Today we had a matinee in our kindergarten - “Holy Spring”. My daughter was given the role of a magpie. First, of course, I went to rent costumes, but what they offered me was quite scary. So I decided to make the costume myself. Almost all photos are “home”, taken on different stages tailoring a suit.

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I took the skirt that I sewed on New Year's party(), carefully tore off the yellow ribbon and sewed on a black one, + hand-sewed a black tulle on top (longer than the skirt itself), and a polka-dot ribbon on it.



I sewed a T-shirt from velvet (two rectangles), sewed a beaded frill on it (I wove it a long time ago) and white lace. Since the frill itself is quite heavy, I also sewed small straps from ribbons (they were not visible, they were hidden under the bolero).


I sewed the bolero using a pattern from the Internet, finished the open sections with bias tape (oh, I wish someone had taught me how to sew it on correctly), the cuffs were the remnants of a polka dot ribbon from the skirt, the wings and tail were folded satin ribbon, sewn by hand, you can easily tear it off and put on a bolero in everyday life. I immediately sewed the wing ribbon onto the bolero


and first collected the tail separately.


here the tail is a little visible


I also made this elastic band from leftover ribbons, but in the end it wasn’t worn.



I wanted to make a beak, but I didn’t like the idea of ​​a beak sticking out of the forehead, and I couldn’t figure out how else to make it. A couple of days before the matinee I received, and there were black and white hairpins, so I decided to put them on my head))))



Most of the materials were found at home, purchased - black tulle, black satin ribbon (for the bottom of the skirt, wings and tail), black polka dot ribbon, I also bought a hairpin with black feathers, but it was not used. The teachers said that the costume was very original, and that they had never had such a magpie (and they have been working in the kindergarten for a long time). By the way, for some reason, in all the magpie costumes, the children have a white frill on the chest, although the bird itself has a black breast, and there is white on the tummy below, on the back and on the tips of the wings. Therefore, our costume is not entirely “correct”, but we all really liked it)))

And here are all our children



The magpie is one of the most recognizable birds. It is distinguished by its peculiar, memorable color and interesting model behavior. Therefore, this bird is a favorite heroine of many children's cartoons and films.

Features of making a magpie costume with your own hands

The magpie costume is not inferior in popularity to the outfits of princesses and overseas beauties. On the contrary, his distinctive feature- this is image recognition. The outfit should use only two colors: black and white. However, this color scheme does not look sad at all.

It’s very easy to make an outfit with your own hands because... there is no strict regulation on its content. It all depends on the author’s imagination and the availability of the necessary materials.

Reference! In most cases, the outfit consists of a main dress, a cape, a scarf and a beak. All other components and accessories can be taken ready-made.

What you need to make a magpie costume

The first thing you should do is look for black and white things in the girl’s wardrobe. These can be dresses, skirts, turtlenecks, blouses or T-shirts. Therefore, the main part of the costume doesn’t even need to be sewn. So, a black skirt and a white T-shirt or a plain dress will look great as a base.

If you want to sew something more realistic, you need to prepare the appropriate materials. Fabric will also be needed for sewing a cape, scarf, tail and other elements. The size of the required fabric is usually indicated in the patterns. When making them yourself, it needs to be calculated based on the child’s parameters.

Materials and tools needed to make the costume:

  • black and white fabric;
  • threads;
  • needle;
  • scissors;
  • rubber;
  • black cap;
  • glue;
  • gray tights;
  • colored paper and cardboard;
  • fashionable and bright accessories.

Important! Satin works well as a fabric. It has a beautiful bright texture and is not very expensive.

Methods for constructing a magpie costume for a girl and instructions

Let's look at ways to create costume elements. So, you can take the girl’s existing clothes as a basis. Many also use gymnastics training leotards as a base. A bright scarf looks good as a skirt. The most an effective option is a fluffy tutu skirt made of white and black tulle or a combination of both. You can sew a real tutu with a lining and a zipper. However, there is an easier option without using a sewing machine.

To do this, you need to buy tulle, the amount of which depends on the length of the skirt and the desired pomp. Next, it needs to be cut into rectangles 10-15 centimeters wide. It is better to use a soft elastic band 2.5-3 cm wide as a belt. It is necessary to measure the girl’s waist and subtract a couple of centimeters from this number, because The elastic tends to stretch.

