How to make a crow mask. How to make a crow's beak. Trash bag dress

How to make a bird mask?

The article today will be very short, because the answer to this question can be fit into one sentence and a couple of pictures, because making a bird mask is very simple.

What do we really need? - Make a beak, come up with a way to fix it on your face. You can do this with domino glasses, or you can use a half mask. I prefer the second option. Here is a universal pattern for the mask of any birdie. Basic, so to speak.

Pattern of the universal bird mask

For an adult, the width of the mask will be exactly the width of the A4 landscape sheet. Cut the darts on the forehead, slightly start and glue. In real life, a bird's beak consists of the upper and lower parts (jaws), but we will only make the upper half, because the lower "jaw" would prevent the actor from breathing and speaking.

We cut out the beak (note, on the sides the valves do not reach the bridge of the nose), bend along all fold lines (try on without a mask, adjust) and, putting the valves on the sides of the part inside the mask, glue:

Everything! This is a universal bird mask, based on which options for specific birds can be developed. For example, we already have, as well.

One of these days I will write articles on masks of an eagle, a cockerel and a parrot. If you need some more (exotic) mask ... marabou, for example, write in the comments, and I will definitely figure out how to make it.

And now, to prove to you that the mask model proposed here is indeed very versatile, I will turn it into a sparrow mask. Sparrow bird mask (not Jack))).

The sparrow has a brown beret on its head, a dark black-gray beak, its eyes are circled in black. The cheeks are white, and where the blush should be - black specks. There is also a black beard, but - alas - it will have to be abandoned.

Take our universal mask and paint it. Here - I reproduced the approximate color distribution, and it obediently turned into a sparrow mask:

Wrob's mask

Color the universal mask yellow for a canar.

Black beret and white cheeks - and it will be very:

Unusual individual costumes for the New Year's holiday are loved by all kids. A matinee in kindergarten is approaching, and the child got the image of a crow, and not an ordinary snowflake, snowman, bunny or squirrel? If you want your child to be unique, then it is best to make a dress yourself. Even if there are two crows in the New Year's performance, the outfits will still come out different and unique.

Crow costume for the play

The bird's decoration consists of several parts, but a mask and wings will be required. To make a dress, you can buy fabric or use handy material, which you will find on the closet or in the closet.

Cloth outfit

An uncomplicated piece to cope with novice dressmaker, consists of two parts: a raven mask and wings. Choose an easy DIY crow costume and start with the wings. To do this, prepare the following materials:

plain black fabric for the base;
black satin ribbons or braid;
scraps of black fabric, lining or velvet;
spool of black thread;
a needle or sewing machine.

For the base of the wings, take rectangle... Its length is equal to the distance from wrist to the wrist of a small actor, and its width is about half a meter. Fold the rectangle in half and round the corners of the fabric with scissors. Divide the resulting semicircle in half into two wings, hem the cuts or overlock.

Cut out feathers 7 cm high from individual patches.To work faster, you can fold the fabric into multiple layers, then from one strip you will get several feathers. Having prepared the feathers, proceed to sewing. Lay feathers on the base of the wing starting from the bottom, and stitch row by row.

Sew on a satin ribbon by joining the top of the wings and adding ties in the middle to keep the entire model around the shoulders and waist. Additionally sew on ribbons for fixation on the wrists. Cloak for the crow is ready.

Paper raven decoration

Making a costume does not require a large investment, but please be patient and time consuming. There is also work for the baby, therefore jointly the time spent and communication will not be wasted.

Make a costume consisting of a T-shirt with a ponytail, wings, and a headgear. To work you will need:

black cotton fabric - 1.5 m;
elastic jersey - 0.5 m;
black shoe laces;
black linen elastic band - 30 cm;
round elastic band - 20 cm;
pattern paper;
ink or black gouache and brush;
glue "Moment";
spool of black thread and a needle;
scissors.

Start your craftwork with the wings. Measure bent at the elbow the length of the baby's arm from wrist to shoulder. On paper, make a pattern that resembles a crow's wing. The length of the wing is equal to the measurement of the hand, choose the width as desired. Transfer the pattern to the fabric and cut out. Make the detail of the second wing in a mirror image.

