I wanted to be Little Bo Peep and I asked my wonderful boyfriend to dress up as my sheep! To my surprise, he agreed, however, on one condition; I had to make the adult sheep costume. I started off with a white hooded sweatshirt, 4 bags of cotton balls and fabric glue…8 more bags of … Read more
I did this sheep Halloween costume for Halloween 08! It turned out great and was very warm for when I went outside. I used 1 white hoody and 1 pair or white sweatpants. 1,150 cotton balls and about 10-15 bottles of fabric glue. I got the fabric glue that remains “flexible” because if you don’t … Read more
My 2 1/2 has always been a bull in a china cabinet, but when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween he happily said “A BULL”! Well, if your looking for a cow costume a dairy cow is about all you can find so I came up with this idea. He loved … Read more
I followed a pattern for the sheep. I did simplify it by coloring on the nose instead of sewing on the contrasting fabric, and I saved on materials by lining the ears with card stock to get them to stand up. I’d use cotton balls and hot glue if I had to make a new … Read more
I used felt material of yellow, red and green colors for this parrot costume. Cut them out like feathers and then did similar work for the tail. Sewed the wings on to a sweat shirt and made the tail with a string to tie at the waist. I used a monkey cap for the head … Read more
For my son’s chicken DIY Halloween costume idea I bought 2 white turtlenecks and cut down the back several inches, glued the shirts together and the bottom seam and put stuffing in between the layers so he was fluffy, then I bought 2 white boa’s and hot glued them around the shirt, I also made … Read more
This homemade tiger costume is almost entirely handmade. For the ears and tail, I bought some thick bendable furry stuff (kind of like a really big pipe cleaner) at ACMoore and painted it with acrylic paints (orange and black tiger stripes) after bending the ears and tail how I wanted. For the shirt, I had … Read more
Meet our precious golden finch! He is the sweetest little bird you’ll every meet, snuggled up in his nest with his snuggley little worm. We started out this Homemade Baby Bird Costume with a yellow hooded sweat shirt, sewed on a beak and black accents and made some fabric wings and attached at shoulders. We … Read more
I go to the University of Winchester in the UK and for one night out my class decided to make the theme- circus. I knew that most people would turn up as clowns and I wanted to be something different so I decided to go in a Homemade Lion Costume. I’m a poor student so … Read more
This Homemade Parrot Costume was such a fun time. A fun time to make and a fun time to wear. My most favorite part was the rubber gloves on the feet! I had some basic flats on then just slid yellow rubber gloves over them. I was able to walk around all night without foot … 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
This cow Halloween costume is a very fun costume! It takes two people to work it and can make a lot of people stop and look at it to figure out how it works. My mom and I have always worked this thing together and have it down quite well now. We have little dances … Read more