to your head, glue a layer of fleece inside.

For a spectacular result, coat the cylinder with varnish and leave until completely dry. Now you know how to make a cylinder hat out of paper with your own hands. But this option is suitable for little gentlemen, but what about ladies?

How to make ears for a bunny?

So it turns out that you will only have to work hard on making the ears, which are always on the top of the bunny’s head; sometimes in stores they are sold in ready-made form.

Don't forget about overalls, they are suitable for very little ones who also want to be bunnies.

The base for the ear is cut out of thick cardboard and covered with white fabric or faux fur.
A small piece of fur is left for the tail.
The inside of each ear is made of colored fabric: blue is suitable for a boy, and pink is suitable for a girl.
The finished ears can be sewn to an elastic band that is tied under the chin, but it is much more convenient to attach them to a plastic hairband.

Video on how to make ears from a headband?

Bunny costume for girls for school

Not only kids dream of a New Year's fairy tale. The bunny costume is deservedly popular among older girls. To create the perfect playful or romantic look, you will need a minidress with white fur trim along the collar and hem of the dress.

If everything is in order with the dress, then now you should make the ears on the head, cuffs and tail.

In a bunny costume, it is not at all necessary for the ears to be on top of the head. They can be omitted, then you can do without cardboard inserts.

The ears, cuffs and fluffy little tail are made of white fur. And if you have a black bow tie in stock, believe that success is guaranteed! Makeup will help highlight plump lips and big eyes. And don’t forget about the mustache, which you can draw with an eyeliner pencil. They will give the image of a bunny a special charm.

Hedgehog Paper Plate | House in the forest

H is for Hedgehog! I'm partial to paper plate crafts and this simple paper plate hedgehog is just adorable. The little spikes just make me smile!

Paper plate
Brown paint
Strips of brown paper
2 Black circles
Glue sponge
Stapler (optional)
Big eyes Googly

Fold a paper plate in half and help the children cut out the outlined shape.

The kids drew a paper plate and then I helped them fold it in half and staple it together. For some of the children this was their first experience with a stapler and they loved it. We'll be doing some more stapler projects soon.

Then spikes made from paper strips were glued onto the little hedgehog. This move caused a lot of laughter among the children. They loved to put “funny hair” on them.

We love using paper strips for quick and easy preschool crafts. Some of our favorites include these adorable glitter trees and paper strip hearts.

Have you tried using a glue sponge? It's so easy to make and I love that there are no more glue puddles to clean up or dried out glue sticks to replace. If you want to make your own, you can find our tutorial here. It's so easy to make, gentle and has completely changed the way we use glue. We're not ready to give up glue bottles or glue sticks entirely.

However, it works great for projects like this!

I love the messy look of hedgehogs' spines. It looks like me in the morning ;)

The children added a black circle for a nose and a large eye. The kids insisted on using the biggest eyes in our art closet. They were absolutely right, it was the perfect touch!

I love how these little paper plate hedgehogs turned out.

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Pumpkins on paper plates

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Squirrel costume

Most often, you need to make a squirrel costume for a girl, but you can also try to make a mischievous boy squirrel. To make a squirrel costume, you will have to purchase a piece of red faux fur.

A terracotta-colored dress or suit will become the basis for creating an image. In addition to this, you will need ears - triangular pieces of fur, which for a girl are attached directly to the tops of their braids, rolled into snails, and for a boy - on a small knitted hat.

The main decoration of any squirrel is, of course, a fluffy tail.

How to make a tail for a squirrel?

First, a frame is made from wire. A cover made of faux fur is pulled over it and sewn to the hem of the dress or the panties of the suit. To prevent the furry miracle from falling down, otherwise it will turn out to be a fox instead of a squirrel, it should be raised and secured with thin fur harnesses like a backpack.

The boy will really like this papier-mâché acorn, reminiscent of the one that the prehistoric squirrel from the funny cartoon “Ice Age” was constantly running around with.

The squirrel girl will not refuse a basket containing nuts in gilded foil, almost like in “The Tale of Tsar Saltan.”

