Lion is the king of beasts, and without his participation is rareThere are sketches about animals and school performances. Your child got a similar role or decided to reincarnate as a noble predator of his own choice? Great, you just need to prepare a lion costume.
Master predator "skin"
As the base clothing for this masqueradesuit any single-color things in the yellow-orange range of available in the wardrobe. Well, if the top and bottom are about the same shade. You can choose any color, from light sand to brown, and the shades of red are suitable. An excellent lion costume will be obtained if as a basis you will take a overall or hoody sweatshirt. If you make an outfit for a girl, you can choose a dress or a skirt and a turtleneck of the right color.
The main thing is the mane
The most interesting element of the costume is the lion's mane.A simple option for women's attire - the semicircular ears on the rim to match the basic clothing. If you make a lion suit for a boy, you cannot do without a lush mane. Take the pieces of fur, fit the edge of the old jacket or hat. The selected material can be sewn on the hood of a sweatshirt or make a fur bandage. To make it, you will need a small piece of elastic fabric, which we sew into a ring to fit the head. Next, on the resulting blank sew or glue the fur. You can also make ears - from pieces of felt or similar fabric it is necessary to carve out two semicircles and attach them to a bandage-basis, decorating the joints of materials with fur. The lion costume will turn out to be no worse if the mane is made of fabric or yarn. In this case, you need to cut the material into identical strips along the length and sheathe the bandage with them so that the ends of the fringe spread out.
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An interesting option to complement the costume of the king of beasts- bracelets on the hands, made in the same technique as the mane. You can also make a tail, to make it, take a fairly wide strip of fabric in tune with the pants or skirt, sew one edge and turn it out. Then sew a brush made of the same material as the mane. The finished tail can be sewn to clothes or made removable on the elastic-belt. The lion costume can be made more interesting if you put makeup on your face. You can simply outline the nose and mustache, or paint the entire face the color of the clothes, highlighting the eyes and mouth area. We bring to your attention interesting photos for inspiration and wish you creative success in creating fancy dresses!
