How to sew a monkey fancy dress with your own hands? I'm telling.
The easiest and most convenient way is to sew the missing elements of the monkey image onto a brown suit. For example, sew a beige fleece oval "tummy" on a children's sweatshirt with a hood, and small fur ears on the hood itself.
This version of the costume is ideal for the little ones. But you don’t need to overdo it with the size of the ears, otherwise you get a Cheburashka costume.
Older children and even adults can embroider a monkey face on the hood. To do this, you will need pieces of beige and white fleece, as well as black threads.
For boys, a baggy jumpsuit is best for creating a monkey costume. Although a brown velor suit with a beanie also looks very fun.
You can sew a monkey costume for a boy according to any pattern of a wide jumpsuit or sweater with pants. The main thing is to find the right fabric and the right color. How to make a monkey hat, I'll tell you a little later.
To create a monkey costume for a girl, it is enough to choose a brown skirt and golf to match, a fleecy vest and the same brown tights. The image of a monkey can also be created using a brown dress or vest, shorts and a mask.
And if we have a circus monkey, any fluffy short dress with sparkles will do.
For greater realism of the image, you can sew fur leggings. This is very simple and is made from two rectangular pieces of fabric. The only thing - you need to make sure that the leggings do not sting and do not move off your feet during an active children's holiday. The elastic at the top of the leggings is just what you need.
Homemade ears made of cardboard, covered with fabric, are perfectly attached to the hoop.
And the tail is completely a matter of technology: a long piece of wire must be tightly wrapped in foam rubber, secured with elastic bands for banknotes, inserted into a stocking and twisted. It's cool if you wrap all this on top with a narrow fur "cover". A belt for fastening at the waist can be made from the same stocking (fur) or a children's belt.
For the restless and active - a practical trouser version of the New Year's monkey costume and a tail-rope with fastening on the arm. Instead of a monkey mask, you can sew a cute hat and complement the look with a cropped blouse.
Below are patterns for such a cute monkey suit:
Pattern of a blouse for a monkey costume
To sew such a blouse, you will need a fluffy or fleecy fabric (to create the effect of wool). The jacket is put on (sewn) on a T-shirt or golf. It is good if their color differs by several tones.
Cap pattern for a monkey costume
The monkey cap will consist of three parts: two sides and a top strip. The latter should be about 7 cm. The sides must be tried on on the head, otherwise they may not frame the face well.
Don't forget to make slits on the cap for the ears.
The cap can be replaced with a New Year's mask.
Monkey ear pattern
The size of the ears depends on the size of the head. But the approximate diameter is 7 cm.
You can wear sandals, dark moccasins or Czechs on your feet. But the most creative will definitely make overlays in the form of monkey paws.
New Year's monkey costume is ready! And now we grab a banana and jump to the holiday!
Interesting Facts about monkey costumes:
The most popular monkey costume for men is definitely KING KONG.
For a woman, this is the legendary monkey Chita - Tarzan's girlfriend.
100 New Year's and Masquerade Monkey Costume Ideas for Adults
Online collection of masquerade (New Year's) costumes for an adult
Traditionally, a masquerade or New Year's monkey costume is more suitable for a man, because it is not quite comme il faut for a woman to be a monkey. But in our collection there are very glamorous options for the female monkey costume. And here we should not be surprised, because in the well-known animated, cinematic, fairy-tale characters there are more female characters than male ones.
The easiest way to make a monkey fancy dress with your own hands is to sew the missing elements onto the jumpsuit. The main distinguishing features of the monkey genus are semicircular large ears and a long tail twisted into a bagel. All other details: a red back, fluffy cuffs, an oval breast or a baked belly are needed if you want to accentuate a humorous moment in your costume. Also, for a more dynamic dramaturgy, you can add coconuts, bananas, palm branches, a dummy grenade, a stick, oranges and more to the monkey costume ...
For authenticity and theatricality, add the appropriate make-up to the costume, hem foam pads in certain places in front and behind for shape and bulge. Pick up gloves and shoes. Gloves and shoes can be covered with faux fur or plush to make them look more like paws.
Very often in the women's wardrobe you can find an old fur coat, which, in our monkey costume, can pass for a skin.
Ears can be sewn onto a hat or hoop, and the tail can be wired to keep it bouncy by tying the wire to a belt to be worn under the costume.
When creating a monkey costume, do not forget to use your creativity, imagination and creativity.
Happy Holidays!
Thank you for your attention!
Interesting Facts about monkey costumes:
Monkeys always settle in groups, so it will be harmonious if you come to the party in a monkey costume and not alone.