Squirrel costume for girls:

Tutu skirt, white lace blouse, necklace, ears on a headband using the kanzashi technique and a tail made of organza or tulle, socks or knee socks, shoes or slippers.
We recommend adding a big bump to this suit, so the image will be brighter.
Hairstyle: a braid or 2 buns on the sides, or 2 braids, it is important that the headband stays in place and does not fall off.
To make the tail stand, we sew a button on the dress or skirt and take a hat elastic or any other thin one and sew it to both sides of the tail. So that they are worn like a backpack to match the blouse and then are not visible.

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Squirrel Costume Necklace:

Makeup for children's New Year's costumes

All that remains is to warn parents about the makeup. You can draw a nose, mustache or other details that will highlight the image. But for this you need to choose high-quality paints so as not to get a banal allergic reaction instead of the happy feeling of a fairy tale.

So, if in your dreams a child already sees in his hands the main prize of the New Year's holiday for the best carnival costume, do not let things take their course. Call on your creativity and start creating an exclusive costume for your child with your own hands.

How to make a hedgehog costume with your own hands from scrap materials

Depending on what you have to create a New Year's costume, you can make different versions of this outfit. Three variations are commonly used:

Vest and hat.
Vest with hood.
Cape with a hood and mask (or without a hood and with a cap).

There are quite a lot of materials from which the above options can be made:

Knitted fabric
(when the parts of the product can be knitted using knitting needles or a hook). Usually for such costumes a yarn called "grass" is used in combination with a plain regular thread.
Artificial wool
in combination with velor or fleece.
Any fabric with “needles” sewn onto it
(which can also be made from all kinds of materials).

Examples of DIY children's hedgehog costumes

What materials are suitable

Both a child and an adult can master creating a hedgehog with their own hands. The choice of materials and working techniques is great. You can make it from

salt dough or clay;
paper, cardboard;
fir cones, needles;
plasticine, clothespins;
seeds, cereals, pasta;
woven fabrics.

The shape of the animal's body is simple. The main thing is to highlight the muzzle on a rounded oblong base, to indicate the paws and needles. You should not strictly follow the step-by-step instructions of teachers or experienced craftswomen. Fantasy, creativity, and freedom in creativity are the key to the uniqueness of a craft.

How to sew a hedgehog costume for a boy

We offer you one of the simplest options for a hedgehog costume for boys.

, the creation process of which involves stitching together parts from different materials.

One of the features of making any clothes for children is that you won’t spend a lot of effort on cutting and sewing, even if you don’t have a sewing machine at home. Therefore, such a costume can be easily made even in one evening. Such a kit will look like this:

It consists of two parts: a vest made of velor and faux fur with long pile and a hat.

The longer the pile, the easier it will be to form it into needles. Also, to decorate the hat you will need a piece of black fabric (for the nose) and eyes from a soft toy or multi-colored felt for making them yourself. Large round buttons are also suitable for this detail. In general, use for creativity those materials that you have on hand or that are not difficult to buy.

To decorate the back, it would be very nice to use felt decorations depicting the standard “prey” of a hedgehog: apples, mushrooms, autumn leaves. You can also use real leaves for decoration, attached to the vest using hot glue. Another option is to cut out all the above-described elements from colored paper.

Examples of vest decor for a hedgehog costume

Hat with “needles”

The hat is also made of artificial wool and velor (which, by the way, can be replaced with fleece). For this we need:

Printout of Scheme 1.
Faux fur and velor fabrics.
Some black fabric for the nose.
Sewing elastic band.
Sintepon or cotton wool.
Thread and needle or, if possible, a sewing machine (having one will greatly speed up the process of creating a hat).
“Eyes” for the hedgehog’s face.

Scheme 1 – Pattern of a hat from a hedgehog costume for a boy

The above Diagram 1 should be printed on an A4 sheet, placing the drawing on the entire sheet (this function is in the menu for printing files on your computer).

Important!
Please note that the details are given without additional distance for allowances, so add 1 cm in the area of the side seams, and for the elastic around the circumference of the head - 3 cm at the bottom.

Then you need to cut out 6 parts for the hat itself (faux fur), 2 parts for the muzzle (velor), 4 ears (velor) and 1 for the nose.

After this, we will assemble the hat by sewing six wedges on the sides of the parts, bend the bottom 3 cm for an elastic band (the length of which corresponds to the circumference of the child’s head), insert it and stitch it.

