Go on a African Safari adventure without leaving your chair! The fierce and majestic animal costumes featured here will astound and amaze you. The love that went into these stunning homemade Safari costumes resulted in truly captivating designs.
Trek across the Serengeti and stare into the eyes of proud lions, gigantic elephants and striking zebras. Not all wild animals have to be so fierce when it comes to costuming. For instance, you will also find happy hippos, sweet cobras and baby lions.
In addition, you will also find fantastic instructions on making adorable monkeys and how to create impressive height on a giraffe costume.
If you are looking for a sexier costume idea, you will find plenty of inspiration here. Some examples are sexy leopards and sultry snakes.
So get in touch with nature and check out these incredible homemade Safari costumes for your wildest Halloween!
For our Leopard and Safari Guide couples costume I found everything at my local Goodwill and it only took my a few hours to make! For the safari guide costume I found a straw hat and a khaki vest. We wrote ‘safari guide’ on the vest, added a few scratches I’m my boyfriends face with fake … Read more
Inspired by a sock monkey costume I saw in a catalog a couple of years ago, I thought of our family’s costume theme this year: “Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkeys!” We selected the sock monkey, clapping monkey, barrel of monkeys, and Boots the monkey (from Dora the Explorer) for my kids and husband. After much … Read more
Our family had just left the local zoo where my 3yr old daughter shockingly changed her mind about dressing up as Princess Elsa to going as a beautiful peacock instead for Halloween. It was a very productive outing I must say – in the short time we were there, it was decided that Mommy and … Read more
This year I wanted to be a giraffe, so I began about two weeks before Halloween. I began with using chicken wire as the base of my neck and head. I began with the head first, by bending the wire and tying it to shape the head portion, then shaped the ears and antler as separate pieces … Read more
I made this giraffe costume for my 10-year-old daughter mostly out of recycled cardboard, hot glue, quilt batting, and felt. I made a “skull” from strips of cardboard bent and glued together and then covered with quilt batting and felt. The neck and back were similar, with a larger piece of cardboard scored and rolled … Read more
My daughter and her friend bought zebra pajamas at the store. Then they found out that our church was having a costume contest, but only one person could win, so they decided to make a Noah’s Ark with themselves inside. We took cardboard boxes and shaped them like an ark. We used a little box … Read more
For the leopard, I wore a leopard body suit. I wore black high-waisted shorts over top and black ripped stockings underneath. To complete the look I threw on leopard heels and a leopard cat mask. For the leopard tamer, he wore black dress pants and a white button-up. To complete his look, he wore a … Read more
Hello, my name is Jessica . For Halloween this Year I was a Sultry Snake. To start off thinking what I wanted to be, I knew I wanted to be something creative and unique. I was entering a costume contest and was determined to get BEST female costume. I choose the snake, because I knew … Read more
So this year i decided for halloween i would once again put my brain to work and think of a creative costume. I have always been told I am quite the Party Animal. So with a little thinking I decided i wanted to be one for Halloween. I went to the local craft store and … Read more
When deciding on a costume for Halloween, I always try to go with something that plays off my own look. With my naturally curly hair, and colouring, I decided it would make a great lion’s mane. But I didn’t want to be just any old lion. I wanted to be a famous lion!! So I … Read more
I purchased 2 yards of Tiger material from the animal print section. Selected material that I could cut into and would not have to sew any edges or that edges would run. Also purchased 1 yard of elastic all at Joanne Fabrics at 50% off. I already had black thread and needles at home. I … Read more
This inner Tigress coming out face painting was a last-minute costume that required very little effort. I wanted something quick but high-impact. I used face paint from CVS and it worked fine for me), and followed the picture as best i could. I am an artist, so if you are entirely inexperienced, have a friend come over … Read more