A monkey's tail is a powerful tool. Some species of monkeys on the tail easily support their own weight.
Therefore, in a monkey costume, pay special attention to the tail!
The costume of the symbol of the year, outgoing or coming, is the best option for a carnival action near the Christmas tree. Undoubtedly, this character will be relevant at the New Year holiday, because more and more often all theatrical performances are devoted to stories that are somehow connected with the symbol of the year. Therefore, the monkey costume at the carnival masquerade is the best solution.
Today, a lot of masquerade dresses are on sale, but if you want to emphasize individuality and be sure that such an outfit will be unique and inimitable, then you should arm yourself with sewing supplies and sew a New Year's monkey costume yourself. What’s more, the process is so easy! And the description of how to create a monkey costume, presented in this article, will help you understand the main stages of work and will be a good guide to making a beautiful outfit for boys and girls.
How to create an image?
First of all, the main details should be determined. The monkey costume must have a long tail and ears. And elements such as a muzzle on a hat, a bunch of bananas and appropriate makeup can already be attributed to accessories and additional details.
For a boy, it may consist of pants and a sweater or overalls. But girls can play up the image a little differently by using a beautiful tutu skirt, gloves on their hands and even a hat on their heads. One has only to dream a little and transfer all the conceived details of the costume to paper by drawing a small sketch. This will help you navigate the stages of work in the process of creating an order.
Pants and T-shirt: a quick way to cut
It should be noted right away that for an outfit it is best to give preference to knitted fabrics that stretch well. This will ensure a comfortable fit. You can sew a monkey costume with your own hands from fabrics such as velor, velvet, diving, terry or fleece. Naturally, the color must be taken brown.
To create a pattern of pants and a T-shirt or overalls, it is not at all necessary to bother yourself with taking measurements, complex calculations and creating drawings. It is enough to take things corresponding to the size in the child’s wardrobe, turn them inside out, lay them out on film or paper and circle them, straightening the cut details along the main seams. The only thing you need is to measure the distance from the shoulder to the waist. And then such a need will appear only if the panties and T-shirt are combined at the waist to create a jumpsuit template.
Otherwise, everything is quite simple:
- cut patterns;
- transfer to fabric
- cut out taking into account seam allowances;
- sew a costume by assembling the details into a single piece.
It should be noted that the tail will need to be sewn into the middle seam of the panties or overalls in the appropriate place. For a playful look, you can beat the character's ass and tummy by sewing round patches on them.
It remains only to complement the image with a tie or bow tie. You can also beat details such as gloves in the form of paws, which will greatly please the child and his friends at the matinee, when you need to gracefully dance for Santa Claus near the Christmas tree.
Tutu skirt for girls
For a girl, a monkey lady will become a win-win. Elastic waist, strips of tulle 10 cm wide and twice the length of the skirt will quickly turn into a chic skirt. To do this, you just need to tie the fabric on an elastic band. You can also complement the outfit with brown knit leggings and gloves. The tail should be attached to the elastic of the skirt and brought out between the elements of the tutu skirt.
The monkey carnival costume must be cheerful and elegant. And perhaps you can't do without bright beads around your neck. This little detail can instantly transform the whole outfit.
It should be noted that the combination of colors is one of the important points. Since leggings, gloves and a T-shirt should be brown, it is better to choose orange, yellow, green, red or pink for a skirt. Although the rainbow skirt option is also good!
How to make ears?
What is a monkey suit without ears? This is one of the most important details that makes the image recognizable. Making them is quite easy. For manufacturing, you will need cardboard and fabric in brown and beige or pink. It is better to make the ears large enough, but you should not get carried away, as Cheburashka will immediately appear. So, two semicircles are cut out of cardboard, after the template is transferred to the fabric and four parts are cut out: two from dark matter, two from light. In this case, an allowance for seams of 1 cm should be given along the contour of the elements. Next, the fabric parts are folded face inward and sewn together. When a semicircle cut remains, the product is turned inside out, cardboard is inserted and carefully sewn up, tucking the cuts inward.
Such ears can be glued to a headband, a hat sewn from two semicircles, according to the volume of the child's head, or glued to the hood. For girls, the option with attaching the ears to the hair clips is suitable.
How to make a tail?
The tail is one of the easiest elements to perform. For him, 10 cm are cut out of the fabric, folded face inward, a line is laid and turned inside out. A knot can be tied at one edge, and the second edge is sewn into pants or attached to the elastic of a skirt.
