Carnival is coming and you have to celebrate it by dressing up. But you also have to do it responsibly for that. We propose you recycled and ecological costumes for your children. It is also a way to show the smallest of the house to grow with sustainable values. Let's teach children to give clothing and objects a second chance by making recycled costumes.
Also find and make a recycled costume supposes a plus of creativity, since you have to represent the object or characterize yourself as the favorite character, only with materials that we have at home, so we will reuse them, or those that we can recycle, or those that are already made of sustainable materials. Have fun taking care of the planet!
Ecological and repurposed costumes
One of the best proposals to make ecological costumes is reuse the ones we already have from other years. For example, the angel wings of the Christmas costume can transform into a demon, butterfly, or fairy. And remember Halloween, surely you can reuse a costume again with a few new touches.
Another way to make repurposed costumes is use the clothes that we have at home and that we no longer use. That jacket of the suit of father or mother that no longer can be used to disguise itself as a true executive. The clown, hippie, or scarecrow costumes They are the most common when it comes to reusing the clothes that we have stored in the closet. And you can always improvise a scary ghost.
If you want a costume that really attracts attention, we suggest the spaghetti plate. You need red clothes, better if you have a wringer, but a cardboard plate also works, and brown and yellow wool or raw. It is something entertaining, because you have to sew pieces of wool on your clothes, and accompany it with small meatballs.
How to make original costumes with recycled material
There are many original costumes with recycled material that arose from a simple and effective idea. The easiest, or the first thing that comes to mind is cardboard boxes. At home you will surely have different sizes, square, rectangular, lower ... With lined or painted boxes we can turn boys and girls into robots, space rockets, or Lego tiles.
With recyclable garbage bags can be made very fun costumes, like the penguin, witch or Batman. One of the advantages of garbage bags is that they are the ideal size for children. If time allows you, with rope and tissue paper flowers, your daughters can dress up as Hawaiians, or as African warriors.
Your little ones can be whatever they want to be, and not just for a day. These costumes are usually used not only for carnival, but the boys and girls are so happy with them that they will continue to give it life. Ah! and remember that if you decide to put aluminum foil on your costumes Remember to separate the cardboard from the aluminum foil. The two materials are recycled, one goes to the blue container and the other to the yellow one.
Very fun ecological costumes
If you really think about it in advance and you are skilled, you can make some incredible costumes with newspaper, drink cans or CDs. They are somewhat more laborious than cardboard ones, but much more original. With the caps of the drinks, or the caps of the bottles you can also make a futuristic costume or incredible warrior. Of course you will have to stick them on a cardboard or cloth so that it does not harm the child.
Sometimes you don't need to do the whole costume, just create a beautiful fancy cardboard mask like Carnival of Venice. For the little ones, you can make octopus legs, or jellyfish, as it suits you, sewing some stuffed socks to their pants or skirt. To make them weigh less you can fill them with paper.
The idea that we wanted to convey is that we can and must reuse what we have at home for two reasons. On the one hand we will save and above all because we will make responsible consumption. And now, to enjoy the carnival with an ecological conscience!