The carnival season begins in November and reaches its peak during carnival week at the end of February and beginning of March. Carnival is derived from the word “Fastenschank”. The term refers to the week before the start of Lent before Easter. More than 2,000 years ago, people celebrated the end of winter and the beginning of spring at this time. Even today the festival is celebrated enthusiastically. The carnival costume is part of the basic equipment of every carnival fan. During Carnival week, the children go to kindergarten with painted faces and cheerful costumes. But adults can also look forward to the festival and can't be stopped during the carnival.
Just fittingCarnival costumes themeWe offer you a cool craft idea for carnival - you can make crazy socks yourself. In the article you will find detailed step-by-step instructions for the funny socks, which can also be worn at various celebrations in kindergarten.
Crazy socks are the mix-and-match trend for carnival fancy dress
To acool carnival costumeAccessories such as a hat, a crown or a mustache are simply included. From now on, the socks also play an important role when putting together the outfit. There is currently a mix-and-match trend in the USA, where twodifferent socksbe worn. For example: one sock has a bee print, the other is decorated with beehive patterns. Craft enthusiasts have developed the idea further - and are wearing two models of socks with monster heads at the carnival. You can make the “monsters” pictured above yourself in less than an hour.
The necessary materials
If you want to make crazy socks with monster heads, you'll need an hour. The following materials are also necessary:
Sewing thread in light green, white and dark green
Knitting yarn in dark green
Felt in green, orange and yellow
Fabric with a check pattern
Colorful feather
Plastic jewelry beads
Two knee-length white socks
Scissors
Nadel
White buttons in different sizes
Adhesive (optional)
Step-by-step instructions
First, make a bow tie out of the fabric with the checked print - the instructions in four easy steps can be found in the photo above. You can either sew or glue the ends of the bow tie together.
Using the buttons as a template, cut out three circles from the felt - a yellow, an orange and a green circle. Make sure that the circles are slightly larger than the buttons.
Sew the buttons to the top of the sock using the light green sewing thread. Optionally, you can glue the felt details and buttons together first.
Now make a cotton pompom. First wrap the wool threads around the index finger and little finger, wrap a wool thread around the middle and pull tight. Gently knot the threads and cut the loop ends at the end.
Sew the finished pompom over the largest button in the middle. The pompom serves as hair.
Cut out the mouth from dark green felt and sew it onto the sock.
Stick the colorful feathers between the buttons. The first monster is ready.
The second monster with colorful feathers
For the second monster, you can make “hair” out of cotton and glue it to the back. In this case you don't need a pompom. Use a cookie cutter to cut out a heart from the green felt and attach it to the sock as a nose. Complete!
