How to make a Cipollino costume with your own hands

Sometimes before adults there is a problem: for the child it is necessary to make a suit Cipollino! It's very simple to do it with your own hands. Only first you should carefully consider the picture depicting this fairy-tale character.

Clothes for Cipollino

In principle, this fairy-tale character differs from the usual kid only with his head resembling a onion with green leaves on top. The cartoonist "dressed" the hero in long trousers with straps-pomachi and an ordinary shirt. Hence, we do not need to think too much about the choice of clothes for the child, who will portray the hero of the fairy tale Gianni Rodari. Cipollino costume can consist of a boy's everyday clothes, except that you need to sew bright patches on your trousers - the fairy-tale hero lived in a very poor family.

Cap for young onions

So how to make a Cipollino costume? The main attribute of the outfit is the original cap, imitating the onion head with sprouting greens. There are four options for its manufacture.

1. You can tie a cap with a crochet of thick threads - a headpiece, which in shape will resemble a bud or a helmet with a sharp top. The hat will need to be made from yellow or orange yarn, then go to the bright green and untie a few "feathers". Inside them it is recommended to insert a wire or strips of cardboard.
2. If the terms are tightened, then the Cipollino costume can be made with your own hands, using the usual cap of yellow or orange. It is enough simply to fix with a thread on the top of the paper "sultan" green. You can also make "onion greens" from the fabric or crochet.
3. Very nice looks Cipollino costume, made with your own hands, if the hat is sewn from a fabric of yellow and green. The pattern of the lower part of the cap, which is made of a yellow fabric, resembles a bottle with a neck. Such details are required from 4 to 8 pieces - it all depends on the desire of the master and the amount of material. The width of the detail at the bottom is determined by a simple calculation and depends on the size of the boy's head volume and the estimated number of flaps subsequently sewn. To the upper, sharp end of the cap are also sewn green long leaves into which cardboard patterns are inserted.
4. You can glue a cap of colored paper or make it out of white, which you can colorize accordingly. Such a suit Cipollino with their own hands can be done almost without cost. To cut out the details for such a headdress, you need the same way as for a sewn out material - for the same patterns. But it follows at the seams of the gluing to provide protruding triangles. They are coated with glue and strengthened on the wrong side of the product.

Mask for the costume Cipollino

You can do without a hat, using a mask. To make a mask is best made of papier-mâché. To do this, from the salty dough or plasticine you have to fashion a mock-up of the future product on the table. The pieces of the newspaper are glued to the template in a mess, and the first layer is not covered with glue, but simply moistened with water. This is done so that after drying the mask is easily removed from the template. In a dried product, you should carefully cut out the eye holes, the nostrils for breathing, and the mouth opening. From the sides of the mask at eye level, you need to sew or glue the strings.