How to make a bunny suit with your own hands?

Different costumes for Halloween, matinees, themed holidays are sold in many stores. But to surprise your friends and appear before them in an exclusive suit, you can make a dress yourself. Costume rabbits can be created from improvised materials. It is very easy to make it. This suit is suitable for both children and adults. This article will discuss how to make a great outfit handmade.

Material for work

A bright bunny is one of the most beloved children's heroes. Young children will gladly wear such a wonderful outfit. The costume of a rabbit for a girl is best created from pink material, for a boy - from blue. Use of white, black and gray shades is allowed. Recommended use of natural fabrics, since synthetics do not let oxygen pass. In an artificial suit the child will feel bad. It is allowed to decorate a dress with fur, plush, fleece, felt or velor. A fluffy pompon is used for a fluffy tail. For your ears you need a small piece of fabric to decorate from light crepe satin or satin.

List of required subjects

To create a bunny suit with your own hands, you will need:

• Thick cardboard;
• wire;
• Ties or laces;
• Decorative eyes and nose;
• scissors;
• Ruler;
• glue;
• iron;
• sewing machine;
• Needle and thread;
• Foam rubber or batting;
• paints;
• elastic;
• Bezel;
• lightning.

Creative process

The chosen workplace should be well lit. The surface must be level. When making a dress, it is better to use the child. So the process will be much more exciting. The baby will have a craving for creativity. The child will know that he performed the exclusive, festive or New Year costume of the bunny himself. In this case, young children develop a small motor skills. She is responsible for speech, behavior and thinking. Children with whom parents are engaged in creativity, develop much faster than their peers. In a suit made by own hands, the kid will feel much more confident and joyful.

Creating Bunny Ears

It is necessary to cut out one detail from a light shiny material that will serve as the decor of the ears. Then, two pieces of dense fabric are cut out - nonwoven, plush, artificial fur. The length of the ears should be 30 cm, width - 10. We make a small rounding at the top. At the bottom of the ears narrow, leaving a width of 6-7 cm. This edge will be sewn to the cap. We must not forget that it is necessary to leave 1-1,5 cm of allowance for seams. Two parts of dense matter are sewn together and ironed. At their edge, a wire is inserted, thanks to which the ears can be bent into the required position.

With the help of a wire they can become vertical, bent downwards or in different directions. Thanks to these ears, the bunny suit will be unique and unusual. Then the material is turned out on the front side. Inside is placed cardboard. A fabric for decor is sewn on top of a dense fabric. Everything is ironed by iron. The bottom of the ears is bent 0.5 cm to the wrong side. Through the resulting holes a rim is passed. Unobtrusive stitches of the ears are attached to the rim.

Bunny cap

To create a bunny suit, you need a hat, on which the ears are sewn. The hat is made of 4 wedges. It is necessary to measure the circumference of the head. The bottom of one wedge is calculated by the formula: (Head girth + 1) / 4 = AB. The segment is bent in half. It will be equal to the length of the cap. A perpendicular segment of the SD is constructed. It must be equal to the length of AB. Then the points AS, and also the VS are connected. The resulting segments are divided into 3 symmetrical parts. Then at these points it is necessary to put perpendiculars. The lower perpendiculars will be 1.3 cm, the upper ones - 1.6 cm. The pattern is connected by a smooth curve. Model 4 wedges are cut out. It is necessary to leave the allowance for seams equal to 1-1.5 cm.

The wedges are joined together, stitching on the sewing machine, turning out on the front side. The ears are sewn into opposite seams. Do not need separate holes for the rim. It is best to place the bezel 3 cm from the center. Then a strip of dense material is cut out. In width it should be equal to 3-5 cm. The length depends on the circumference of the head. It is measured along the circumference of the cap. To the circumference add 4 cm to the allowance. The strip is folded in half and sewn to the bottom of the product. It is important that the bezel is between the two layers of the strip. On the inside, the elastic band is sewn, which should be 2-3 cm shorter than the head circumference. To the edges of the cap, you can sew ribbons, laces, or ties.

Tailoring of overalls

Carnival costume "Bunny" can consist of a sweatshirt and shorts or from overalls. In the first variant, you can use ready-made things. The second option is the most difficult. Outfit from overalls seems much more effective. To create a costume, you need to measure a person's height from shoulder to floor, waist circumference, length of legs, arms, width of back. It is necessary that the overalls sit freely. Therefore, the allowances are left more than 10 cm. The patterns of the shelf and backrest must be identical. It will take 2 shelves, 1 backrest with fold, 2 sleeves, 2 front halves, 2 rear half of the trousers. All cut out products are ironed with a hot iron. Shoulder stitches are performed on the overlock. The neck and sides must be treated with an oblique bake. The rear half of the pants are grinded by 10-20 cm.

All remaining allowances are carefully ironed. The back half of the pants are sewn to the back. Then, the sleeves are cut off. All products are neatly sewn on the sewing machine. The outfit turns out on the front side. To suit the bunny was the most convenient, in the middle of sewing a zipper. Recommend the use of iron lightning, as plastic quickly break down. On the chest must be tucks. If they are not available, then the outfit will be uncomfortable. The bottom of the trousers must be cut in order to fit the edges of the pants into the shoes. The edges of the sleeves and trousers can be treated with a narrowed over-edge seam.

Making carrots

Various accessories perfectly complement the hare suit. There are many photos and videos for creating accessories. The easiest way is to make a carrot from foam rubber. Create a shape and cut out the contour with sharp scissors. Upward sew a thin material of emerald color. Carrots themselves paint with carrots. It is necessary to choose paints from natural components. They do not affect human health. The use of food colors diluted in water is allowed. Such paint does not harm and when wet does not stain the fabric. The most difficult way is to make a carrot in a pattern. Cut 2 triangular shapes. They sew and turn out on the front side. Empty space is filled with batting. The wide edge is sewn by hand. To it fasten scraps of a tissue of a green shade.

Costume decoration

To the cap of the bunny, you can glue ready eyes and a spout. They will give the costume an effect of decorative and unusual. The costume of a rabbit for a boy can be decorated with blue ribbons, sewn carrots, shiny rhinestones, beads. The girly costume is decorated with bows, artificial pearls, pink ribbons, gold appliqués. New-year clothes are decorated with tinsel. Suits for adults can be left in its original form. They are complemented only by exclusive shoes. The most important thing to decorate a costume is a tail. It is made from a pompon, a piece of artificial or natural fur.