Last year I decided to build a velociraptor from Jurassic Park. I wanted it to be life-sized (in the movie it’s 12 and a half feet long); it would be my most ambitiously difficult Halloween costume yet. Shortly after the last Halloween, I settled on the male raptor design from Jurassic Park 3 (it would … Read more
The head of the T-Rex Dinosaur Costume is made of chicken wire fitted over a Star Wars trooper helmet and two shoe boxes. The shoe boxes formed the snout. Then the head was covered with paper mache and spray painted. The body is made of two sets of long johns, one pair is the pants … Read more
My son always wants a costume that you can not go buy at any store. One year it was a Rainbow Trout (He had to be a full length fish. He could hardly walk, and truly looked more like a merman in my opinion.), the next was a Dungeness Crab (which won the contest here … Read more
My son is really into Dinosaurs and wanted to be a Velociraptor. So with a lot of imagination I came up with this costume. The head is made from plastic canvas that I cut and sewed together to get the basic shape of the dinosaur costume head. I then used paper mache to form the … Read more
After making my six year old son’s Pteranadon costume, my three year old daughter decided her costume just was not as good as her big brother’s. She really wanted to be a Pteranadon too, so that she could be like her big brother. I had already fumbled through the making of a Pteranadon, so I … Read more
For this costume I followed McCall’s Pattern # 2335, size 3-4. This size was too big afterall, so hopefully it will be next year’s costume, too! My son had a blast being in his costume! He even willingly wore the hood. My friend gave me the green fabric and I bought the striped fabric for … Read more
My 5 year old LOVES dinosaurs! I was really worried when he decided that he’d be a Triceratops for Halloween. I was not quite sure how I would pull off a dinosaur kid homemade costume. After digging for some thick jersey for the body and velvet for the horns, I realized that maybe it wouldn’t … Read more
Five days before Halloween I needed to find a costume for my 2 1/2 year old. Grandma and Grandpa, who normally purchase my kids’ costumes were not able to contribute more than $25 between both. I therefore decided to try making a Homemade Dinosaur Costume. I searched online for some ideas and decided to see … Read more
My son wanted to have a dinosaur themed 5th birthday party. So we looked for dinosaur costumes but his birthday is in March so we didn’t find much. I decided to make him a homemade dinosaur costume myself. I started with a funky green fabric that had dots raised all over it. I basically sewed … Read more
Here is a custom homemade unique dinosaur costume made from a satin green material with cotton in the middle for comfort and looks. This is all hand sewn and each of the dinosaur spikes are handmade with a piece of cardboard in each spike then sewn together. The dinosaur eyes are made from a large … Read more
I began this Dinosaur Costume with a dinosaur mask that I got from the Children’s Museum. Using black foam core I attached a long spiky, bumpy tail. The wonderful thing about foam core is that you can create bumps with heat, can paint it, and can glue onto it. Around the shoulders are more spikes … Read more
I spent 2 nights sewing this Velociraptor Costume. I knew I wanted to be a dinosaur for a while. My roommate Sean and I even practiced dino poses in our spare time. (I think it all started with an intense love for Barney and Jurassic Park.) I found a pattern for a awesome kangaroo costume … Read more