Dog Costumes
The Dalmation costume was made with a furry fabric and the ears were lined with a soft pink poly/cotton blend. I found the pattern for this costume at our local fabric store. I just made a few modifications (the red ribbon).
Animal Costumes
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Parrot Costume
3rd Place Winner of our 2007 Homemade Halloween Costumes ContestClick Here to View Other Winners For this Scarlet Macaw parrot costume, I used: chicken wire, masking tape, hot glue gun and sticks, heavy duty cardboard, newspapers, flour and water for paper Mache, red and black spray paint, craft paint in colors appropriate for eyes, face … Read more
Coolest Rio Birds Group Costume
My Nieces and nephews wanted to be the birds from the movie Rio this year. In the movie, the main characters dress up as Macaws for a carnival in Brazil. I had 3 boys and two girls to make the Rio Birds Group Costume for. Instead of making them all blue, I decided to make … Read more
Coolest Homemade Pretty Peacock Halloween Costume Idea
I decided to try my hand at making my daughter’s homemade pretty peacock Halloween costume idea this year. I made an oblong circle skirt, so it was short in the front and long in the back, out of a shiny satin material, and lined with a matching dark blue cotton. I then bought a couple … Read more
Original Homemade Peacock Halloween Costume Idea
So I was looking on here and after seeing the amazing costumes I was inspired. I knew I wanted to be something different so I decided on a homemade peacock Halloween costume idea. I started with a half circle of cardboard and painted it shades of blue and green. Then I took 50 30″ peacock … Read more
Cute Homemade Chicken Costume
My daughter received lots of attention at our local Boo In The Zoo this year in her little Chicken Costume. A yellow bodysuit with matching leggings and glued on boas feathers was all this required for a faulous costume.
Peacock Feathers on a Cool Homemade Peacock Costume
Here is my peacock costume. I have always been mesmerized by peacock feathers and was the first one to wear peacock feather earrings years ago so most of my friends associate peacocks with me. I ordered up the feathers online and got to work at gluing and sewing feathers to an old corset and then … Read more
Cool Owl Costume
My daughter wanted to be an owl for Halloween, but I didn’t like any of the owl costumes I’d seen online, so I decided to make my own homemade owl costume. I’m an art director, so my computer skills are pretty good, but I have zero sewing skills. I figured out a way to make … Read more
Coolest Hamster in a Wheel Costume
Tom my 10 year old son wanted to end elementary school with a bang as it will be the last year with a Halloween parade. So he asked to be a Hamster in a Wheel! The wheel is made out of PEX pipe on a mechanic’s dolly with cedar chips glued to the bottom. His … Read more
Coolest Bat Costume
My bat costume has so fun to make! I cut up one umbrella and sewed the halves to a black long sleeved shirt. I removed the stick from the umbrella and carefully sliced the rest of the umbrella in half. I sewed the umbrella to my shirt, and let the metal poles stick out of … Read more
Coolest Goldie the Chicken Pilot Homemade Costume
Cause chickens don’t really fly, get it? lol We built the plane out of cardboard and paper mache and fitted it to the stroller. Goldie’s costume is footy pajamas with feather boas all around. Her helmet is a pink beanie cut in the shape of an old timey fighter helmet and her goggles are swim … Read more
Coolest Peacock Halloween Costume
I was inspired to make the peacock Halloween costume by a mask that I have. It was so much fun and I received a lot of compliments on it! To start, I found a blue dress that was the right color, then added gray tights. To make the tail I took a fan and used … Read more