Then we sew the details of the muzzle to the mark on the pattern, fill it with padding polyester or cotton wool and sew it to the main hat. After this, we sew 2 parts together and sew the ears to the “muzzle”. We fill the nose with soft material and sew it to the front of the hat. We sew on the eyes last.

Advice!
If buying faux fur is not an option, replace it with an old sweater in a matching color. In this case, you will need to process the edges of parts made from it.

It would also be useful to decorate such a hat with the decor that we wrote about above. This technique can also be applied to a vest, the manufacturing process of which will be described below.

Vest

Whatever materials you choose, the vest can be sewn using a standard pattern, such as the one shown in Diagram 2. Here are options for three vest sizes.

They should be suitable for most children, for whom such a costume would be appropriate based on age.

Scheme 2 – Patterns for vests of different sizes

The child for whom the costume is being sewn needs to measure the chest circumference and, based on this, choose one of the pattern options suggested in the diagram. If necessary, add or subtract 1-2 cm from the width of the parts.

The material consumption will be the desired length of the product and another 5 cm. These models do not have a fastener. If you want to add buttons or a zipper, add another 1.5 cm on the front side of the zipper.

To cut out the parts, you need to add 1.2 cm to the seams in those places where the back and shelves will be sewn together. Let us remind you that the back is a part with a fold made of faux fur, the shelves are 2 parts without folds made of velor or other velvety material.

Reference!
A part with a fold is an element of a product in which the pattern involves placing fabric on the fold in such a way as to create a part of symmetrical parts.

For example, the back pattern is applied with the straight side to the fold of the fabric and secured to it with eyelet pins. The contours of the back are transferred to the fabric using chalk or a piece of soap. The pattern is then removed and the piece is cut out and unrolled. A part without bending involves all the same operations, only without bending the fabric. That is, the shelf pattern is transferred to the fabric twice without folding.

“Hedgehog” mask. | Country of Masters

The finished product is the “Hedgehog” mask.

Let's start making a muzzle. To do this, we will add module No. 2 (this designation is mentioned in the book by S. Sokolova, we will stick to it). Cut out an A4 square from gray, brown or yellow paper. The paper is colored on one side. Place the square, previously bent diagonally, at an angle, with the colored side facing you

We bend the upper and lower corners to the intended center.

Transfer the resulting workpiece to the other side. Fold the bottom and top sides towards the center line. in this case, the corners located at the back must be turned to face, without bending. See next photo.

The so-called module No. 1 is ready. We continue to make module No. 2. Lower the top corner down, pressing it towards the center.

This is what module number 2 looks like.

We begin to fold the lower part of the muzzle. To do this, let's make a few folds on the left.....

…..and on the right…..

Here is a schematic representation of the folds along which we will fold the shirt. I would like to draw YOUR attention to the fact that if YOU make a mask from thick paper (such as Whatman paper), then this folding will allow you to leave the muzzle voluminous. Having fixed the muzzle, add only the ball nose. Since the sheet of colored paper I used is quite thin, our muzzle folds to a flat appearance. See next photo.

The muzzle is ready, but not yet decorated.

Let's start making "NEEDLES". Take 6 square sheets of paper measuring 10x10cm. And we fold each one as indicated in the photo. The first diagonal folds mark the center for subsequent folding of the basic “kite” shape.

The lower sides of the workpiece must be bent towards the center line, as shown in the following photo.

We carry out manipulations on each side and on each of the 6 workpieces.

Now each piece must be folded in a certain way. Bend three pieces diagonally in one direction, three in the other. For clarity, first fold the piece in half - this will give YOU a center point for the diagonal fold. Moreover, the upper bendable parts on one side run parallel to the side located below. However, bending down or vice versa up is not important. How convenient for YOU. The main thing is the result!

Ready-made “needles”. These photos clearly show the parallelism I was talking about.

We place the needles around the muzzle.

Let's start making MUSHROOMS. From a white or cream-colored square with a side of 6 to 8.5 cm (practice with different sizes and choose the one you think is more suitable for a hedgehog), we fold the basic “kite” shape. To do this, fold the sides towards the center. This will be the FOOT of the mushroom.

