The most beloved children's holiday is approaching - the New Year. A series of festive matinees is moving in mass cultural, educational and educational institutions. Carnival is a bright and cheerful part of the New Year's event, and the child will certainly want to appear as a favorite character.
Merry Carnival
On New Year's Eve, girls dress up as princesses and snowflakes, and boys dream of dressing up as a courageous hero. Supermen and Batman were very popular in the past years and are no longer relevant.
Cossack costume for a boy is a great solution for a children's carnival. Cossacks are national warriors, full of courage and determination. In past centuries, the Cossacks formed on the outskirts of Russia, boldly defended their homeland and their interests.
Cossack costume for a boy will fill him with pride in Cossack warriors, patriotism, courage and self-confidence.
Cossack costume
On the shelves of shops and in special salons there is a large abundance of carnival costumes and related attributes. Can be rented for a reasonable amountCossack costume for a boy. This will deprive parents of the hassle of preparing the child for the holiday, but will bring certain difficulties. A Cossack boy, participating in games or a round dance, can accidentally damage the details of the costume or tear the fabric. Therefore, parents are advised to make a Cossack costume for a boy with their own hands. It is not difficult and interesting work.
Making a Cossack costume is not at all difficult. Perhaps in the wardrobe of a husband or brother there are clothes that will become part of the outfit.
Cossack costume for a boy consists of several parts:
- white or red shirt made of satin fabric, embroidered along the edges with red threads;
- red or blue bloomers;
- wide red belt;
- small boots.
If there are no suitable things, they are easily created by hand.
- First you need to decide what kind of Cossack the boy will be. Zaporizhzhya Cossacks (Khokhly) and Don Cossacks (Katsaps) had some differences both in clothing and in appearance. For the first option, it is better to give preference to a white shirt. The fabric does not really matter, but satin and silk look more solemn than linen and cotton. With red threads, make a few simple patterns by embroidering on the collar in the button area, cuffs.
- If there are no suitable bloomers, you can easily make them yourself. Cut out wide trousers from blue, red or blue fabric. Print the pattern from a thematic site or cut it out by eye.
- The color of the belt depends on the color of the trousers - itshould create a sharp contrast. For blue pants, make a red belt, for red - blue. The belt is made from a piece of fabric with a length of 20 cm.
- Take red boots or light short boots as shoes.
Khokhol or katsap?
Cossack costume for a boy is complemented with the appropriate attributes: saber, hat and mustache. If there is no suitable saber, one is made using cardboard and foil, a mustache is cut out of a piece of fur or drawn with a marker on the boy's face.
The costume of the Don Cossack for a boy is distinguished by the presence of a hat and a vest. The Don Cossacks were jokingly called "Katsaps" by their Zaporizhian brother-in-laws, Khokhols. "Katsap" means goat. The Don Cossacks got this nickname for the tradition of wearing a small pointed beard that adorned their faces.
To endow the suit with a katsap style, a pointed fur hat and a protruding small beard will help.
Please your boy with a Cossack costume for a matinee. Let him feel the spirit of freedom and strong will of the Cossacks.
