If your child goes to kindergarten, then from time to time there is a need for a carnival costume. Nowadays you can buy a ready-made costume in a store, but buying one excludes originality and it’s not a fact that you won’t see the same costume as your child’s on anyone else. So, we’ll make a hedgehog costume with our own hands. Several options are possible.

How to sew a hedgehog costume with your own hands

The first one is the simplest. We select trousers and shirts that match the color scheme (red-brown with gray, black). Take trousers, a checkered vest in matching colors and a plain shirt in yellow, light green or cream. We will create the image of the hedgehog using a headdress. To make it, take a panama hat or cap. The headdress should be light and suitable in size. We cut off the visor from the cap, and the brim from the panama hat. Now we need to decorate it with needles, which we will make from black, brown or gray fabric, cutting it into triangles and sewing them into cones. You can fill the sewn cone with cotton wool or padding polyester to give it a shape. The cones must be sewn by hand to the headdress in a circle, starting from the bottom. Determine the number of needles yourself, depending on the size of the cap. Take a light, dense fabric, sew a cone out of it, and stuff it with cotton wool. Sew on the eyes, nose and mouth - this will be the face of a hedgehog. Attach it to the front of the hat. You can decorate the hat by sewing leaves or apples cut out of paper to the needles on top.

As a result, we will get a children's carnival hedgehog costume for a boy with our own hands. You can also make another version of the costume.

The second type of costume requires a little more time and materials to make. It consists of a jumpsuit with a hood, sewn according to a pattern of the appropriate size from corduroy, velor or other suitable fabric. Fasten the front with a zipper or buttons. Cut an oval out of light fabric (fleece) that imitates the belly of a hedgehog. Attach it to the overalls using Velcro. Sew ears onto the hood by sewing them from two pieces of fabric - the main one and the fleece used for the belly. Sew the spines of the head directly to the fabric of the hood. They can be made using the method described in the first version of the costume or, for example, by cutting needles from foam rubber and painting them with brown gouache. It is also possible to make needles by cutting out triangles from dark polyethylene, gluing the cones and filling them with cotton wool. The spines can be sewn directly onto the back of the overalls or onto another fabric cut to the shape of the back and then attached to the back of the overalls using Velcro. Additionally, you can decorate the costume with artificial apples and leaves.

Using any method, you can sew an excellent carnival hedgehog costume with your own hands, which will definitely delight your child.

We continue the series of articles on the topic of children's fancy dress costumes. And today’s transformation will be a real holiday for your baby, because we will sew a hedgehog costume.

The basis for the costume will be a matching jumpsuit with a hood. It is on this that we will sew ears and spines the same as those of a hedgehog.

Of all the fabrics, fleece is the best choice. It is quite soft and holds its shape perfectly. However, you can experiment with other fabrics.

So, we will need fabric of three colors. Light fabric is dominant in this master class. It is this variety of colors that will help give the spines visual volume.

But let's just take care of the ears first. Cut out the details of the ears: the inner ear - two parts, the outer ear - 4 parts. Sew grooves on the main parts.

Sew the inner ear to the front of the outer ear. Fold it wrong side out, stitch both halves, turn it inside out and sew the ears to the hood.

Now you can deal with the thorns. You will need three strips of different colors. They will overlap each other and should be slightly narrower than the previous one. The strips must be long enough. One triple stripe is a row of spines, and will extend from the head to the lumbar region and even a little below.

Pre-measure the required length of the strips with a measuring tape. Make a kind of fringe from each ribbon, cutting each thorn diagonally, as shown in the photo.

Sew three stripes and sew them to the overalls.

At almost every autumn and New Year's party in kindergarten you can see kids in hedgehog costumes. You can buy such an outfit in the store. But your own homemade suit will look more interesting and individual. There are many ways to make a “hedgehog”: sew it from fabric, knit it from yarn, make it from scrap materials.

Hedgehog costume for boy

For parents who do not know how to sew and knit, there is a simple way out - to make a hedgehog costume with your own hands from scrap materials. There are many options for this outfit. The materials that can be used to make a costume depend on the imagination of the parents and the wishes of the children. The basis for it can be the child’s everyday clothes: trousers or shorts, a hoodie or a vest with a shirt.

From the video you will learn how to make a hedgehog hat.