For a suit to fit well on a child, you need durable fastenings for the wings. Measure a rubber band over the shoulder and cut to the desired length. Make two identical pieces of elastic. They will hold the suit like a school backpack. Attach the elastic to the base of the wings at the level of the shoulder blades and sew to the fabric blank.

From the rubber band, cut two sections for the eyelet for the child's finger. Thanks to these loops wing tips will be attached to the arm. You will have a wing base with shoulder straps and toe loops.

Go to making feathers... Make blanks of different shapes and lengths out of paper. Bottom row - narrow and long feathers, up to 20 cm; the rest of the rows are 10 cm.

The crow's costume is black, so paint all the feathers black ink or in gouache on both sides. Mascara is good because it shines and does not stain your hands.

When creating small feathers, cut one edge along one edge with scissors to make it look more believable. After all the feathers are ready, glue them onto the fabric part. Place them overlapping. After gluing on the bottom of the long feathers, do the rest.

T-shirt with a tail. If there is no ready-made black T-shirt or T-shirt, then take the child's usual T-shirt to make the pattern. Attach to a piece of black knitwear, circle with chalk or a bar of soap and cut in two halves.

Sew the side parts on a typewriter, sew laces on the shoulders (two laces for each shoulder). On the back of the shirt, glue the feathers in a chaotic manner, sew on the tail. To make the tail, cut out a long triangle on which you glue the finished paper feathers.

The paper outfit is ready, it is suitable for a New Year's party and for staging a performance. Wear black leggings and black shoes under the suit. Put the wings on the child first, a T-shirt on top, it will cover the elastic bands and strings.

Trash bag dress

To start creativity, you need an idea. If the teacher supplied you with an idea and said that your daughter will be a crow at the matinee, then you just have to come up with the style of the suit and choose the material for making it. Trash bags are an unusual, inexpensive, lightweight material for creating any carnival outfit:

green - for vesting a Christmas tree;
blue and white - for decorating snowflakes;
black - suitable for a crow costume.

Choose a style for your future dress. Remember that the clothes should be comfortable for the baby, so a long dress will be uncomfortable for the baby. To work you will need:

dense black bags;
scissors;
black scotch tape;
stapler;
cardboard;
underwear elastic band.

Take one bag as a basis for the suit and straighten it. Attach a T-shirt and cut out the future dress along it or cut the neckline and armholes at random.

Divide the bags into strips 10 cm wide. On each piece, make a fringe of any width. Starting from the bottom of the dress, glue each strip with tape to the base of the suit to the very top. Make the frame of the wings separately from cardboard, attach elastic bands to them, which will hold the wings on your shoulders. Cover the cardboard frame with a plastic fringe using adhesive tape.

Head adornment

The raven is a strict, wise, at the same time spectacular bird, so a suit is needed. But it's hard to imagine it without a beak and feathers on its head, so make a headdress. There are many options - these are masks, hats, hoods. Having picked up the option, start creating the main accessory.

Simple Crow Beanie

A mask for a New Year's party can be made in origami style and sealed with glue for strength. To do this, you will need a sheet of paper 41 cm long and 30 wide.Use a ruler to divide the short side into three equal parts and draw parallel lines. Measure on straight lines on one side 10 and 20 cm, mark the points. Make cuts along the length of the sheet 10 cm to the first point, and across the length - from the second point to the drawn lines.

Flip the sheet over so that the lines are at the bottom. Glue the side strips to the middle strip one by one, like the edges of the box. Let the glue dry, the back of the beanie is ready.

Now bend the middle cuts and glue to the base of the cap at an angle of 45 degrees. The result is a hat with a wide visor, from which you need to make a beak. Fold the edges of the front part of the corner to the corner and make a 5 cm fold. Fold the edges of the beak inward. The crease in the middle will be the center of the crow's nose. Glue the edges of the paper underneath.

It remains to paint the mask black, make a white rim around the eyes, paint the beak yellow, draw the nostrils.

Beak hat

Take a simple baby hat and make a pattern like a T-shirt. Circle on the fabric and connect the two blanks.

