During the New Year's party for children, parents have to seriously rack their brains over what kind of original costume to come up with for their child. Of course, many carnival outfits are sold in stores, but many parents rightly believe that it is much cheaper to make a costume yourself using materials found at home. How many wonderful outfits were made from fabrics lying around in the back of closets! After reading this article, you will learn two ways to make a kokoshnik quickly and easily with your own hands from the most ordinary cardboard, so that your little Russian beauty looks simply beautiful at the matinee.
So, you, like most parents, have decided to sew a costume for your daughter for the matinee yourself, all that remains is to decide which look to choose for your little beauty. It just so happens that girls at New Year's parties are usually dressed up as princesses, snowflakes and fairies. The costumes are certainly beautiful, but their ideas are quite banal. Much more interesting is the Snow Maiden costume, which can be much prettier and more interesting than the costume of any princess. Of course, the image of the granddaughter of Santa Claus will be incomplete without such a wonderful headdress as a kokoshnik.
We make a kokoshnik with our own hands from cardboard to complement the costume
So, you have already sewed a beautiful dress or fur coat, which is the main part of the costume for your daughter for the New Year's party. All that remains is to prepare the headdress, without which it is impossible to imagine the beautiful Snow Maiden - kokoshnik. So, to create the Snow Maiden’s kokoshnik you will need to acquire the following materials:
- Newspaper or plain thin paper of the desired size
- Fabric matching the color of the dress or fur coat
- Thread and needle
- Cardboard
- Beads, beads, ribbons and everything else suitable for decorating a kokoshnik
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Organza to match your suit color
So, let's start our master class on a kokoshnik, made with your own hands from ordinary cardboard for children. Before starting work, it is necessary to take measurements from the child’s head. Measurements must be made along the red lines shown in the figure below.
The size and shape of the kokoshnik is a matter of taste, but one should certainly take into account that if the child is still quite small, then a headdress that is too large may look ridiculous and will not fit well on the head. If suddenly you can’t decide what kind of kokoshnik to make for a doll or for your daughter, look at the selection of photos attached below.
After we have taken measurements and decided on the shape of the future product, we need to prepare a template. It is most convenient to cut it out of a newspaper folded in half so that the kokoshnik turns out symmetrical. For the master class, a rather simple, but no less beautiful form of kokoshnik was chosen.
Using a cardboard template, we cut out the base for our kokoshnik.
From the prepared fabric, using the resulting template, we make a pattern, not forgetting to leave small allowances for the seams. We lay the fabric on the cardboard and, bending the allowances, sew the edges along the perimeter from the inside. If you are going to make a kokoshnik of a very complex shape, you can do without allowances and simply glue the fabric to the cardboard.
We do all this from the outside of the product, bending the allowances inwards and connecting them with a seam over the edge or a hidden seam. Again: if the shape of the kokoshnik you have chosen is too complex, with an abundance of corners and details, then just carefully glue the fabric to the cardboard. 
We decorate the front side of our product. For the Snow Maiden costume, it is better to choose silver, blue or dark blue jewelry: beads, sparkles, various beautiful shiny “stones” made of plastic, rhinestones, if desired, you can decorate the edge of the kokoshnik with tinsel.
Using the template, we make a pattern from organza that matches the color of your suit, without making a cutout for the head.
We put organza on the inside of the kokoshnik and sew it on, bending the allowances and leaving the lower part free. That is, we sew only the side parts so that we can stick our head into the kokoshnik. 
We bend the lower part of the organza, insert an elastic band there and sew it on so that the kokoshnik rests securely on the head.
If desired, you can sew ribbons to the finished kokoshnik: satin or organza. When decorating, feel free to experiment and use different decorations: beads, glass beads, lace, ribbons. You can purchase special paints for painting on fabric and decorate your kokoshnik with fancy patterns. You can watch other ways to create a kokoshnik from cardboard in the selection of videos below. We hope that the New Year tree will be memorable for your child, and that your little Snow Maiden or Russian beauty will be the most beautiful there!
Video on the topic of the article
The lesson on creating a kokoshnik from cardboard has come to an end, and at the end of the article we are attaching a number of video lessons on this topic.