Clothes pins

This version of the costume is one of the easiest and fastest in terms of execution time. To make a “hedgehog” from clothespins you will need:

  • hoodie in brown, grey, black or beige;
  • trousers in a color matching the sweatshirt;
  • clothespins made of wood.

You will need a lot of wooden clothespins. After this, they can be used for their intended purpose. The tips of the “needles” must be painted in different colors, because hedgehogs’ needles have several shades. It is better to use watercolor or gouache paint, as they can easily be washed off under running water.

The advantage of this costume is that you can assemble it immediately before the matinee in kindergarten. Clothespins must be attached to the back and hood of the sweatshirt. The more clothespins there are, the more prickly the little hedgehog will look. But at the same time, too many clothespins can become a heavy burden for the baby and cause discomfort. Makeup will help complete the look.

This video shows another way to make a masquerade hedgehog costume.

Cocktail straws

Very unusual and creative option creating a hedgehog costume with your own hands. To create such a costume you will need:

  • hoodie;
  • trousers;
  • many cocktail straws in white, brown, beige, gray or orange.

It is necessary to cut off the bending part from the tubes, and fold the remaining part in half, cutting off the ends at an acute angle. This work can be entrusted to a child. Next, armed with a needle and thread, the resulting needles are sewn to the sweatshirt from the back. It is better to start work with the hood. In this option, the number of needles has virtually no effect on the final weight of the costume, so you can sew on a lot of needles.

Foam rubber

The basis for the costume, the same trousers and sweatshirt are used using foam rubber. Although you can use a vest and a hat. It is very easy to make needles from strip foam rubber, which is used for insulating windows. It needs to be cut into strips 5-6 centimeters long. For a beautiful and fluffy suit you will need 3-4 rolls of insulation. The resulting part is cut into the shape of a needle. Then they are painted with gouache in the desired color. You can also make them plain, but a suit with several shades of thorns will look more interesting.

A hedgehog's face is cut out of a rectangular sheet of foam rubber and sewn to the hat. You can buy the eyes ready-made at a craft store, or you can make them yourself from buttons. It is better to sew needles onto a hat in a spiral. On the back of a vest or sweatshirt, foam blanks are placed in vertical rows in a checkerboard pattern. The distance between the needles should not be too large.

​Trash bags

Many will say that garbage bags are a rather unexpected material to use in a children's costume. But the end result looks very interesting and unexpected. From the variety of colors of garbage bags, you can choose black, grey, white or brown. They must be cut into the shape of isosceles triangles. There is no need to throw away the trimmings, as they will be useful for work. The resulting triangles are rolled into a cone and glued together. The cones are filled with leftovers from the bags and sewn to the base. It can be a hat and vest, a sweatshirt or a piece of fabric in the shape of a cloak with a hood.

It is quite easy to make a raincoat even for a person who does not know how to sew. To do this, you will need a rectangular piece of fabric of a suitable color and ribbon or laces. The edges of the rectangular blank are folded about one centimeter. Hem adhesive tape is placed in the hem and ironed. The ties are carefully sewn at neck level, and one of the narrow sides is sewn with simple stitches over the edge. Cones from bags are sewn to the raincoat starting from the head. This suit has a small drawback: the needles are not very dense and hang on the suit.

Tinsel

You can make your own hedgehog costume from tinsel for a New Year's party. To make a shiny New Year's outfit you will need: a hat, a vest, trousers, brown or gray tinsel, velvet colored paper.

Creating a New Year's costume should start with a headdress. From colored velvet paper you need to cut out the face of a hedgehog and carefully sew it to the hat. Then, starting from the top of the head, tinsel is sewn on in a spiral. It will be enough for a headdress one fluffy tinsel, about two meters.

To decorate a vest with New Year's needles, you need two two-meter tinsel. It is sewn onto the back of the vest with vertical stripes. You can add tinsel along the armholes and to the collar.

​Paper needles and accessories

The easiest way to create a hedgehog costume is to decorate clothes with needles, mushrooms and apples printed on paper. The finished templates are printed on a color printer, cut out and sewn to the child’s clothes. You can complement and diversify the costume with printed mushrooms and apples.

Hair and makeup

You can complete the hedgehog costume with a hairstyle that resembles needles. To create a “Hedgehog” hairstyle, the baby must have 3-6 centimeters of hair. To style your hair, you will need a comb with a narrow nose, styling wax and hairspray. The hair is divided into small strands. Each strand is treated with wax and twist it into a needle shape. The finished hairstyle is additionally fixed with varnish.