Cut two 10 by 10 cm squares out of paper and cover with black paint or ink on one side. Fold the dried squares into triangles, bending two corners to the middle. Glue the resulting blanks and connect to each other. For beauty, glue red stripes in the beak. Fix the finished beak on the headdress.

Then, starting from the bottom row in a checkerboard pattern, glue the feathers all over the fabric. For a hat, you will need small feathers with notched edges. Decorate the dress for the girl with a bow on the crown.

Simple and stylish raven

If the boy is a schoolboy, then you probably have a black school suit. You don't need to sew anything to it, just put on a black turtleneck and black shoes under the suit. But take care of the headdress separately. A top hat and a paper raven mask will suit a black formal suit. You can print the template by finding a suitable picture on the web.

The simple material you need for a top hat is paper. Take black paper or then paint the finished hat with black paint. To make a cylinder you will need:

Whatman paper or cardboard 1 mm thick;
compass and ruler;
PVA glue and brushes;
scissors, tailor's tape;
paints.

Three parts need to be obtained from cardboard:

circle (bottom of the cylinder);
rectangle (for the crown);
a circle with a hole in the center (its diameter is equal to the bottom of the hat).

Before you start making your hat, take your measurements for the pattern. Use a tailor's tape to measure the circumference of your head and calculate the radius of the circle at the base of the cylinder. The circumference of a child's head is, for example, 50 cm, then the radius will be 50 / (2 * 3.14) = 50 / 6.28 = 8 cm.

Draw a circle with a compass with a radius of 8 cm. From the same center, draw a circle equal to the width of the brim of the hat. Carefully cut out a large circle. Without cutting the margins, remove the smaller circle from it. You now have two details: the margins and the base of the cylinder.

The crown is the upper part of the hat from the bottom to the brim. To make the crown, draw a rectangle on paper with a width equal to the circumference of the child's head and a height equal to the height of the hat. On both sides of the width, leave a 2 cm allowance for fastening the cylinder and cut the allowances in 2 cm increments. You have the third part ready.

You can collect your hat. First of all, glue the crown. On the allowance, apply glue along the height and overlap, connect the edges of the rectangle: a cylinder is formed.

Bend the notched allowances of the cylinder perpendicularly: for the lower part outward, for the upper part - inward. Apply a little glue to the lower allowances, put on the margins through the pipe part and press firmly against the glued elements.

Apply glue to the upper seam allowances and glue the base of the hat gently.

The hat is almost ready, it remains to paint the product black.

Crow mask with beak

To make the image realistic, create a paper crow mask with your own hands using a ready-made papier-mâché template in the shape of the child's face. Black feathers and a massive beak are the main details of the image. To work you will need:

preparation of a crow's head mask (you can print it on a printer);
cardboard;
black scotch;
scissors;
old newspapers;
black paint and brushes;
salt and flour for paste;
glue and glitter;
black feathers;
acrylic lacquer.

Before making a paper crow's beak, draw and cut an equilateral triangle out of cardboard, bend it in half to make it look like a beak. Take a ready-made template, use tape to stick the beak on the mask in the nose area.

Mix two parts flour and one part salt with a glass of water. Connect the components carefully.

Tear the old newspaper into small strips. Soak the pieces of paper in the flour mixture and apply to the mask blank. Make four layers of papier-mâché. By applying more and fewer layers in different places, you can give relief to the beak: mark the hump in the middle, mark the notches at the nostrils. Let the product dry.

With a wide brush, paint the finished mask with black paint and sprinkle with glitter immediately. Once dry, remove excess glitter powder. Apply a thin strip of glue around the entire outline of the mask and glue the black feathers along the edge of the mask. You can glue on multiple layers of feathers for fluffiness.

Cover the finished beak with a shiny varnish and let dry. Decorate the eye holes with glittering rhinestones.

Magpie is the sister of the crow

The costume of the white-sided magpie differs from the decoration of the raven only in color. The crow is completely black, and the magpie has a white breast, sides and part of the feathers on the wings.

To create a magpie costume, you need two fabric colors, black and white. A lot of bright jewelry will come in handy: beads, earrings, bracelets, toys.