Raise the bottom corner to the junction of the other two right angles, as in the photo.

For the mushroom HAT we will need a square with a side of 6-8 cm of red color, folded diagonally into a “triangle”.

Bend the side corners as shown in the photo, turn the hat blank over and glue it to the leg as follows...

... the tops match.

Bend the common top back - the MUSHROOM is ready. Do another one like this. You can make mushrooms using a different principle, and also replace the mushrooms with an apple or a twig with berries. Imagine! And YOUR hedgehog will be exceptional and unlike anyone else.

We attach the mushrooms to the “spines”. Now it’s time to create a headband, onto which the mask itself will be attached.

Let's start making a BELT, this will be module No. 4.

The size of the two squares for the belt should be equal to the size of the square of the muzzle itself. In this case, a square of A4 format. Mark with a diagonal fold line the horizontal line towards which we will make subsequent folds.

Bend the top and bottom corners towards the center.

Now we bend the upper and lower sides again towards the center, towards each other.

YOU should end up with two of these strips. Their length allows you to vary the circumference of any head who will be the owner of such a wonderful mask!

On both sides of the mask, glue both strips and experimentally determine the diameter of the ring under the head.

Having decorated the face of the mask with a “nose” and “eyes”, try on the finished mask and... GO TO CARNIVAL!

By halving the size of the squares, we can get a small hedgehog face for... A POSTCARD. The diameter of the white napkin is 14 cm. Design to YOUR taste. Perhaps it will be useful for decorating an autumn wall newspaper in the classroom. Add leaves, berries, mushrooms.....

Hedgehog costume for girls: quick and easy

It is quite easy to repeat the idea of a cape costume, which, of course, can be used for boys and girls with equal success. But still, a costume in the form of a cape will be more interesting for little princesses in the sense that such a thing can easily be worn on any beautiful dress.

By following the instructions for making a cape, you can get the following result, changing the materials to your taste and their availability in the house.

Examples of ready-made capes for a hedgehog costume

Cape with “needles”

As they say, everything new is well forgotten old. Here we will offer a design option for a children's carnival costume, which was taken from a book of the late twentieth century. This product is quite easy to reproduce. To sew a cape you will need:

Any fabric of a suitable color (fleece, velor, fleece, cloth).
Material for needles. The authors suggest that craftswomen use plastic bags, but you can also use just fabric that has a different texture from the main fabric. These needles can also be stuffed with filler, then they will stick out and further enhance the resemblance to hedgehog spines.
Cardboard and elastic band for a mask.
Glue, thread and scissors.

The hooded cape can be fastened with buttons or strings, and the nose can be made of foam rubber, a large round button, or similar materials.

Pattern and description for a hedgehog costume in the form of a cape with a mask

Completing of the work

We select any pictures you like on the Internet for the appearance of a hedgehog: needles, apples, rowan berries, mushrooms, autumn leaves, etc. Print them out and cut them out.
We take a suitable fur collar from a jacket in black or grayish color. If you have a rounded fur hat, use it.
If you have a collar, we sew it like a hat to the size of the baby's head.
We select the same or a similar color vest and pants. If you don’t have a vest, you can take any black blouse or jacket. If the suit is made for a girl, then the pants can be replaced with a skirt if desired. Under the vest we put on a shirt or T-shirt of any color, maybe colorful.
We glue it (if the collar or hat is old and unnecessary) or sew the animal’s needles to the headdress.
We sew needles and other cut-out attributes to the vest on both the front and back sides (almost with a few stitches to make it easier to tear off later and not destroy the paper devices) in a random order and quantity to complete the look.
The hedgehog costume is ready.

There can be a huge number of options for creating such a suit. It all depends on your imagination and the availability of materials. If your baby has a fur vest, then you can use it. And if this vest has a hood, then even better. Then you won’t have to make a separate hat. It is also possible to create hedgehog needles from your child’s hair, securing them in a suitable position using hairspray and gel.

This suit is not bad because it is done very quickly. Even a mother who does not have cutting and sewing skills can manage it. And most importantly, your child will look like a real adorable autumn hedgehog at the party. This costume is suitable not only for preschool children, but also for elementary school students, for example, for a New Year's party at school or for a performance in a theater studio, and also for home use.