When using makeup during a children's party, it is necessary to take into account that paints for children must be hypoallergenic and contain only natural ingredients. Water-based paints used for face painting are ideal. They are easy to use and can be easily washed off with regular warm water.

If it is not possible to purchase special paints, you can use makeup pencils in brown, gray and black colors and dark-colored powder. Attention! Cosmetics must be of high quality, and before applying them to a child’s face, it is necessary to do an allergy test on the inside of the child’s elbow or wrist. Use a sponge or brush to powder the baby's face, trying to make a color transition from light to dark. Make-up begins from the center of the face towards the hairline and chin. Draw a nose with a black pencil. Using pencils of different colors, we draw needles along the oval of the face.

​Costume for girls

Girls are less likely than boys to choose or receive the role of a hedgehog at matinees. But making a hedgehog costume for a girl is also easy. Suitable for small hedgehogs all materials and methods of their use that can be used in boys’ costumes. Shirts and trousers can be replaced with blouses and skirts. But there are a few ideas that will help you create a unique girly hedgehog costume.

In this video you will learn how to make various animal costumes for children.

Organza

To create a hedgehog costume for a girl you will need:

  • wide elastic band;
  • brown and beige organza;
  • crochet beret (beret with holes).

The skirt consists of three levels. To create them, you need pieces of organza 15-20 centimeters wide. The length is selected based on the required length of the skirt level, multiplied by two. The length of the elastic will be equal to the baby’s waist circumference minus 1-2 centimeters. The ends of the belt are sewn together and put on the back of the chair for ease of work. First, take the longest strips of fabric, form them into loops and tighten them around the elastic. The same loops are made from medium-length fabric, tightening them in the gaps of the loops of the first layer. In the same way, a row of short strips is made. To make the skirt even more reminiscent of hedgehog spines, the free ends of the material are sewn together.

The hedgehog's head is made from strips of organza measuring 5 by 10 centimeters. Loops are formed from them and tightened in the holes of the beret. The costume is complemented by a gymnastic leotard with long sleeves or a blouse of a suitable color. Makeup is applied to the baby's face.

Hairstyle

Needles can be made from short and medium length hair. To create this hairstyle you will need: styling wax, hairspray, hairpins or bobby pins. Each strand must be treated with wax, rolled into a rigid strand, which is folded in half and secured in a vertical position with hairpins and bobby pins. For greater hold, the hairstyle is sprayed with hairspray.

Any parent can make a beautiful and creative hedgehog costume with their own hands. There is no need to be afraid to fantasize and experiment with materials; it is enough to put in a little effort, because the most minimal creative skills are required. And if you make a costume together with a child, then this activity will become an interesting adventure for him, which he will remember even in adulthood.

The holidays are already coming literally on your heels and urgently need a suit for a matinee in kindergarten or school. What is offered in stores is not always liked: the child wants to be individual, not like others. Therefore it is worth sewingDIY hedgehog costume .

Necessary materials

To start making a costume, you need to look through your child's wardrobe. Since for the first version of the costume the main detail depicting a hedgehog will be a cap or panama hat, the shirt, vest and pants are selected from the son’s clothes. Clothes should be brown or reddish.And from an old Panama hat, cutting off the brim from it , sew the hedgehog itself.

Needles, needles

Triangles are cut out of dark fabric , rolled into a cone and stitched. They stuff a little cotton wool into them and begin sewing them to the Panama hat from the bottom in a circle. How many needles will it take?and how often to sew them on is your choice . The more often, the more beautiful. Next, the muzzle is sewn: a larger cone is cut out of light fabric, stitched, stuffed with cotton wool, and painted. You need to attach the muzzle to the Panama hat, from the front side.DIY hedgehog costume - made.



Complex option

Another version of the costume will require more strength and skill from the needlewoman. Yes, and we need to prepare a lot of material. For sewing, you need to prepare velor fabric andsew a jumpsuit with a hood . Make the fastener in front with a zipper and Velcro. From white velor you need to sew an oval belly, which will also be attached with Velcro. Now we need to deal with the needles.They are made from foam rubber , painted with brown gouache and sewn to the back and hood. You can make needles in the same way as in the previous version: sew cones, stuff them with cotton wool and sew them on. Ears, combined from two colors, are also attached to the hood.