Fun accessories for the perfect look
New Year's monkey costume can be made quite spectacular. A bunch of bananas sewn from yellow fleece at the waist, a necklace made from textile slices of oranges or whole tangerines will add a cheerful touch to the look. To create such details, fleece or felt is suitable. Both material can be glued with a hot gun and not suffer with sewing on small elements.
A butterfly on the neck of a monkey boy will make an interesting gentleman out of the character. Continuing the idea, you can make a cane and a cylinder hat on the head, as well as white cuffs on the sleeves, which will go well with large paw gloves. These items are best sewn from fleece.
Girls will definitely love the idea of a wig with long hair, which, combined with protruding ears, will look so cute that you won’t be able to take your eyes off the little one. Such a monkey costume will definitely stand out from the general mass of children and will please not only the child, but also those around him.
To have a fun coming year, you need to meet it with fun, so down with casual clothes, cheers for festive outfits and carnival costumes! For children, a monkey costume for the New Year is perfect - we offer you instructions and a pattern.
The costume that we will consider today is, if you look at it, just a children's poncho with a hood, where monkey ears are sewn on. Not without nuances, of course, but in general the idea is as follows.
Half the success is choosing the right colors. For a monkey costume, they will need monkey ones, that is, brown for fur, beige for the abdomen and the inside of the ears. It is better to take a synthetic fabric, because it is easier to wash, and this is especially important for a children's holiday costume: there is no joy in standing still and being afraid to play and eating goodies so as not to get dirty. Fleece is best, it is fleecy, so the monkey will turn out fluffy, as expected, in addition, the color of the fleece can be absolutely any. This is a rather warm material, but the suit has such a cut that it will be well ventilated, and the child should not be hot even indoors.
To sew this cute monkey costume for the New Year, you will need, in fact, only:
fleece in two colors;
some cardboard;
button fastening.
And your dexterous hands, of course.
Poncho
The basis of the costume is a poncho. A baby poncho pattern is easy to find in books, magazines or online. Here you need to pay attention that ponchos come with sleeves and without them, with openings for hands along the side seam and without them. Which style to choose for a monkey costume for the New Year is only a matter of your preferences, it will look good and monkey-like in any case.
Here you need to consider:
1. Where will the child wear this costume? If in a warm room, then in a poncho with sleeves, he can get hot. If the place is cooler, then you can make sleeves, and a trim, and hem the lining.
2. Will you make panties from the same material for the suit? If so, then the poncho can be shorter, up to tassels long.
3. If the pants or skirt are separate, not very suitable, then it is better to cut the poncho more authentic so that it hides details that distract from the image, and then make openings for the arms on the sides in it.
The poncho should not swing open in front, only diverge a little at the collar, where the clasp is. In front you need to sew an oval belly made of beige fleece. It is better to take a button for a fastener not catchy, under the main brown color.
So, we have a poncho, and this is exactly half of the monkey costume for the New Year. Let's get to the second half.
Hood
Ears make a monkey a monkey first of all, we will deal with them. Children's ponchos are most often thought of already with a hood, so you can sew it according to the same pattern that you used, and simply insert the ears into the cuts made on the sides. And you can tailor the hood in a tricky way: make the side parts not whole, but sew them from two. If your pattern is different, then you can redo it yourself by simply continuing the line of the bottom tuck and cutting the part along it. When you sew the sidewall, just insert the monkey ears between the halves.
There is another option: if your hood is not made of two parts, but of three (two sidewalls and an insert between them), then the sidewall can be cut from above and insert the ear there. If you choose the right width of the insert, then the ears will be just on the sides of the head. For clarity, see the diagram.
The ears themselves for a monkey costume for the New Year are easy to make: they are round, brown on the outside, beige on the inside. It is necessary to sew round (not forgetting about the seam allowance where the ears will be inserted into the hood) details of different colors, turn it inside out - and you're done. So that they do not hang, but provocatively stick out, you can lightly stuff them with soft material (for example, synthetic winterizer) - but only slightly so that they do not turn out too fleshy. Or, put a cardboard cut out in shape inside, glue it lightly so that it does not go inside the ear. In order for the ears not to be completely flat, but to take on some shape, you can lay a fold in front.
Now it remains to sew together a poncho and a hood - and it's in the bag! Almost.
Additional accessories
If you want the costume to be complete, you can also sew pants from the same fleece as the rest of the outfit. But we must keep in mind that if the poncho is loose and ventilated clothing, then the pants are not. Fleece pants will quickly get your baby hot, so think about dressing them up in fluffy fleece from head to toe. Pants can be picked up ordinary, by color, it will be both cheaper and more comfortable. If you made a sleeveless poncho with openings for the arms, then it is also better to choose a T-shirt with a sleeve or a turtleneck to match.
