Already more than 170 years have passed since the moment when Alexander Dumas first introduced the world his famous novel "Three Musketeers", and modern boys still admire his valiant heroes. Many of them are eagerly awaiting the start of New Year parties to reincarnate in courageous musketeers and feel the romance of the era of kings and dueling. We offer you some ideas how to make a musketeer costume for a boy with your own hands at home. Be sure to use them to realize your son's musketeer dream!
Simple Musketeer costume for the New Year - step by step instruction
This option will literally in an hour sew a real musketeer cloak. Be sure to complement the image with a snow-white shirt, a hat with a feather and a toy sword.
Necessary materials:
- cloth of blue color, the size of 1 m by 50 cm
- thin lace
- gold paint
- glue
- thread
- scissors
Main stages:
- As such, patterns for creating a musketeer cape will not be needed. Just spread the fabric on a flat surface and lace its edges with lace.
On a note! To accelerate the process of framing, you can use hot glue instead of threads.
- Determine the middle of the fabric and cut a circle with a diameter of 15-20 cm. It is important that its size allows the child to freely poke his head. The edges of the neck can be left without framing.
- On the front of the cape, apply a traditional pattern - a cross. Best for this purpose is suitable acrylic paint or golden gouache. Apply it correctly on a previously cut out pattern.
- Cape - ready! It remains to bend one field of the hat and decorate it with a large feather and the New Year's Musketeer costume for the boy is completed.
How to make a musketeer costume with a sword - step by step instruction
In this master class, in addition to making the cape, we will tell you how to make a musketeer's sword with your own hands. This is a very simple method that will help you to save well, and your kid feel like a real hero of the novel Dumas!
Necessary materials:
- a cloth of blue or blue, measuring 1 m by 50 cm
- white fabric, size 50 to 50 cm
- lace
- thread and needle
- thick corton
- glue
- foil
Main stages:
- Let's start with the cape. To do this, we will apply a pattern to the fabric according to the pattern on the photo.
- We connect the sleeves to the base with the help of glue or thread. We will decorate the edges of the cape with lace. In the middle we sew a cross cut from a white fabric.
- From the dense cardboard we will cut out the workpiece of the future sword. Use the template with the photo.
On a note! The hard cardboard from the old box is best for the sword. Also, instead of cardboard, you can use a wooden or plastic frame.
- We connect the two parts and fix them with glue. When the sword dries, let's proceed to its design. To do this, we will spread small sections of glue and wrap them tightly with foil.
- Add to the image of a hat with a wrapped box and New Year's Musketeer suit for a boy - ready!