For this homemade Peacock Halloween costume idea I bought over 500 peacock feathers online, hot glued them to ostrich feathers and then sewed and hot glued them to cardboard and then glued them to a fan. I covered my old corset in feathers and and old petticoat as well (for the skirt & shirt). I … Read more
I live by the motto “it’s better to DIY.” So, naturally, I wanted to be something somewhat original this Halloween. The whole process of making this Homemade Peacock Costume (from planning and shopping, to actually constructing the costume) took about two weeks. My first mission was to find a royal blue dress, and not to … Read more
My husband was a pirate and our baby was his little parrot. For the Homemade Pirate and Parrot Halloween Costumes we used black pants and a frilly white shirt. We had actually used both last year with a cape and teeth for a vampire costume. I cut about a 5 inch width of red satin … Read more
After my 6yr. old son decided he was going to be a Pirate for Halloween; he then wanted his 5-month-old sister to be his Parrot. I looked at pictures of Parrots on the Internet and in books and then went on my own from there. I cut out a triangle shaped piece of red material … Read more
I love doing homemade and original Halloween costumes. I thought of peacock, and discovered that this was not an original costume this year. (I didn’t personally run into any other peacocks, but heard about many others.) It was still a lot of fun, though, and everyone who saw the Homemade Peacock Costume was hugely impressed. … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a chicken for Halloween this year. Considering I do not sew, I put the entire homemade chicken Halloween costume together with many safety pins, hot glue and a little hand-stitching. Below are the steps I used to complete this coolest homemade chicken Halloween costume: Start with a plain white sweatshirt … Read more
I wanted to make my daughter something unique for Halloween, so I came up with this peacock costume! I purchased a plain black leotard and sewed a feather boa around neck and wristbands. I also sewed two peacock feathers on bust area and a sequin band running down the front. For skirt I made a … Read more
This Parrot Infant Costume was amazingly easy! I needed something that wouldn’t be too hot for South Florida. I bought a plain, white, long sleeve onesie and died it red. Then using blue, yellow and red felt, I cut out the wings and tail shapes. The wings are two sided (one blue, 2 yellow and … Read more
Marco, age 6, didn’t want to be an ordinary chicken. He wanted to be the most respected superhero chicken. He wanted a Homemade Jedi Bat Chicken Costume! The costume is made of a white leotard for the body, white boas for the feathers, red stockings for the legs, rubber gloves for the feet and, of … Read more
I decided I wanted to be an Owl for Halloween. I was not looking to purchase a costume, but rather create my own Homemade Owl Costume. After looking through many websites of other people’s home made owl costumes I began to create my own. What I needed: a variety of brown fabrics, scissors, hot glue … Read more
I had this giant box and didn’t know what to do with it. Since I’m vegan, I wanted to make a peacock costume without actually using any feathers. I ended up just cutting out individual feathers from the cardboard and taping them together with strong duct tape and bamboo garden poles. This allowed them to … Read more
As I’ve wanted to be a peacock for years, I finally took the plunge and went for this homemade peacock Halloween costume idea this Halloween! I ordered over 200 feathers online and worked day in and day out for three weeks straight. It was certainly a hit at every party I attended so Ill share … Read more