DIY New Year's tiger costume

Materials

In the list of materials needed to make a tiger costume, first place will, of course, be artificial fur that imitates the color of the animal. You can also use textiles such as plush, fleece or knitwear. The main condition is that the suit made from the chosen material looks as believable and recognizable as possible.

If the material does not have the required pattern in the form of characteristic stripes, you can make them yourself. The first option is applique, the second is embroidery, the third is painting with fabric paints. Depending on the chosen decoration method, you will have to additionally prepare non-fraying material for applique (for example, soft felt or soft natural or artificial leather), threads for embroidery and paint (batik, acrylic) and a brush.

Rey from the new Star Wars trilogy

thisisladyland.com
Rey's Star Wars costume can be made without thread or glue. The main thing is to find the right things:

white or gray T-shirt;
gray pants;
brown leather belt;
gray wool tights;
black boots;
long gray scarf.

thisisladyland.com
You can make arm ruffles from tights, and a cape from a scarf. Just throw it around your neck, cross it over your chest and leave the ends to fall freely, securing it at the waist with a belt.

You can complement the costume with a Jedi sword or BB-8 made of papier-mâché.

Complete set of suit

A tiger costume can consist of different clothing items that can be combined together or used as a separate item. For example, it could be a full-length jumpsuit, with a tail and a hood, on which you can design the face and ears of a tiger.

Or another option, simpler - overalls (or just trousers) with a tail sewn on and a mask or cap for the head. Additionally, you can use mittens in the shape of soft tiger paws.

Where to get a pattern for a costume and mask

You can create a pattern for a tiger costume yourself using any design method, and it will be based on a clothing pattern (for example, a jumpsuit and a hood, or a hat), but this will take quite a lot of time.

You can copy elements from a ready-made suit (for example, borrowed from a friend for a few days). Of course, to copy parts of the costume you will have to sit a little, but it will be a little faster than creating a pattern from scratch.

You can also purchase patterns online. Currently, there are many websites and online stores specializing in the sale of ready-made clothing patterns and accessories. This option will require minimal time investment. Plus, ready-made patterns usually come with a list of all the necessary materials and the manufacturing sequence, which, of course, helps to sew a suit much faster than if you had to figure everything out yourself, especially if you have very little experience in sewing.

DIY tiger cub costume for a baby (for kindergarten)

It is best to sew a tiger cub costume for a baby from materials with high hygienic and hygroscopic properties that do not cause allergic reactions and provide maximum comfort during operation. This could be, for example, a cotton jersey or thicker types of knitwear.

They can also be used for finishing (stripes, ears, cheeks, etc.), since this material does not crumble. In such a suit, the child will be comfortable, not hot, and at the same time he will look smart.

Another excellent material, although with lower hygienic properties, is plush. It is extremely soft, delicate and very beautiful. The baby simply won’t want to take off such a suit.

As for the design of the costume, if possible, it should be easy to put on and take off, because it is intended for a small child. Otherwise, everything depends on the technical capabilities and skills of the needlewoman who will make this costume.

Wizard

fairfieldworld.com, lets-explore.net
If your child loves Harry Potter films, you can make him a Hogwarts student robe. To do this, take:

a piece of black fabric;
a piece of fabric in the color of your favorite faculty;
cardboard for the faculty badge;
tie or scarf in the colors of the faculty.

The gallery below shows the basic steps for making a mantle. The fabric of the outer layer of the robe should be black, and the color of the lining depends on the faculty.

thespruce.com

Sew the faculty badge to the robe. You can cut it out of paper or order it, for example, at the Crafts Fair. You can also complement the outfit with a striped tie or scarf from Gryffindor or another house. Both can be bought for 400–700 rubles.

Using approximately the same scheme, you can make a wizard's robe with stars. For it you will need:

a piece of blue fabric;
shiny yellow fabric or golden wrapping paper for stars;
hard felt for the cap;
Magic wand.

Sew the wizard's robe according to the pattern shown above, but without the front slit and lining. Sew or glue stars on top in random order.

Cut two triangles of the required length from hard blue felt and sew them together, glue on the stars and crescents, as on the mantle. Also, the cap can be made from a sheet of blue cardboard with stars from gold wrapping paper. And don't forget about the magic wand!

DIY tiger costume for a school party

A tiger costume for older children can be made from any available materials, without regard to hygienic properties, and be more complex in design. And if you don’t have time to sew a full-fledged masquerade outfit, you can get out of the situation by adding a few characteristic elements to your existing clothes. For example, you can sew a tail to any overalls (trousers, yukka, etc.), wear an orange turtleneck, and in addition, sew a mask or hat with ears.

Body painting will also help to give the New Year's image a complete and harmonious look - a drawing of a tiger's face on the child's face, made with special paints, as well as gloves or textile mittens and a shirtfront made of white fur (the "breast" of a tiger). The choice of image in this case will depend not only on the capabilities and skills of the craftswoman, but also on the individual wishes of the little “tiger cub”, because this will not just be a carnival costume, in it he will appear before his peers at school, and therefore everything in his outfit must be he likes it.

Uncover

Download and print the pattern. Lay out the parts on sheets according to the proposed diagram or at your discretion.

From orange felt:

1 mask base piece A;
2 glove upper parts I.

From white felt:

1 nose and cheek detail H;
2 parts D in mirror image;
2 palm parts, 10x15 cm.

From black felt:

2 parts B in mirror image;
2 parts C in mirror image;
2 K parts in mirror image;
2 parts G in mirror image;
2 J parts;
one part each E and F.
8 “fingers” (2 pieces L, M, N, O), they can be cut quite arbitrarily, focusing on the size of the pattern;
4 rectangles 10x4-4.5 cm, cut random strips on one of the long sides, 1 cm of solid felt should remain on the other side.

How to make a tiger costume for an adult

Sometimes it may be necessary to dress up an adult as a tiger, for example, for a carnival or a themed party. Then you can do exactly the same as with a costume for a child, i.e., choose a costume pattern, prepare all the necessary materials and tools, and sew the costume yourself.

Or you can save time and add some elements responsible for the “tiger” look and add them to existing traditional clothing (attach a tail, put on a headband or a hat with ears, etc.).

In a word, sewing a New Year's tiger costume is a very exciting and interesting activity. You can even do it with your children, and it will be just as fun as having fun on New Year’s holidays in your brand new tiger costume.

Carnival outfit from the category “representatives of flora”

Taking vegetables, fruits or berries as a prototype, you can make very beautiful New Year's costumes for boys. These can be Tomato, Cucumber, Radish, Pea, Banana, Peach, Mushroom and others.

Even the most inexperienced dressmaker will be able to sew one that will depict a Peach or Strawberry. To create volume, the outfit itself is made in the shape of a ball. It’s very easy to draw patterns for New Year’s costumes for a boy from the “vegetables, fruits, berries” category. This is a rectangle, one side of which is equal to the circumference at waist level, and the other to the height.

Having cut out the desired shape to size, the fabric is sewn together, folded face inward so as to form a “pipe”. Several darts can be made along the top and bottom of this part. Then both edges are hemmed, making drawstrings into which the laces are inserted.

To ensure that the roundness does not lose its shape, you can put padding polyester, foam rubber or inflated balloons inside. Some craftsmen prefer to quilt the fabric from which the suit is made in advance using synthetic padding polyester, or then it is not necessary to put filler inside.

Additionally, for some outfits you will need to make hats or hoods. Other suits can be decorated with green collars that will imitate the sepals of berries.