Animator's costume: costume options, life-size puppets, cartoon characters, holding holidays and children's matinees

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

What a festive event is complete without cheerful artists! Depending on the event, characters suitable for the theme are selected. Fabulous, cartoon characters become frequent guests of entertainment programs.

And of course, you need to choose the right costume for the animator. This article will look at costume options for various holidays.

Who is an animator?

A kind of actors who entertain the guests of a holiday or entertainment event. An important point is their dressing up in bright colorful costumes. They create a lively atmosphere of joy by improvising funny situations. In a word, their presence allows guests not to be bored and have fun for unforgettable hours of relaxation.

Thanks to the animators in the costumes of fabulous, cinematic, historical, cartoon characters, the holiday will turn into a magical colorful show. Picturesque photos taken as a keepsake will remind of him.

Animator costumes for children's parties

In specialized stores you can buy different types of a wide variety of outfits. It can be fixies, smurfs, smeshariki, snowmen, various animals, Shrek, Spiderman and so on. Any character adored by children. But it is much more interesting to create costumes with your own hands from a variety of materials. It will come out cheaper and more original. Consider several options for creating an animator costume with your own hands.

Shrek is the favorite hero of many children

Despite the intimidating appearance, the cartoon character was especially fond of the kids. Therefore, its appearance is often observed on children's matinees.

At first glance, it seems that it is difficult or impossible to make such an animator costume. In fact, it can be created in one evening. There would be fantasy and skillful hands.

Shrek's huge belly can be made with a pillow tucked into a T-shirt and secured with a belt.

Next comes the shirt. You can use a turtleneck or a gray or white shirt. It is desirable that it be long, almost reaching the knees. A brown belt at the waist over the shirt is required.

Then comes a short vest. You can use store bought or you can make your own. For example, from fur fabric. The main thing is to choose the right size.

From the bottom, you can put on ready-made brown pants or leggings. On the feet - boots.

The final touch will be to create a mask. In the store you can buy ready-made. Or make it using the papier-mâché technique. This will require a balloon,inflated in the shape of Shrek's head. Pieces of paper moistened with paste are glued to it. Gradually form eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Shrek's head should be green. Gloves are put on the hands, also green.

I want to become a fixie

The appearance of the favorite characters of the famous animated series at the holiday will definitely cheer up the children.

Especially popular are such heroes of "Fixies" as Nolik and Simka.

First you need to pick up a yellow or orange turtleneck and overalls of the same color as the turtleneck. On the elbows and hips - sew on pink decorative inserts. An emblem in the form of a circle with a painted palm, with the little finger and ring fingers bent is obligatory on the chest. Simka's costume is almost ready.

Shoes - slippers to match the color of the clothes, decorated with additional inserts. On hands - pink gloves without fingers.

The most difficult thing is to make a foam cap. This will require scissors and orange paint.

A rectangle is cut out of foam rubber, 20-22 centimeters wide. The length will correspond to the size of the head circumference. Stepping back 10-12 centimeters from the edge, triangles are drawn along the entire length, with the top to the edge of the foam rubber. Next, you need to cut them out. The vertices of the triangles are combined into one. To do this, the sides of the rectangle are sewn or glued together. The resulting product will be the basis of the cap. Then elongated triangles are cut and glued to the base.

Gather the hat on the back of the head with an elastic band. The final touch is coloring it inorange color.

Nolik's costume from the same animated series is made in the same way, only the colors are different - blue with purple accents. And a slightly different shape of the cap.

"Paw Patrol" - animators dressed as faithful and brave dogs

All the children loved the characters of this cartoon. And this is not surprising. After all, brave puppies, helping their friends, perform very difficult tasks.

And of course, if parents invite an animator dressed as such a cartoon character to their child's birthday, they will not fail. It will be a real surprise for the little birthday boy.

You can buy ready-made costumes for animators, but it's much more interesting to make them yourself. Depending on which character is selected, fabric of a certain color is purchased.

For example, for Racer, Skye, Zuma, Robust, they acquire plush material of brown color. For Everest and Rocky - gray. And Marshall is a Dalmatian, you have to look for a white fabric with black spots.

It is important to make patterns correctly. Should be a jumpsuit with a hood. An important detail is the "Paw Patrol" emblem. A tail is sewn to the pants, long ears are sewn to the hood. A vest is put on over the overalls, and a muzzle of a dog with a mustache is drawn on the face. On the hands - gloves, on the legs - boots made of the same plush material.

Puppets

This is a kind of animation costume for entertainers to entertain people. Or for the promoter,participating in the advertisement. For example, on the streets you can meet a sausage, a hamburger or a cutlet calmly walking. Or the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.

Puppets are made in different sizes, or take into account the growth of a particular animator. In order to make such a costume, you will need various fabrics and foam rubber. The frame of the future doll should be stable and comfortable for work. Animators advertising a product are usually given a microphone or loudspeaker to attract the attention of passers-by. They often give out colorful flyers.

It is important that the animator in the doll costume looks bright and original. The costume should be as close as possible to the known image that was chosen.

Holidays and matinees

At any children's events there must be animators in the costume of a cat, dog, fox, wolf, bear and so on. Toddlers are very fond of animals. These characters always make a positive impression. Usually, educators or teachers act as animators. Teachers understand how to correctly present the image of a particular animal. The character of the Fox is depicted as cunning and treacherous, the wolf as angry and hungry. Dog and cat are true friends. So, while playing, children learn to understand what is good and bad, to distinguish between evil and good.

Animal costumes are easy to make. You need matching pants and a turtleneck. Don't forget to sew on the tail. On the feet are boots. On the head is a mask with ears, which can be sewn fromsoft fabric or make out of paper.

Afterword

At any festive events (not only for children), the participation of animators has become popular. They entertain the audience with funny stories, dances, songs, cheer up for the whole day. The main task of the animators is to stir up the interest of the audience.

Children are especially happy with them. Animators in costumes of clowns, robbers, pirates, characters of favorite cartoons will not leave any child indifferent. Thanks to them, the kids are happy and the parents are calm.

Recently, lol dolls have become especially common. Costumes for animators are very bright, cheerful and varied. They won the hearts of little girls. Therefore, it is not surprising that all the young princesses are waiting for their birthdays.

It is advisable to purchase such costumes in specialized stores. But if this is not always possible, then you can make them yourself. To do this, use shiny multi-colored fabrics, beautiful bows, jewelry, scarves, handkerchiefs, straps, beautiful model glasses, colored wigs, shiny shoes, handbags. In a word, you need to give free rein to fantasy.

In stores, costumes for children's animators are quite expensive. Do-it-yourself ones will cost an order of magnitude lower.