What else can complement the monkey costume?
Fluffy brown gloves or mittens;
-banana in hands (and the child himself to eat, and treat friends);
Of course, the tail! It can be sewn from the leftover brown fleece and pinned or basted to your pants, or if you sew them yourself, then sewn into the back seam.
I hope you enjoy making this costume and your child enjoys wearing it.
Happy Holidays!
The monkey costume can serve a variety of purposes. For example, in kindergarten, you need to dress up your child in a little monkey costume, which will undoubtedly please the baby. Or for a teenager who goes to a youth themed party and needs to appear in the form of a monkey. Moreover, the year 2016 is approaching, which means that the New Year's monkey costume will be especially popular during the New Year holidays. But for this you absolutely do not need to buy a costume for a huge price, because you can make it yourself at home.
How to make a baby monkey costume
To make a costume, you will need the following materials:
- fabric (brown and beige);
- synthetic winterizer;
The following tools may come in handy to assist in the manufacture:
- threads and needles;
- pins;
- sewing machine;
- scissors.
It is necessary to cut out a jumpsuit from a brown fabric (or separately a blouse and trousers, see how to sew) and sew its parts. Next, cut an oval from the beige fabric and sew it to the front. This will be our monkey's tummy. To make a hat, you will need any pattern of a hat with ears, you can find it in the public domain on the Internet. The hat and ears should also be cut out of brown fabric, sewn, and the ears should be stuffed with padding polyester and sew round inserts of beige fabric on them. Don't forget the tail! Cut a strip of fabric of the desired length and width, sew along like a belt and fill it with padding polyester. It remains to sew on the tail and the monkey costume is completely ready. Under the suit, it is best to wear an elegant shirt or blouse. Additionally, you can sew a banana from yellow fabric and stuff it with padding polyester, or give your child a real banana.
If time is running out, or there are no extra funds to buy fabric, and the suit is needed urgently, you can practically not sew or buy anything, but get by with the things that are in the house. To do this, you need to pick up dark brown pants, the same blouse with a hood. Ears should be sewn to the hood, which can be cut out of felt or fleece. If there was no sweatshirt with a hood in the wardrobe, you can sew a hat with ears or sew ears to a finished brown hat. It remains to sew the tail to the panties, how to sew it - see above.
How to make a monkey costume for schoolchildren
In order to sew a monkey costume for school-age children, you will need more fabric. Therefore, you can not sew a jumpsuit, but sew a vest with shorts or breeches.
Here are the approximate details of the pattern for sewing a monkey costume:
As you can see, there is nothing complicated, simple and practically without silhouette lines. You can build their patterns by clicking on the links.
For a vest and shorts, you will need faux fur material or any other material resembling a real monkey fur coat. You can buy fleece, which is more economical in price. Next, you should cut out the details according to standard patterns or circle the usual things of the child with chalk, and then sew. Two parts of the costume are ready. The most difficult part of the costume is the tail. We sew it like a regular belt and sew it to the shorts. In order for the ponytail to look more realistic, it should be based on wire and a little synthetic winterizer. The cap is the lightest part of the costume. As a basis, you can take a simple six-blade panama hat and sew ears to it. Additionally, the headdress can be decorated with a spout, eyes, mouth. The mouth and nose can be made of fabric, you can use such a felt monkey. The eyes are made from buttons, but you can take them from an old soft toy, or borrow them for a while. Sew or glue them back is not difficult. Under the vest, be sure to wear a white T-shirt or shirt. Now the monkey costume for school children is ready.
Monkey costume for teenagers and youth
Making a monkey costume for teenagers or adults is the most difficult, as they are large. Sewing a full costume can be replaced by the image of a monkey with small elements of the costume. Wear a T-shirt or T-shirt in black or white with dark shorts, girls can wear a skirt and use the basic elements of a monkey costume. For example, sew on a tail, attach ears to a cap, or put on a monkey mask. It will take much less time and will cost several times cheaper. But still, if you decide to plunge into the fantasy world, then you can make a monkey costume. A set of tools and materials for manufacturing is standard. Using scissors, cut out the details of the jacket and trousers from the fabric of your choice according to the patterns prepared in advance. Patterns can be built on your own or redrawn from old clothes, and then adjusted by trying on the figure. Next, sew the resulting parts and, if you wish, add a tail, ears, eyes and the rest. How to decorate the costume is up to you.
Above were listed several original ideas for making a monkey costume for people of different ages. All of them will require some effort and money from you. But this is nothing compared to when you see a happy child in a costume made by you, and not bought in a store.
