Who is Kikimora?
This fairy-tale character is often found in Russian fairy tales and is called as Kikimora the Swamp or Lesha's girlfriend.
She lives in a swamp, has an untidy appearance, clothes - rags, disheveled hair.
Kikimora Carnival Costume
Kikimora has green coarse hair, a marsh-colored dress, as if in mud or other greenery. You can replace the dress with a skirt with a T-shirt, throw something on top like a fishing net.
Shoes for kikimory can only be bast shoes. Accessories will complement the image - it can be large necklaces or bracelets from beads of different sizes and colors.
If you go the easy way, you can simply purchase a multi-colored wig for a costume, but they grew too well-groomed and shiny, they are not quite suitable for the image of swamp kikimora.
In this case, it is better to use multi-colored overhead strands, but they can be made with your own hands.
The formation of "swamp" strands
For homemade strands you will need flax, used in plumbing work. He perfectly imitates the untidy and disheveled hair of Kikimora, they are colored with green paint or ordinary green. For painting, divide the flax into parts and boil them together with the paint. After the lock, rinse well and dry.
The thread should be fully hung with colored strands, good and large clips are glued to the edges, which are then attached to the hair closer to the roots. The resulting hairstyle looks very organic and natural and will be a great addition to the carnival costume.
The costume of the swamp diva can be either a dress or a T-shirt with a skirt or trousers; a wrap is put on top. The first thing to do is to choose the material for sewing.
Important! A sloppy edge can be made around the entire perimeter of the cloak; for this, the fabric is incised. This creates a spectacular and extravagance costume.
We sew a skirt
Sewing skirts is not difficult. Light and airy multi-layer fabric is suitable for the bottom of the suit: tulle, organza, satin. For the skirt you will need square pieces of any fabric that are sewn together at an offset angle. The pieces of fabric are fastened in the middle and a circle is drawn there, equal to the waist volume + 5 cm.
Masquerade Dress Options
To sew a dress, kikimory take a child’s t-shirt or t-shirt, carefully draw chalk around the contour of the item, lateral trapezoidal stitches are taken out of the armpits, so the baby will be comfortable walking the dress. They circle the sleeves of the T-shirt and cut out all the details along the intended outline.
Pattern trousers and t-shirts
The pattern for the costume will be based on the things of the child, in order to accurately get with the size.
What Kikimora and without bast shoes? These old Russian shoes will add a special twist to the costume. They themselves can be crocheted from thick green yarn. Ten loops are gradually gathered onto the hook and the bast shoes are knitted in a circle, so the sole is obtained.
Important! Bast shoes will ideally fit the costume if they are made in green, yellow or swamp colors.
Creative accessories
Accessories will add originality and charm to the kikimora costume. It can be necklaces and green beads, a rim with a frog, a large hat with brim and veil, a belt with done leaves, threads or New Year's rain - all these details will give the costume a complete look.
First of all, what kind of costume the child should decide, let it be the generators of ideas for decorating and decorating this carnival outfit.