My name is Alyssa and I am 15 years old and I am from upstate New York. I got my inspiration for this pretty blue bird costume from a picture on the Internet. I wanted to have a cool yet pretty costume. I started with 4 pieces of fabric, some feathers, a piece of cardboard, … Read more
I won second place with this costume, $200! I had a satin blue dress I wore. I bought orange tights, and wore nude fish nets over them to give the legs texture. I also spray painted my shoes orange. I started off by making a feather bustle. I used an old belt and and tied … Read more
For Halloween this year I decided to be a peacock and to make my peacock tail. As much as I wanted to go crazy and make it an extended upright tail, I had to be able to fit behind a narrow bar with a few other bartenders. I came to the conclusion that a down … Read more
My six year old daughter designed this peacock costume and created it with the help of mom and Grandma. It was our first attempt at a homemade Halloween costume and was totally worth it. It was actually pretty easy to make and my daughter was able to help with most of it. She is sure … Read more
Lots of fabric, feathers and glitter ! I made the tail using peacocks feather, I used real acrylic paint for my head and face and hot glued a cut up rubber chicken beak onto my face. I went all out and enjoyed every second of it., until it was night time and got cold. I … Read more
These Pink Flamingo Yard Ornaments all girl group costume were FUN costumes to create and to wear. It was a little time consuming finding everything and trying to figure out how to make the beak but I really liked the end product. The cost of the feather boas was pretty pricey but if you have coupons, … Read more
For my friend’s birthday she had an Alice in Wonderland party since her name is Alice. I didn’t want to go along as something too obvious so decided on being a flamingo and making my partner go as a hedgehog. Flamingo: I started by buying a black tight fitting skirt and 4 feather boas in … Read more
I saw a cute little girl peacock costume online and decided to make one for myself. I either made or found all the parts at the thrift store (except for eyelashes and hair accessories). All the people that saw my costume said it was the most beautiful costume they had seen. I even got a … Read more
For Halloween, I decided to theme our family as Pirates. My husband and I were dressed as pirates and our 2 year old son was the parrot. The costumes I found were very unoriginal and bland. I decided to take the costume into my own hands and had so much fun doing it! The costume … Read more
My oldest wanted to be a crow and after searching everywhere I realized I would have to make it. Then I got punny and decided to make crows for all three sons, a murder of crows. I got cheap fleece at Walmart. I used newspaper for my pattern pieces. I measured each boy from mid … Read more
1) Started with a strong, supportive black corset. Purchased a TON of feathers online (long and short), black dance shorts, nude dance tights, and some black heels. 2) Using a glue gun, glued long feathers first onto corset for the top (bust area) then covered the rest with shorter feathers until all was covered. 3) … Read more
After scouring the internet for unique ideas on what to dress my daughter up as for Halloween, I finally found it! It was something so unique and not done at all in my tiny small town. Yes the traditional store bought costumes are just fine and I’m sure your child will love looking like at … Read more