Next, the elastic is ground into a ring. The resulting belt can be placed on the back of a chair and strips of tulle can be attached to it. Each strip is folded in half and attached to the elastic using a knot. By the way, you can experiment with nodes. In this simple way, you can make a fluffy skirt without sewing in a couple of hours. If desired, the skirt can be made multi-tiered: shorter in front than in the back, creating the effect of an impromptu tail.

Attention! If out of stock matching dress, then you can sew a regular children's trapeze dress. To make it, you can take the most a simple pattern from a sewing magazine, consisting of two parts. The neckline and armhole are usually finished with piping and simple folding of the fabric inward.

Sewing a cape is the most difficult process in making a costume, because... it should imitate wings. It is better to sew it from satin, silk or other light fabric. It is necessary to cut out a circle from the material with curly edges at the bottom and make a recess for the neck. Additionally, it can be decorated with a small bib like a baby’s bib, imitating the white breast of a bird.

Next, it’s worth starting to design the face of this bird. It’s easier, of course, to buy a ready-made mask in specialized departments. Making it yourself with the whole family is much more interesting. This is where a pre-purchased hat comes in handy. It is better if it is made of light, breathable material so that the child does not feel hot.

Eyes and beak can be cut out of colored paper and then glued onto fabric. If it is not possible to make a muzzle, then the simplest magpie headdress can be fluffy bows black and white. You can also combine the headdress from a black cap, cutting the visor in such a way that it resembles a bird’s beak. It can be covered with leather or covered with colored paper.

It is better to make the beak separately and then attach it to a hat or mask. To do this you will need thick black cardboard. It needs to be rolled into a narrow cone and glued. In its manufacture, proportions should be observed so that the beak can be easily placed on the child’s nose. It’s easy to adjust the length of the cone: just trim off a couple of extra centimeters. It is necessary to make a couple of holes at the top so that this product can breathe.

To make a slightly open beak is cut out additional detail in the shape of a triangle. It should be less than the length of the beak. It is then glued to the bottom of the beak. For comfortable dressing and wearing, an invisible narrow elastic band is sewn on.

Create accessories to complete your look

In many cartoons and books, a magpie is depicted wearing a bright scarf. It will add recognition to the image and also dilute the black and white palette. The image of a magpie will be unrealistic if there is no large quantity jewelry and accessories.

It is known that this heroine loves everything bright and shiny. Therefore, it is necessary to choose beautiful jewelry. Beads made from real rowan berries will look impressive if there is a autumn period. You can make them yourself by threading berries onto a string.

Important! A black hat with a large feather will look beautiful and interesting.

A spectacular small handbag with beads and rhinestones will complete the look. This is where the thief magpie will put its prey. You can add a couple of bright notes with makeup. For children, it is better to use safe paints for body art on water based. It is easy to apply and quickly washes off with soapy water. So, it is better to depict a small funny bird on the cheek.

Thus, there are many options for making your own magpie costume. There are both simple and budget options, and more complex, requiring special effort and time. We hope that this article will be useful in preparing for the holiday event.

    My daughter and I chose this costume (she performs in a skit at matinees).

    As you can see, making such a suit is not at all difficult. So, you will need a white satin blouse, two pieces satin fabric(white and black), a black hat (preferably made of light material), paper, gray tights, a bright red scarf, and beads (we made rowan beads).

    So, the first thing you need to do is design the bird’s face (cut out eyes and beak from paper or cardboard), paint it and glue everything onto the hat.

    Sew a cape from even and white satin. Sewing the cape is the most difficult part of creating a costume.

    Use a bright scarf as a skirt.

    In general, you can buy a mask in a store, then you don’t have to bother with a cap. My daughter had beads made from both beads and rowan, it looked original.

    Carnival costume Magpie For children's parties you can make it yourself. There are many options for implementing a costume, coming from appearance magpie birds. This is black and white plumage. Since the magpie is a bird that loves everything that glitters, beads and other bright decorations can be used in the costume.

    Sketch of a magpie costume:

    And this is brought to reality:

    See the description of this costume here:

    This magpie costume is very easy to make and will suit both boys and girls:

    A very simple solution on how to make a magpie (crow) costume for a boy. You simply sew a fringe to a black jacket, and sew a beak on the eye on the hood:

    As an idea, I’ll also suggest this version of the magpie costume. But, unfortunately, there is no MK and no pattern. I think anyone who knows how to sew will master it :)

    I wish you success!