Ekaterina Morozova
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According to tradition, the Snow Maiden costume is a dress (fur coat) made of white, silver or blue material, elegant boots, and a hat or kokoshnik.
Snow Maidens who have left childhood usually choose their outfits for the New Year in stores. For little Snow Maidens, costumes are usually sewn by caring mothers.
Before you start making the Snow Maiden costume...
To begin with, you should look in the closet and on the mezzanine. For a children's Snow Maiden costume, any dress made of elegant, preferably thick and shiny, material is quite suitable.
All that remains is to decorate it with a fur trim (or tinsel), create an elegant collar and decorate the hem with rhinestones, snowflakes or beads - in general, whoever has enough imagination for what.
Snow Maiden costume for kindergarten
For this outfit, wear white tights and a white turtleneck (badlon, long-sleeved blouse).
Basic materials for a costume are available in almost every home, every woman. So there shouldn't be any problems finding them.
Costume materials:
We sew a sundress for the Snow Maiden:
- To create a pattern, take a sheet of wallpaper. Trace your daughter's T-shirt on a piece of paper and draw it to make a dress.
- Trace the pattern onto the material of the old shirt. When tracing the back side of the sundress, make the neckline cutout less deep than on the front side.
- Make a seam allowance (at least one centimeter) and, cutting out patterns from the fabric, sew both sides, leaving cutouts for the sleeves.
- Along the neck of the sundress, along its hem and cutouts for the sleeves, make a piping from the straps and trim of the shirt.
- Cover the bottom of the sundress with shiny tinsel (fur).
- On the front side of the sundress (from the throat to the bottom of the hem) sew large snowflake sequins or fur in two even vertical stripes.
- Sew large tinsel snowflakes between the stripes instead of buttons.
Cape for the Snow Maiden:
- To create a pattern, again, take a sheet of wallpaper. Draw a large circle, and in its center a small circle, which will be the neck. Three quarters of the resulting circle is the cape pattern. Cut out.
- Trace the pattern onto the fabric (on a shirt, or other existing fabric that matches the main fabric), taking into account seam allowances, and cut out again.
- Finish the edges of the cape with the existing piping and trim it with shiny tinsel (fur).
- On the front, sew tinsel snowflakes on each side of the cape.
- Sew a couple of straps at the neckline - the ties of the cape.
- The cape, if desired and possible, can be painted with fabric paint. For example, create a light frosty pattern with silver. Or embroider large snowflakes on fabric with sequins.
Snow Maiden's Crown:
Costume for school
As you know, nothing is impossible. And sewing a Snow Maiden costume with your own hands is not at all as difficult as it seems. This outfit will consist of a cape, an upper and lower dress - and, of course, a headdress.
It is preferable to choose a fabric - white or blue brocade, but if it is not available, you can choose other options available in cabinets and mezzanines.
The trim of the sleeves and hem in this case is white light fur.
Costume materials:
- Tulle (or other lightweight fabric);
- Tracing paper for patterns (wallpaper);
- Brocade (or other elegant and dense fabric);
- White light fur (faux). In its absence, the fur is replaced with shiny tinsel;
- Trim (strip of fabric for finishing);
- Beads, sequins, beads, foil;
- Tools (scissors, thread, needle, glue).
Snow Maiden's underdress:
Snow Maiden's top dress:
Snow Maiden's cape:
Snow Maiden's hat:
- Transfer the pattern details onto tracing paper, according to the size of the child’s head.
- Cut out pieces from thick fabric. You can use fabric for an outer dress.
- Fold the cut out wedges of the cap with the wrong side out and sew one side. Then sew the second pair of wedges. Fold the resulting two parts right sides inward and sew the sides.
- Turn the cap inside out and iron it.
- A pompom for a hat can be made from fur by cutting out a circle (D=12cm), basting and pulling it along the edge and securing it with thread. You can also sew pompoms on ribbons.
- Sew a strip of white fur along the edge of the hat.
- The suit is ready.
