How to play Santa Claus correctly for your child

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

There is no need to hire specialists to give your kid a few minutes of real magic. You yourself can easily transform into a gorgeous Santa Claus.

1. Disguise your face

Despite the fact that you will have a gorgeous gray beard and mustache, part of the face will still remain open. Therefore, in order to achieve maximum similarity with Santa Claus, it is necessary to apply old age makeup. If there are no special paints for face painting, then you can use ordinary pencils for eyebrows and eyes of brown and white colors, eye shadow.

You need to apply makeup in the following sequence:

• Apply a dab of light, mattifying foundation all over your face.
• Using a brown pencil, draw your own wrinkles and puffiness around the eyes, emphasize the nasolabial folds and vertical lines on the bridge of the nose, and then lightly blend them with a flat brush.
• You can add volume to wrinkles and folds by painting them with white shadows or a pencil. Accentuate the brow ridges, zygomatic bulges, bags under the eyes, nose and chin.
• Apply the blush to the cheeks and the bridge of the nose.
• Use white watercolors or white ink to tint eyebrows (against hair growth) and eyelashes.

The more natural the old age make-up turns out, the more the kid will believe that you are a real grandfather from a fairy tale.

2. Dress correctly

Magic sheepskin coat

Outerwear of Santa Claus can be rented in a specialized company or rented from friends. If both options are not suitable, try writing an appropriate announcement in advance on the forum or website of your city.

Buy a suit online. It is necessary to place an order at least two to three weeks before the holiday.

If you have experience in cutting and sewing, then you can create a suit from scratch. To do this, you will need velvet, satin, fur and brocade. The future fur coat for Santa Claus is best done with insulation and a larger size in order to put on something voluminous down. After all, a real New Year's wizard is not thin.

If you do not want to sew a suit, order the product from professional tailors. After use, the outfit can be rented to other parents.

Shoes

Veil ordinary shoes that Santa Claus cannot wear with bright fabric or replace with felt boots, ugg boots.

By the way, it's not difficult to sew shoes yourself. Choose the densest fabric for them so that the felt boots keep their shape, duplicate them with a pad and add a synthetic winterizer for volume. Decorate the resulting product with fur, rhinestones, snowflakes and sparkles.

Mittens, hat and bag

Ordinary white mittens can be used as mittens. At home, making gloves, even in the absence of experience, will take no more than an hour.

It is better to buy the fabric to match the sheepskin coat. Using a bar of soap on the fabric, trace the outside and inside of the hands of both hands with protruding thumbs. Leave a 3–4 centimeter seam allowance. There will be four drawings. All you have to do is cut out the details, sew together accordingly and decorate.

You can buy ready-made mittens or replace them with New Year's potholders (one-color or with the same pattern on both sides).

There is no point in making a hat and a bag of Santa Claus yourself. Before the New Year holidays, they can be purchased at almost any store. For volume, fill the bag with empty boxes, because you need to deliver gifts to many more kids.

In the absence of a special bag, pre-pack the gift beautifully in a box with a large bow. It will be equally impressive.

Beard

If desired, an original and lush beard can be made from a wig. Sew a tight elastic band to it to keep the masterpiece on your face. Curlers will help give curl to the beard.

Instead of a wig, a hairpin or hairpiece made of artificial hair is suitable, which must be cut and secured with an elastic band.

3. Think over the image

Next, you need to erase all the signs by which the child recognizes his beloved dad in a New Year's outfit. Try to come up with an image for yourself: will you be a sedate Santa Claus or energetic, cheerful and cheerful? How will you laugh? What kind of gait and gesture will you have?

For the sake of interest, revise the wonderful Soviet cartoons, for example, "New Year's Journey", "Moroz Ivanovich", "When the Christmas Trees Are Lit", "Winter's Tale". First, it will help you tune in to a festive mood. Secondly, you can choose the appropriate image for yourself.

Of course, all this should not be done in the presence of children. When you understand what kind of Santa Claus you want to become, practice. Let this be the only acting role in your life, but it should be the best.

4. Erase the differences

It is important not to give yourself away. All distinctive features must be masked. Hide tattoos, remove jewelry and watches.

Do not wear perfume on this day. Otherwise, the child will be very surprised that Santa Claus smells exactly like dad. For more effect, you can wear glasses. All movements should be consistent with your chosen image. And, of course, no alcohol.

Warn your loved ones in advance about the upcoming masquerade and ask them to play along with you. Come up with a reason to leave, because you will need to put on a suit and appear in a new way. Also, decide where and how you will dress for the show. For example, try to negotiate with your neighbors in advance.

Be sure to write down the entire scenario of your appearance in the house: what you will say, how you will greet the child, what tasks you will ask to complete. Prepare several fun contests so that your family and your baby can feel the New Year's mood.

5. Prepare your child

So, you have thought through every detail, equipped yourself, memorized the script. Now it is important to mentally prepare the child. About a week before the holiday, begin to transparently hint that a very famous guest from fairy tales will come to you on New Year's Eve. Tell us about the story of Santa Claus, where he lives and what he likes to do.

All this is necessary for the child to feel relaxed in the presence of a fairy-tale character. After all, after your stories, he will become a good friend for him.

Give your children miracles and faith in magic! Enjoy your performance!