Take a square piece of black fabric and cut out a circle on it, the diameter of which should be equal to the distance from the child's neck to the hand. Cut the circle radially to the center. The base of the cape is almost complete. Overlock the edges. Sew on the ribbons for attaching to the neck and small elastic loops for attaching to the finger. Use white fabric to make a collar and cuffs. Cut the feathers out of a 7 cm wide ribbon and sew them to the cape.

Decorate your New Year's costume with Christmas tree tinsel. Sew a triangle-beak and eyes from yellow felt with black buttons to the finished hat.

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Many parents on New Year's Eve are looking for information on the Internet for their children. Of course, it is easier to buy a ready-made accessory in the store, but it is much more interesting to make it yourself or with your child. This is a great opportunity to keep your baby busy, so that there is at least an hour or two of silence in the house. Young parents, take note of this trick.

How to make a beautiful paper mask with your own hands

Making a carnival mask out of paper, the child develops creativity, acquires useful skills. This article will show you how to make a paper mask yourself. Your attention is offered two options for carnival masks that will appeal to adults and children.

Black Raven Mask

It is not at all necessary to make the mask absolutely black, you can choose any colors you like. For example, instead of a raven, you can make a bird of paradise or a parrot. Combine colors to add variety to your look. In this example, we will consider a themed mask that will look good at a children's matinee or at a Halloween party. If you are wondering how to make a paper raven mask, keep reading this master class.

Take thick paper of black or white color, preferably cardboard. Bend it in half, make a layout for the future mask. Draw the desired shape, determine where the eyes will be. Also don't forget to draw the cut for the beak as it will be attached separately;
Use scissors to cut the mask along the outline and inside. It is important to make the distance between the eyes not too large;
Take heavy black paper and fold it in half as many times as you can. Cut feathers out of it;
When all the feathers have been cut out, attach an elastic band to the seamy side of the mask to hold it around your face. Take a regular elastic band that is sold at your regular sewing store. Use a regular stationery stapler to attach it to the mask. Place the elastic on several staples;
How to make a paper mask beak? You will need a sheet of thick black cardboard, fold it in half and draw one side of the beak on the fold of the paper. To accurately calculate the size of the beak, measure the length of the bridge of the nose on the mask. This will be its width. Leave a couple more centimeters on top so that the beak can be attached to the mask. You can experiment with its length;
Cut out the beak with scissors, bend it well in half;
Pay attention to the couple of centimeters you left for the beak. Make some cuts as shown below;
Now glue the beak to the mask. Well glue its base with glue (specifically those cuts that you made in the previous step);
Start decorating the mask with feathers. If some feathers do not have a line in the middle, bend it yourself so that they appear voluminous;
The area around the eyes does not look very neat, so you need to additionally cut out a few feathers to mask it;
Fold the mask in half if the base is white paper, then a white seam will be visible when worn. Paint over it with black marker;
Now you know how to make a raven paper mask. The finished mask looks like this.

Gold mask for carnival

To create such an accessory, you will need a ready-made base mask, vegetable oil, pieces of white paper, paper napkins, PVA glue, white and gold paint (you can use another one if you wish). If you want to know how to make a paper mask using the papier-mâché technique, follow the photo tips.

Lubricate the workpiece with vegetable oil, then draw the desired shape for the future mask;
Cut the album sheets into small pieces and glue them to the workpiece. Do not climb over the edges you have intended;
Repeat this step over and over until the mask has the desired thickness and shape. Grease each new layer with glue;
Wait for the glue to dry before proceeding to decorate the mask. Now take paper napkins and cut them into small strips. Lubricate them with glue and twist them into flagella. Place them on the mask in the order you like best. First apply the glue to the areas of the mask where the napkins will be glued;
Let the mask dry completely. Now carefully remove it from the workpiece. Cut off the jagged edges with scissors;
Next, start painting. First, cover the mask with white or a special primer, it will become a substrate for the gold paint;
After the paint has completely dried, you can cover the mask with a golden color. Do this with a brush or foam sponge, depicting the effect of antiquity, which will look much more interesting.
Now you know how to make an original carnival mask out of paper. The finished result looks like this.

As you may have noticed, the last method of making masks is more complicated, so you will have to tinker here for a couple of days. It is important that the mask has time to dry before each new gluing or painting. Do not rush things, otherwise the end result will not please you.