Kokoshnik is an ancient headdress in the form of a beautiful shield over the girl’s forehead, embroidered with patterns and decorated with decorative elements. Such a beautiful headdress can be made for an adult girl, and for a little girl as an addition to a festive outfit. From this article you will learn how to make a kokoshnik with your own hands step by step. We will look at how to make a kokoshnik for a girl with your own hands, but using this technology you can make a kokoshnik with your own hands to go with any costume.
And so, do-it-yourself Snow Maiden kokoshnik master class, you will need:
- 1 sheet A4 thin;
- 2 sheets of thick white cardboard;
- textile;
- PVA glue;
- glue gun;
- ribbon;
- beads, rhinestones, sparkles, sequins for decoration.
Instructions on how to make a kokoshnik from cardboard:
- And so, first of all, we take measurements from the model. You need to measure your head circumference to know what size to make the hoop. For convenience, you can use thin wire. You can bend it over the head and then easily transfer the dimensions onto paper.
- Draw a kokoshnik template on a landscape sheet. It can be exactly like in our case or have a different shape.
- Next, when the kokoshnik template is ready, transfer it to thick white cardboard and cut out 2 pieces. This will be our base for the headdress.
- We also cut out 2 strips from cardboard, one a little thinner, the second a little wider. The length of the strips should be the same as the size of the head. This is the future headband. We make cuts on both strips and bend them in one direction, so that when gluing them to a rounded surface, everything will lie as it should.
- We make 2 patterns from the fabric that we will use to cover our kokoshnik. We also make shallow cuts along the contour of the pattern, so that it is convenient to bend and glue the edges.
- When everything is ready to make a kokoshnik with your own hands from cardboard, we begin to glue it. First of all, we glue our prepared strips and form the future rim. We will have a thin stripe on the front and a wide stripe on the back.
- When the headband is formed, we take one half of the girl’s kokoshnik with our own hands and cover its front part with fabric. We perform the same manipulations with the second half of the kokoshnik.
It is best to glue the fabric with PVA glue. It goes on smoothly, dries quickly, and does not leave stains or streaks.
It is best and most convenient to glue decorative elements to the kokoshnik using a glue gun.
If you have never made a kokoshnik before, and have not figured out how to decorate a kokoshnik, keep a selection of photographs with options for decorating this headdress for any holiday.
Each nationality has its own national costumes, the details of which can immediately determine a person’s ethnicity. A headband with feathers will indicate an Indian, a wide-brimmed sombrero will indicate a Mexican or Spaniard, a wreath with numerous bright ones will indicate a Ukrainian fashionista of past centuries, and a kokoshnik decorated with beads will indicate a majestic Russian beauty.
A few words about the headdress
In our article we will talk about how to make the Snow Maiden’s kokoshnik yourself for the New Year’s carnival. But first, let's say a few words about the very subject of women's national costume. You rarely hear the word “kokoshnik” these days. It has been successfully replaced by the more familiar “crown”. Although it is not entirely accurate, it quite correctly reflects the essence of the subject. The Snow Maiden's kokoshnik really looks like a crown, shaped like a crescent or a large fan, or less often a shield, wrapped around the head. The name is associated, according to linguists, with the ancient Russian word “kokosh”. This is what our ancestors said to the clucking hens and hatched chicks. Consequently, the Snow Maiden’s kokoshnik is an adornment for an adult girl who is about to get married.
Form of dress
Elegant, rich “crowns” were supposed to draw the attention of guys to potential brides. A fan or comb was attached to a cap worn directly on the head. It could be deep, covering low the forehead, ears and the back of the head - depending on how it was customary in a particular area to braid and style girls’ braids: wrap them around the head, let them down over the shoulders or wrap them over the ears. So the Snow Maiden’s kokoshnik can also be designed so that it is convenient to put on and wear during the carnival.
As for the decor, here you are given complete freedom of action. Pearl-like beads are suitable for decorating a headdress, because we most often see their openwork weaving with a mesh on museum exhibits. And pearl threads hanging down on the cheeks, rhinestones, pieces of brocade, foil, Christmas tree rain (everything that shimmers, sparkles, sparkles) will definitely suit you. And even flowers made of lace. The Snow Maiden's kokoshnik is often complemented with a light cobweb shawl, which also corresponds to the ancient Russian traditions of wearing this headdress. Or with silk ribbons, with the help of which it is secured to the head.
