The knight theme is always very popular, and not just among boys. Whether as an idea for a carnival costume or for a themed children's birthday party, the little girls are also impressed by the heavily armed fighters. A medieval knight had to wear special clothing and be properly equipped for battle. The essential equipment also includes an important accessory – the right helmet. In this article we give you ideas and simple instructions on how you can make a knight's helmet with your children.
Suitable materials for a knight's helmet for children
If you want to make a noble knight's helmet, you can use different materials and choose different production methods. Over time, the type of helmet worn by real knights has changed. In addition to the iron trousers and the mail shirt, the heavy equipment included the nasal helmet, the monkshood and the ringed hood. The pot helmets and the visor helmets followed later.
In the following article we will present you with simple do-it-yourself models of knight's helmets with and without a visor that do not require much effort and still look great. You can make a knight's helmet yourself from cardboard, construction paper, papier-mâché, foam rubber, sheet metal or even a thermal film for car antifreeze. You are also welcome to sew this great carnival accessory out of felt.
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Make a knight's helmetCardboardis a great idea. For the knight's helmet without a visor you will need a small cardboard box, silver spray paint and strong adhesive tape. The box should be large enough to fit your child's head. First you need to remove the bottom and lid of the box. Cut a rectangular or triangular gap in the front for the knight to see through. Now you can fold the cardboard lengthwise for the face mask. So it will taper towards the front so that there is enough space for the nose. Take the lid of the box and fold it lengthwise in the middle. He wildly used it as a roof for the self-made knight's helmet. Cut the corners off the short sides to create two points. In the next step you have to cut the tips at the bend so that tabs are created. Then place the tabs on top of each other and secure them with adhesive tape. The finished lid is glued to the knight's helmet from the inside using adhesive strips.
To make your homemade shirt look authentic, you can spray it with silver varnish and let it dry thoroughly. You can cut two feathers out of construction paper and cut them on the sides at equal distances. Have your child attach them to the helmet. You can also quickly make a pot helmet with your children out of cardboard. You need to cut a rectangle out of a sturdier piece of cardboard and fold it into a tube. Place the tube over your head. Mark the height at which the slits for the eyes, mouth and nose must be and remove it from your head again. Use scissors to cut out the marked areas and glue the ends of the rectangle together. To silver-plate the knight's helmet, you can also use aluminum foil to stick it on.
Make a knight's helmet out of a plastic bucket
Did you think that you could be out of one in no timePlastikeiemerbe able to make a great knight's helmet? Simply draw a sufficiently large rectangle on the plastic bucket with a pen. Your child's face should be visible through the opening. Using a nail, make a hole somewhere along the outline. Use wire scissors or a craft knife to cut out the entire outline through the hole. To prevent your child from injuring themselves on the sharp edges, you can cover them with adhesive tape.
You are welcome to spray the helmet with silver varnish and let it dry thoroughly. Now the simple helmet without a visor is finished and your children can now really let off steam while playing outside. If you want to make the helmet more comfortable to wear, you can attach a small cloth or piece of fabric to the inside of the helmet. You can make a cool knight's helmet from an empty onePlastic packagingcreate together with your lovely little ones. A large plastic bottle made from liquid detergent, for example, is ideal for this simple craft project. Cut out the bottle in the shape of a helmet and make a narrow decorative visor out of a coffee mug, which you attach to the helmet using hot glue and decorate with a bottle cap on both sides.
Design a helmet with a visor out of paper
You can make a knight's helmet out of paper just as quickly and easily. An inexpensive and brilliant idea for a great helmet for the little knight in your life is the helmet with visor pictured above, made from a popcorn bucket. First cut out a rectangle to which you will later attach the visor. Spray the popcorn bucket with silver paint to create a metallic effect. Draw the visor on cardboard and carefully cut out the parallel slits. Fold the finished visor in half, open it again and secure it with flat head clips. You can cover the clips from the inside of the helmet with adhesive tape to avoid the risk of injury.
Alternative materials: knight's helmet made of papier-mâché
You can use a balloon and papier-mâché to conjure up a great knight's helmet using the papier-mâché technique with a little more time, but with a unique result. First, inflate the balloon. The size of the inflated balloon must correspond to the circumference of your child's head. Cut a piece of cardboard and attach it around the balloon with painter's tape. The cardboard does not have to completely enclose the balloon so that there is room for the viewing window and visor.
Coat the balloon with wallpaper paste and glue several layers of newspaper or crepe paper scraps. Allow the self-made knight's helmet to dry out completely. Gently pop the balloon with a needle and carefully remove it. Now your child can put on the papier-mâché knight's helmet and shorten the length of the helmet as needed. Now you can turn your attention to the sights.
To do this, cut a rhombus out of cardboard with two wide stripes on the sides. Provide the visor with a few slits and holes for the eyes. Cut out the outlines with a cutter. Paint the child's helmet and its visor with silver paint. Once the whole thing has completely dried out, you can attach the visor to the helmet using pattern clips. Cover the clip from the inside of the helmet with tape or felt.
