I made this Peacock Costume for my daughter Ashley. You start with a basic crushed velvet leotard and sew on approx. 5,000 sequins beads. Then hot glue the feathers in rows you can choose any color feathers you’d like. We ordered real peacock feathers. Take Styrofoam circle and paint it black, and attach Velcro to … Read more
To make this peacock costume, I took a blue dress and ordered some peacock feathers from EBay which was a lot cheaper than going to a local craft shop. I then took a round flat piece of Styrofoam and, using the same fabric color as the dress, covered the Styrofoam and stuck the feathers in … Read more
I found this website about 2 weeks ago and tried to find inspiration for a Halloween costume. The necklace I’m wearing in the photo gave me the inspiration to be a Peacock so I made my own Homemade Peacock Halloween Costume. I took a dry-cleaning hanger – (one with a wire on top and a … Read more
For my daughter’s first “real” Halloween, she was 13 months old, I made her a Chicken Toddler Costume. It was easy to make and inexpensive. I bought orange pants, which are easy to find around Halloween time. For the body I hot glued a white feather boa to a white onesie. For toddler size one … Read more
This DIY Peacock Creative Costume Idea was really a lot fun. I got the inspiration to make a peacock costume from this website. The fan: I bought 30 peacock feathers off of someone on Kijiji. I then fanned the feathers on the floor in the way that I wanted them to look. I used a … Read more
I started this Handmade Peacock Creative Halloween Costume with my cousin’s blue prom dress from 1989. It came to my mid-calf and had a two layers on the skirt. On the layer closest to me in the front of the dress, I cut around 10 inches off and bunched it with thread. Then the second … Read more
For Halloween 2010, my husband and I were determined to be something that “lit up.” After throwing out the obvious Christmas tree ideas, we settled on a Homemade Peacock DIY Adult Costume Idea! My super talented mom made our outfits out of blue lamé and green stretchy dance fabric. For the tail I picked out … Read more
My son loves the book ‘My Mother is so Smart’ by Tomie dePaola. In the book the boy says, “My mother is so smart she turned me into a bird for Halloween.” When we asked Henry what he wanted to be for Halloween he said he wanted me to turn him into a bird for … Read more
This is Lydia, my 3 year old daughter. She is dressed in a Homemade Pretty as a Peacock costume. The costume is very simple to make and looks adorable. I got a royal blue long sleeved leotard and black tights. I found a handmade feather fan on eBay and pinned that the the back of … Read more
I made this Homemade Peacock Halloween Costume for my daughter Payton this year. She is 10 and wanted to something original, so I made her a Peacock. I found some of the supplies at a local used clothing store and the blue, green and purple feathers at the craft store. I also found some sparkly … Read more
It took a long time to design this Peacock costume, but I really liked how it turned out. The hardest part for me was to find the right kind of fabric to make the tube-top dress. I knew I wanted it to be iridescent, so I went to many fabric stores before picking that one … Read more
My daughter Emily loves all birds,and asked me to make her a bird costume. I searched home-made bird costumes, and found this site. At first I was overwhelmed at the costumes of all the birds, since they looked so hard to make. I thought about it, and came up with my own idea. I went … Read more