How to make a costume of iron man, spider man, bill cypher - simple ideas and complex costumes from improvised materials

Neither in the nursery, kindergarten, nor school, no matinee does not do without a solemn or festive event. Before parents immediately face the question - how to dress up your favorite child, how to make an unusual, original costume that will long be remembered by all present?

Parents need not worry. Making an exclusive outfit will not require money, because in any home will be found:

  • old shirts;
  • cardboard boxes;
  • duct tape;
  • plastic bottles;
  • duct tape, paints and brushes.

Choosing the image

It is not necessary for the household to puzzle over what kind of hero costume to make. The child himself will say in what image he is going to appear in front of his friends. Parents just need to be prepared for the fact that it can be the most unusual character:

  • pirate;
  • vampire;
  • Batman, etc.

Popular Characters

Familiarity with comic books, watching endless series about superheroes - the main entertainment of modern boys. So it should not be surprising that they ask their parents to buy or make costumes:

  • Spider-Man;
  • Iron Man;
  • Bill Cipher.

Who are these superhumans struck the imagination of our children?

A little history

Tony Stark is the real name of Iron Man, a character created by writer Stan Lee, artists Don Heck and Jacob Kirby, and screenwriter Larry Lieber. First appeared in a comic book in the early 1960s.

He is an ingenious inventor who suffers from a wound suffered in captivity and therefore creates extraordinary armor. In his costume, he tries to protect the world from universal evil.

An ancient omnipotent demon, Bill the Cipher, lives in a parallel dimension and tries to penetrate into the world of humans. This is one of the characters in the cartoon series, authored by Alex Hirsch. He possesses unusual abilities:

  • teleportation;
  • clairvoyance;
  • cross-dimensional consciousness.

A teenage superhero fighting criminals, he has become extremely popular since his first appearance in the pages of a comic book in 1962. Thanks to his ability to hold his own on steep surfaces, he earned the nickname Spider-Man, and won the love of children around the world.

The attire of Iron Man

Costumes of the noble fighter against evil can be very diverse. The answer to the question of what to make an iron man costume is very simple - the most common materials will do. The answer to the question of how and what to make the costume of the iron man is very simple - the most common materials will do:

  • T-shirt (shirt), red pants;
  • Paints (red and black);
  • Cardboard or a sheet of heavy Watman paper;
  • flashlight.

How to proceed

Find a picture of the Iron Man costume on the internet and have it in front of you when making the costume:

  1. We put the T-shirt with the front side on the table.
  2. With black fabric paint, draw stripes on the red shirt. Paint the joints of the armor elements. Try to make the drawing look as believable as possible.
  3. Allow time for the paint to soak into the fabric, and when it is completely dry, go over the black lines with an iron, "stamping" them into the future costume.
  4. There are yellow elements in the Iron Man costume. Such "details" are on the arms and legs. In the right places, apply yellow lines, and then repeat the same procedure that you did with the black paint.
  5. When the front side of Tony Stark's outfit is ready, turn the workpiece over and do a similar job with the back side of the "costume".
  6. Now it is the turn to place the flashlight, which will act as the reactor of the fantastic character.

 

Note: a simple keychain will not do, you need a flashlight, by pressing the button the light appears and stays on as long as the battery lasts.

A luminous element is sewed with threads on the inside of the costume. If the light is dim through the fabric, you can simply cut small holes.

  1. The hero's helmet is made of cardboard. You can draw the mask yourself, but it is better to find an image on the Internet, print it out and then cut holes for the eyes.
  2. The mask is painted, with an elastic band around the edges so it can be put on a child's head.

Spider-Man

The arthropod character is so popular that many clothing stores sell special costumes for children. However, many parents decide to make a Spider-Man costume on their own for their baby.

Materials

To make a costume of the character from the Marvel universe on your own, you will need a few simple things:

  • photos of the costume, which can easily be found on the World Wide Web;
  • a turtleneck, tights and a t-shirt;
  • marker or black paint;
  • scissors;
  • Red socks and gloves.

Work Stages

Interesting, but to make a spider-man costume, sewing skills are not necessary!

  1. Stage #1. You need to cut the sides of a red t-shirt leaving the sleeves untouched. Put the t-shirt on the turtleneck.
  2. Step #2. Look carefully at the emblem on the suit and proceed to apply it to the top of the suit.
  3. Step #3. With a black marker, or better yet, with volumetric paint, paint a spider web pattern on the red part of the costume. Once dry, the paint will expand slightly and give the pattern a 3D effect. The larger the pattern, the more effective it will look in the end.
  4. Step #4. Apply the spider web until it covers the entire red t-shirt.
  5. Step #5. When you are finished with the web, draw two ovals - the body and the head of the spider.
  6. Step #6. Do not forget to draw four legs of the insect on each side.
  7. Step #7. To make your child fully correspond to the chosen image, after putting on the blue tights, it should be "decorated" with red socks.
  8. Step #8. Pull the red gloves over your baby's hands and the Spider-Man costume is almost ready!

Now you need to make the head covering.

Mask .

To make the mask you will need a red balaclava and sunglasses. Balaclava should be painted with cobwebs, pulled over his head and put on glasses.

Another option is to make a mask from a piece of red cloth that fits tightly over the head and cut out slits for the eyes.

The full attire of the famous character is ready!

Bill the Cipher

The most pernicious villain of modern TV series appears to viewers in various guises. The simplest costume, which you can make yourself at home, is a voluminous triangle of yellow or orange.

Materials for the villain costume

If your child wants to dress up in a Bill Cipher costume, you can make it, using the simplest materials:

  • Sheets of absorbent cotton;
  • paints and brushes;
  • scissors and felt-tip pens;
  • black tights;
  • long black gloves.

Manufacturing process

The entire process consists of several steps:

  1. Sheets of Watman are painted yellow or orange.
  2. Two triangles are glued together according to the size of the child.
  3. On one of the triangles, draw an eye with a pupil and eyelashes. After all, sometimes Bill is called the one-eyed monster.
  4. At the bottom of the blank is drawn brickwork, decorated with a black bow tie.
  5. Triangles are glued together so that the "owner" of the costume could fit in the gap between them.
  6. Top of the blank is decorated with a hat-cylinder.
  7. Slits are made on the sides of the costume for the child's hands.
  8. Black gloves and socks are put on the child.

The whole construction is put on the kid and the costume of the main villain of our time is ready!

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