Necessary materials
In the old days, craftsmen used special metal tapes, thick paper and fabric, cardboard, and other materials to make headwear. You need to stock up on them too. Instead of metal strips, it will do. When you are planning how to make a kokoshnik for the Snow Maiden, select several pieces of wire of different lengths. Why aluminum? This wire is both strong enough to hold its shape and flexible (it can be bent in the most intricate ways). In addition, you will need pieces of foam rubber, universal glue, threads, plain and wrapping paper, scissors, a simple pencil, and an eraser.
Kokoshnik for girls: initial preparations
How to make a kokoshnik for the Snow Maiden, given that it will be worn by a girl aged 5 to 10-11 years? In this case, the headdress is easy and simple, and what else does a beginner in the field of design need? Having already mastered your hand, next year you will make a more complex kokoshnik for the Snow Maiden.
Let's start the master class with choosing a style. From ordinary cardboard, or corrugated cardboard, cut out a shield-crown in the form of a crescent of medium height. If your daughter likes a pointed kokoshnik, give the piece a dome shape. Make a semicircular cutout for the head of the appropriate size. To ensure that the decoration does not put pressure on the skin and does not cause inconvenience, and also holds well, stick strips of foam rubber along this cutout on the front and back sides of the kokoshnik. They can be disguised either with Christmas tree rain, or with wrapping paper or other accessories.
Kokoshnik for girls: the final stage
So you have the basis for the kokoshnik for the Snow Maiden. The master class for beginners continues. Your task is to decorate the headdress, making it as elegant as possible. Cover it with light blue or white silk. Sew small snowflakes bought in a store or embroider with beads, small pearl beads or transparent bugles. As an option, lace stripes are suitable. the photo of which you see above includes a headdress of exactly this type. Looks nice, right? And the last step: sew on 2 blue or white ribbons and tie them in a bow under the hair. Now dress up your daughter and hurry to the carnival!
Outfit details
What elements does the Snow Maiden's costume consist of? Photos of reproductions from folk tales and New Year's cards presented in the article will help you remember the details of the outfit of Santa Claus's granddaughter. The snow girl wears a straight long dress or the color of the fabric is all shades of blue, white, or maybe soft turquoise. The dress should be trimmed with fur. On top is a brocade or fur coat to the middle of the thighs, matching the dress. Muff or mittens. And boots. For a girl, of course, a knee-length dress, light leggings or tights are more suitable. The clothes must be embroidered with sequins. Instead of a kokoshnik, a crown cap is put on the head.
Kokoshnik on the rim
It is very convenient and simple to make the Snow Maiden’s kokoshnik (photo attached) for a carnival costume, using a regular one as a basis. It should be wide enough and not move off the head. Plastic or steel will do. Make a fan-shaped base from aluminum wire. It may look like half a snowflake. Secure the workpiece to the rim. Connect thin foam rubber or hemming fabric to the frame using paper clips or sew with heavy threads and large stitches. Cover it with a shiny fabric: silk, brocade, satin, organza (whatever is available). Even white or blue satin will do, because the Snow Maiden’s costume with a kokoshnik will still require additional decorations. And it is more convenient to attach a pearl mesh and beads to the crown on the rim.
Decor options
How else is the kokoshnik decorated? Buy more white pearl-like beads of different sizes. Having measured the length of the forehead and leaving 5-7 centimeters in reserve, prepare 5 pieces of strong thread and string beads on them, securing the ends. Sew one, leaving gaps, to the kokoshnik. Attach the second string of beads to the first, hemming it in a checkerboard pattern. The third to the second, etc. You should end up with a mesh that resembles a pattern of fish scales. It is placed on the Snow Maiden's forehead. Approximately at the level of the temples, attach more rows of beads to the kokoshnik - they should go down along the face and can reach the line or even even the neck. True, this type of attire is more suitable for a teenage girl. If you are preparing an outfit for a little girl, do this: discard the beads, trim the lower base of the kokoshnik with a bright blue ribbon. And cut several pieces from it, for example, 6, 10-15 cm long. Make small pom-pom balls from pieces of light fur or thread. Sew them to one of the edges of the cut ribbons. And connect the second edges with the kokoshnik where the lower beads were supposed to be attached for the older Snow Maiden. Original, stylish, comfortable and charming - that’s what we can say about your outfit!