To add brightness to the costume, you need to sew mushrooms and apples and secure them among the needles on the back and head. Another version of the costume is ready.

Craftswomen's proposals

A lot of options with attached patterns and instructions can be found on the website, in the category “with your own hands ». If you follow the directions and advice , then you can sew more complex options. For children of school age, primary school, the outfit will belarger size, and you will waste labor - more. But the effect of a suit that was sewn jointly with my daughter is always higher than that of a store-bought one. The beige hedgehog version presented below involves large needles, which are sewn on a sewing machine, stuffed with padding polyester and manually sewn to the back and hood. The belly is cut out of yellow fleece and sewn on the front. A classic option for a girl is a hedgehog.

Fur hedgehog

The most convenient option for sewing a hedgehog costume is to use faux fur in brown or dark gray colors. For a suit, you need to sew a dark-colored vest and trim it with fur along the entire perimeter and along the edge of the sleeve. A hat is sewn separately, to which the ears are sewn.Mushrooms, leaves and apples are produced separately.They can be made from fabric, stuffed with cotton wool. Or maybe from colored paper. Ready-made forest fruits are sewn onto a hat and vest. And on your face you need to do makeup in the shape of a hedgehog’s face. Just draw a “face”, a muzzle.This suit is complemented by a beautiful white shirt and trousers to match the fur.. The result is a nice and complete image. This option also has a lot of scope for the needlewoman’s imagination!

DIY hedgehog costume - ready.


On the website of needlewomen, visitors can use all the patterns offered by the masters and learn how to sew and knit outfits for their children. The main thing is that everything will be made with love and imagination.

How to sew a hedgehog fur coat for a fancy dress costume (MK)

We will need:

- fleece;

- zigzag scissors;

- ordinary scissors;

- needle;

- ruler;

- sewing machine.

For the vest, we bought double-sided fleece, one-sided is usually thin and highly elastic, the needles can roll up into a tube. We settled on fleece, which children can dance in for a year or more. And you can choose any one, it all depends on how long you want to use this vest.

I cut the needles with special zigzag scissors. First, I cut strips 5 cm wide, then cut these strips into diamonds.

When the needles are ready, we begin sewing the vest. You take any pattern that you like, you can find it in any magazine or make it yourself. We (me, the trainer and clients) decided to sew needles only on the back. Everyone can have their own sewing technology, I did it the way I thought would be more beautiful. First, we sew down the shoulder seams and process the armholes. You do this on any machine and with any stitch you like. And without a machine, fleece can be perfectly hemmed by hand from the inside out with a hidden seam, and you can even not hem the edges at all; fleece is a material that does not need to be hemmed.

Now the very essence of my master class is sewing on needles. Our task is to draw a line with chalk or soap along which we will lay out the needles.

When the needles are laid out, pin them or baste them with a needle and thread, whichever is more convenient for you, and sew this row on a machine.



It is better to sew it with a zigzag, so that the seam has a slight opportunity to stretch, then it will be more comfortable for the child in this vest (for those who do not have a sewing machine, you can sew it by hand). Then draw a second line and arrange the needles again, but in a checkerboard pattern relative to the first row, and secure them to the machine.


The lines can be drawn all at once, but I had chalk, which was quickly erased from this material, so I drew 1-3 lines at a time, no more. The distance between the lines is approximately 2 cm. The needles need to be laid out with a slight overlap on each other as the machine moves. This makes sewing easier and the needle density is good.

During the sewing process, do not forget to measure the distance to the bottom of the vest on both sides, it should be the same, otherwise the distortion of the needles on the back will be very visible.


I didn’t sew the needles until the very end of the 2nd row, because... then it will not be convenient to edge the bottom of the product.


We sew the side seams, edge the bottom of the product and the neck. When the edging is completely ready, sew the remaining 2 rows of needles on the bottom and one row on top.


And now in a nutshell about the costume in full. A biflex jumpsuit with shorts, a vest with a fur coat on top and a fleece hat with needles. It was possible to sew a vest with a hood, but the hood is not comfortable for children for dancing, flips, etc. No photo, because... the rest is in progress.

If my master class is useful to someone, I will be glad that I didn’t do all this in vain. It's always nice when you do something that someone needs. Don’t blame me for the quality of the photos; I took all the photos on my phone, which I always have with me. So sew hedgehogs for your beloved children and let them find this costume convenient and comfortable!