The cat's costume is an invariable attribute of many festivals and costumed shows

Holding most of the holidays for children is accompanied by a masquerade. Often the heroes of such events are animals. It is often necessary to look for parents a cat costume, which is a participant of many fairy tales, both for the youngest and for grown-up children. Often there is very little time for these searches. Of course, today you can buy any theatrical costume, but more often their quality leaves much to be desired, and many can not afford decent copies, and it's a pity to leave such sums for the sake of a dress that will come in handy once.

Carnival costume cat can be made in the home, you need only a little time, patience and imagination. Of course, for this outfit will be mandatory mustache, ears and tail. With the first all very simple, they will only need a cosmetic pencil. A little art of body art - and a luxurious mustache is ready.

Ears are made from any suitable material. The same rim surrounds the hairband. A wonderful cat's decoration is ready. From the same fabric, you can cut a tail, and to give it expressiveness, it can be made "volumetric", stuffing it with cotton. But that part of the outfit to which it is attached can be different.

Cat costume for a child at home - beautiful, fast and inexpensive

The basis of the attire can be made a T-shirt with long sleeves or body, as well as leggings or leggings. They must be combined with the color of the part to be made with your own hands.

The tail, which has already been mentioned above, can be sewn to:

• Skirt (sun-flare, bell);
• Shorts;
• Capri pants;
• Overalls.

For girls, the ideal option will be a skirt, which will give an image of plasticity and grace, so characteristic of a cat.

Sewing any of the above things is quite simple, because they mean a free cut. As a template, you can use similar things of the child, and the presence of a lining is optional.

In the event that the time is short, a cat's costume, consisting of ears and skirts or shorts with a tail, will be a necessary and sufficient minimum. Well, if possible, the outfit can be modified and made more interesting with the help of additional accessories.

Handles can be decorated with armlets (a rectangle is cut out, stitched along, then elastic bands are sewn into the edges) or mittens.

For the legs, you can make similar to the armlets attributes, if the base part of the costume is a skirt or shorts. They look very impressive.

If you have the courage, it is possible to master the bolero sewing, which will perfectly complement the cat's costume, having cut it on the copy available in the wardrobe of the baby. In case of his absence, a jacket or T-shirt will come to the rescue. When making such an accessory is problematic, you can use a piece of oval-shaped material that is sewn to a T-shirt bought for a suit, imitating a fluffy animal's breast. You can do it from a fabric whose color will contrast with the rest of the elements.

Of course, sometimes suits are offered in the form of integrated overalls, which look quite impressive. The only drawback of this outfit is that it can be too hot.

Cat Costume for Adults

Depending on what image you want to create, you can come up with a variety of varieties of this outfit. The ideas described for children's costumes are quite applicable when making them for adults. More attention will have to be given to make-up, because there is not a good outfit, expressiveness is attached to the image of the person.

And of course, note to the needlewoman you can take the idea of the costumes of the heroes of the musical "Cats", as an entire army of specialists worked on them.