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
My boyfriend and I had pirate costumes from a couple years ago, so we figured our 16 month old son would make a fine parrot. I used Simplicity pattern 3605 as a basis for this costume. I made the body and hat for the duck costume out of red poodle fleece and altered the bill … Read more
My daughter tends to have trouble with falling asleep at night. I pondered upon what she would be, when in popped my head the idea of a “night-owl!” It was perfect since she totally is my little night owl. My mother and I went to Michaels and had a blast. We bought 3 different colors … Read more
Luke is an 8 month old living in Wichita, KS. He has been crawling for 2 months now, and has quite the cute growl…..that was the inspiration for this costume! His mommy made him a lion costume, complete with faux fur body suit, tail and mane. The feet were reinforced with quilting batting to make … Read more
Firstly for this flamingo costume, I covered a tube top (nylon/spandex blend) in light pink feathers using a mix of fabric glue and super glue (60/40 ratio). I had to do 2 layers to cover the whole shirt well enough to look like a bird. Then, I took a pair of underwear, nylon/spandex blend, and … Read more
Last year my daughter wanted a Pink Poodle Costume. I’ve always made her costumes (she’s 8 now). While in Target I saw these “curly” scarves. And I knew they would be great for the curly fur of the poodle. I bought pink sweatshirt and pants. And a pink knit cap. Made long ears and the … Read more
My oldest daughter (3) wanted to be a pirate for Halloween, so I dressed my younger child (7 months) up as her parrot. Gleaning ideas from the other parrot costumes on this site, I went to work. I began by scouting online auctions for red bunting. I wanted the arms to have optional hand-covers (in … Read more
My children come up with crazy ideas each year and I have to figure out how to make these ideas come to life. This year was a peacock costume. I do this for them and try not to spend too much money, we use things around the house to build the costume. Every year I … Read more
I am a wildlife refuge manager and I made this duck costume for a Halloween event at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island refuges where I work. Wood ducks are one of the most colorful ducks in the world and they have really cool displays and behaviors too, so we chose a wood duck to … Read more
I made this chicken costume for my daughter who was 2 at the time. It was made with 2 sweatshirts and lots of feather boas! She won 1st prize at our local costume contest. It was a lot of fun to make and she was stopped everywhere she went.
First, my husband wore a long sleeve green shirt and green pants for this turtle costume. He painted his face green. To make the shell we used a thin wire (like for electric fences) and formed a frame for the shell. After the basic frame was made he taped small sections of cardboard in each … Read more
For this skunk costume I used a Skunk pattern found at my local fabric store and altered the pattern by adding the elastic on the cuffs rather then the non slip fabric on the feet (like pajamas). I then attached the tail with Velcro so it could be removed while sitting.