Winchester, our 4 month old puppy is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever with curly hair. We wanted him to help give out Halloween candy and since we always dress up, thought he should dress up too. We wanted to play up his curly textured hair and make him a costume he would be comfortable in. So we found a coloured hairspray with safe ingredients, got a tiny grey t-shirt and a marker and set out to make Winchester into Oscar the Grouch!
This was the easiest costume I’ve ever made and since it was basically coloured fur and a t-shirt, our puppy barely noticed it was there. He wore his costume with pride!
To make it, I looked at some images of Oscar online and then used the marker to draw the trash can markings on the t-shirt. I also downloaded the Sesame Street logo to put on the can, so it would be obvious who he was. Spraying the colour on his fur was a little difficult so if you decide to do this, make sure you do it in a room where you don’t mind getting a little colour on things. We choose the laundry room, because it was easy to wipe down. And please remember to find a spray that is noon-toxic and only use it on a dog that doesn’t lick himself.
This Oscar the Grouch dog homemade Halloween costume idea was a fantastic costume and everyone loved it. Now I will have to think of something even better for Winchester’s next Halloween!
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