To make the mask dry faster, you can use a regular hair dryer (preferably cold air). Now you know how to make a paper mask by trying your hand at different techniques. There is nothing difficult in this, even a child can cope with each of these masks. Introduce your little ones to these creative lessons, so you can not only teach them something new, but also give them more of your time.

You will need

- paraplen;
- a needle;
- black cotton threads;
- black thin fabric;
- graph paper;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- black cap;
- a linen elastic band.

Instructions

Build a pattern. To do this, it is best to take graph paper or a double sheet of paper in the box. Draw a line 8-10 cm long and divide it in half. Draw a perpendicular to the middle at a distance of 15-20 cm and put a point. Connect it to the ends of the starting line. You now have an isosceles triangle. Its dimensions depend on the size of the cap. Cut out a pattern.

Circle the triangle over a piece of paraplen and cut out. It is best to do this with a sharp knife with a trapezoidal blade, but sharp scissors can also be used. Make 2 triangles out of black fabric. Natural fabric is preferable, since it is not dissolved by Moment glue. Test the synthetic one by smearing a piece of glue with glue. You dig one triangle exactly along the contour, the second - with allowances for the thickness of the paraplen and gluing.

The paraplenine base must be shaped. To do this, sew the triangle with a thick cotton thread around the entire perimeter with a needle-forward seam and gather a little. Apply glue to the wrong side of the larger triangle. Glue it to the concave part of the base. Fold the seams over the upper convex part and smooth. Let the workpiece dry. Overcast or overlock the upper triangle around the perimeter. Sew it along the contour with a needle-forward seam and try it on to the base. Pull up so that its shape matches the shape of the paraplen. Lubricate the wrong side with glue and press against the base. Until the beak is dry, you can carefully cut the basting thread in several places and pull it out. But if the basting seam is neat and even, then you don't need to do this.

Dry your beak. Sew it to the hat so that it remains horizontal when you put it on. To do this, sew it with a seam "over the edge" from the front of the cap with very small stitches. Tighten the stitches well, but so that the paraplen does not break.

Feather option

To the question of how to make a crow mask, the answer should be: what should it be? After all, using feathers, convex elements in your work, you can make chic options. You can choose absolutely any color, it does not have to be predominantly black. The important thing is that such a thing is suitable for a matinee and for a Halloween party, especially if you want to create an image like in the fable "The Crow and the Fox".

Process of creation:

You need to take paper that will form the basis of the product. It should be tight. Fold a sheet of paper in half and create a mask template using scissors and a pencil. Such templates can be found on the Internet, but it is not difficult to draw them yourself.
Next, you need to draw the holes for the eyes. Determine where the beak will be and draw the slit. It will need to be attached separately.
Then the product is cut along the contour, as well as the marked holes inside. The distance between the eyes should be small. This can be done with children as well.
Feathers must be cut out of cardboard. Do not be lazy, cut them out more, so the crow will be more beautiful.
An elastic band is attached to the seamy side of the craft, with which it will be held on the face. A simple sewing elastic will work for this. You can use a stationery stapler to attach it.
The beak is made of thick cardboard, bent in half.
Leave a couple of centimeters to glue the beak to the mask itself.
Glue the beak well to the base of the piece.
Let's start decorating. Feathers will appear voluminous if you fold the lines down the middle.
A few small feathers will allow you to neatly mask the area around your eyes.

Other options

The carnival mask of a crow can be created not only from paper, it can also be made from foamiran with your own hands or from foam rubber.

Another way is to use fabric. For this, a hat is sewn, preferably black. Any pattern will do. The main thing here is to use a smooth fabric that will shine like crow's feathers. After that, you can use real feathers or paper cut ones. If the feathers are real, then with small stitches with black thread they stick to the fabric, paper feathers can be glued with glue. The beak, created from paper, is attached to the cap in the same way.

An easier option is to download the crow's face from the Internet, cut it out, glue it on an elastic band and you're done. It all depends on the time and material available.

From now on, not a single mother will have the question of how to make a crow mask, as in the fable "The Crow and the Fox". All of the above methods are simple and affordable.