    I offer the SOROKA costume, which consists of the following elements:

    1. Sundress;
    2. Kerchief;
    3. Typical wings;
    4. Various accessories.

    Work process

    1) Sundress. take any suitable pattern and sew an A-shaped sundress, you can decorate it with red satin bows;

    3) Headscarf. Make it out of satin, sew on eyes and a beak, which is easy to make even from black cardboard;

    4) Accessories. Large bright beads and a bracelet are suitable.

    A magpie costume doesn’t have to be just black and white.

    You can create this image of a cartoon magpie.

    We select bright clothes from what is in the wardrobe or sewn.

    For example, a white blouse, a bright skirt, a bright scarf and an apron.

    Now the most important thing is to make the wings, tail and mask of the magpie.

    Wings are made in different ways. It can be in the form of a cape.

    To make a tail, just sew three wide black and white ribbons together and fasten them to the waistband of your skirt.

    To make a magpie mask, an ordinary cap is suitable, with a beak attached to the visor made of cardboard, and eyes cut out of colored paper to the cap itself.

    I propose to take this Raven costume as a basis and change it a little - add white stripes on the sides and use white feathers instead of black ones. We will only redo the top; on the legs you can wear either a black and white skirt or black trousers, on which we will sew white stripes.

    Let's take an old black jacket as a basis. We will cut out a beak from two pieces of black felt; in order for it to be hooked, the template must be curved, triangular shape. We sew our beak to the hood so that it hangs slightly over the face.

    Now let's sew on the eyes - you can take a circle of yellow fabric, and sew a black button inside, decorate the sides with white feathers, if available, of course.

    You can decorate the sides of the jacket with the same feathers; if not, just sew on white stripes.

    Magpie is a wonderful option for a carnival or theatrical performance. My daughter also goes to kindergarten. And for her I would make a similar version of the costume.

    A black gymnastic leotard would be a good base. On top of which you can put a white blouse or sew a white shirtfront (like a bib).

    Most beautiful element- fluffy tulle skirt made of white and black tulle. See how to create it here.

    Two rows of black and white tulle are attached to the sleeves - the wings are ready.

    You can put a black beret, a thin cap, or a scarf on your head. If desired, it can also be supplemented with tulle frills.

    The result is a fashionable and beautiful image.

    I know that you can make a lot of scenes with a magpie costume, since this bird is found in many fairy tales and stories.

    To make this costume you need very little material. first you need to take white dress, this will be the body of a magpie. Now we need to take regular black fabric with which we will make wings. Their size will be according to your taste. They need to be sewn to the sleeves of the dress. If you have a boy, then it is best for you to take the classics, black pants and a white shirt and also sew the wings to the shirt or attach something to the shirt so as not to spoil it. Here are examples of costumes that will be useful to you.

    Magpie Costume do/sew not difficult. The most important thing is to buy fabric in two colors - black and white.

    Then we make a dress pattern and a cape. Why do we need a dress, you ask. I will answer. The dress will create an imitation of white feathers, and the black cape will create an imitation of black feathers).

    The dress can be sewn using the simplest pattern. I offer you this one. It can be found in any sewing magazine.

    But if you don't have the opportunity to sew, then I suggest take plain white summer dress, and we’ll make a cape for it in twenty minutes, no more.

    If we sew, then we use, for example, this pattern of a simple dress:

    As you can see, we are making only two parts of the dress. Simply fold the white fabric in half and place the pattern on the fold. Cut and then sew. We will process the armholes, neckline, and hem the bottom of the product.

    Now let's work on the cape.

    Let's make it from a simple circle. We cut it on either side, sew on black laces or ribbons to make it easy to remove/put on the cape.

    Along the edges of the circle we must make an imitation of feathers. Therefore, we simply cut the bottom of the product, creating triangles. If you have a machine, they can be processed.

    By the way, the cape pattern is simple and looks like this:

    You can make a hat from black knitwear on your head and sew on it eyes made of felt, for example.

    Magpie costume consists of:

    1. The basics are a white or light colored dress.
    2. Additional attributes of a magpie: wings, jewelry, beak, etc.

    You can buy a dress and then sew black fabric triangles onto it to make wings. The dress must have long sleeves.

    The magpie costume is quite simple, except for the cap with the beak.

    The costume consists of two elements - a hat and wings with a tail.

    The cap is made from a black cap or fabric, and on top of it is a beak, it can be made from thin tin.

    The wings can be made from black fabric by cutting the fabric at the ends in the form of pimples and sewing a silver or even white ribbon along the contour.

    And be sure to not forget the tail, it should not be too big, but not small either.