Every girl at least once in her life dreamed of becoming a princess. You can feel like her at any age with the help of a crown. Fairytale crowns can be used to create a regal look at themed parties, photo shoots, and matinees in kindergarten or school. For this, whatever is at hand is suitable: cardboard, paper, beads, beads, ribbons, sequins.
To create a crown, you need to decide on the main material from which the product will be made and its decor. It is best that the material is dense and holds its shape well - this way the decorative accessory will look good longer. To do this, it is better to choose thick cardboard or paper.
You can also make a crown based on the frame. To do this, a base and teeth are formed from wire, connected together, and then the crown is covered with cloth or wrapping paper.
How to make a crown out of cardboard?
In order to make a crown from cardboard, you need to arm yourself with a ruler, pencil, scissors and shiny decorative elements. Glue rhinestones, glitter glue, and large beads are suitable.
On a sheet of cardboard we draw a rectangle equal to the width and height of the crown plus 3 cm. We measure the height and width of the teeth of the crown. On the bottom of the rectangle we put 1.5 cm on the sides - these will be the allowances along which you will glue the crown. Cut out the teeth of the crown. We strengthen the outer side with decorative wrapping paper or film. We decorate the crown by sewing beads, gluing rhinestones or drawing patterns with sparkles.
Lubricate the side allowances with glue and connect the crown into a ring.
How to make a paper crown with your own hands?
Paper allows you to create many interesting crafts - garlands, hats, jewelry. A crown made of paper is made according to the same principles as from cardboard. It is worth remembering that the paper is less dense. This accessory will not last long. You can use thick paper for watercolors - it holds its shape well.
How to make a crown for the Snow Maiden?
The crown for the Snow Maiden is traditionally made in a certain shape. When finished, it very much resembles a Russian kokoshnik. It can be made from thick cardboard, decorated with New Year's tinsel and painted with shiny paint.
How to make a crown for the Snow Maiden: you will need a large sheet of cardboard, glue, measuring tape, New Year's garlands or tinsel, wide satin ribbon, fabric, beads, beads and thread with a needle.
- On a sheet of cardboard we draw a kokoshnik blank by hand. The lower part should be equal to half the volume of the head.
- The crown for the Snow Maiden will not sit completely on the head, but will rise above the face and be attached with satin ribbons. Cut out a blank from cardboard. We make a cut on both sides for pulling the ribbons through. We take any fabric (the cheapest option is lining fabric), attach the crown template to it and make a pattern, marking allowances of 5 cm on all sides. We coat the cardboard blank with glue and glue the fabric to it. We also coat the fabric allowances with glue and turn them inside out. We cut the tape into 2 parts of the required length and pull it through the side cuts. To make the crown look beautiful, you can make a loop from the ribbon and sew it on the wrong side.
- We decorate the resulting crown with beads. They can be sewn on using a needle and thread. The fabric can also be painted with silver acrylic paint. We decorate the edges of the crown for the Snow Maiden with a New Year's garland.
- This accessory can also be made according to another principle - draw an oval cutout on the blank, which imitates the lines of the head. The Snow Maiden's crown can also be used as a snowflake crown.
- In order for the headdress to fit tightly on the head, it can be made a few millimeters larger than the circumference of the head. If it is small, then you can hold it with the help of bobby pins that are pinned to the crown and hair.
For young children, you can make a crown with satin ribbons and elastic bands that will tightly wrap around the head and hold the accessory.
A DIY crown can be a great holiday accessory. It is easy to make from any dense material that holds its shape - cardboard, paper. Wire crowns decorated with large beads also look beautiful. You can use beads, rhinestones, and sequins as decoration. In order for the crown to fit well on your head, you need to take the measurements correctly.