I made the dogs costume using a pattern for the outfit but the chair I just took foam and covered it leaving a hole in the back so my dog could fit through. I made fake legs and bought some cheap shoes. I just made my own pattern for the legs. I stuffed them and … Read more
This is the ultimate girly girl costume! I ordered feathers from the internet; it was the only way to make sure I had enough of the same color. As a base I made a simple shift dress and hot glued different shades of pink feathers all over the top portion. To cover the raw edges … Read more
My boyfriend and I were cleaning up the property around his grandpa’s house when we found a couple of garden gnomes. Then I got this idea for animal Halloween costumes for the two of us. My boyfriend doesn’t like to dress up a lot for Halloween so I figured a garden gnome would be the … Read more
For our brother’s 21st birthday we decided to have an Animal Party Pub Crawl. I couldn’t find an animal costume that I loved enough to buy so I decided to be original and make my own! I found a pattern for a child’s homemade flamingo costume that I thought was really cute – when cutting … Read more
Since my other daughter wanted to be a Peacock my daughter thought to keep with a theme and she picked a Flamingo. I searched for a Flamingo Girl’s Homemade Halloween Costume Idea but came up with nothing. I figured if I can make a peacock costume then I can make a flamingo too. I started … Read more
I made this homemade flamingo costume for my daughter when she was 3. We have done homemade animal costumes for all of her Halloweens and have been on a bird theme for the past three years (see parrot section for her 4 year old costume.) I started with a leotard and added 63 feet of … Read more
So I bought my daughter some puppets and her favorite one was the flamingo. This poor flamingo puppet endured many, many, beak biting sessions from my 10 & 1/2 month old. She constantly slobbered all over this poor birds beak and I would have to hide him from her so he could dry out. So … Read more
I bought a corset and glued all sorts of pink feathers (from Hobby Lobby) to the corset for this Flamingo Costume. I bought pink tights from Target, and cut feather boas to glue in the inside of the tights, kind of making a skirt. I made the back of the “skirt” longer than the front … Read more
My three year old daughter really wanted to be a flamingo so she could dye her hair pink. Once that was established we had to come up with a costume for her younger sister. Nothing fit better than a little palm tree. What a cute pair! We were missing the ocean and east coast out … Read more
I got this idea for a Homemade Flamingo Halloween Costume from a parrot costume but for me the parrot wasn’t absurd enough. I decided to play off my own natural attributes (be long and gangley) and opted to make a flamingo. I work at a fabric store and we had this awesome pink fabric that … Read more