My girlfriend and I were inspired to be “Chicken and Waffles” for Halloween by our nearby Chicken and Waffle Restaurant called Last Legg which used to exist in somerset NJ, but has unfortunately now closed. Anyway the restaurant was only a few blocks from my house and after our annual Christmas and Halloween parties everyone … Read more
This women’s Raven costume was SOMEWHAT easy to assemble. The hardest part about it was deciding how I wanted it to look and how it was all going to come together. My friends all wanted to be birds, but I wanted a costume that also kept the true spooky spirit of Halloween. The Edgar Allen … Read more
As a single mom with very little income there wasn’t much I could afford to buy. However, I wanted my son (less than a year old) to interact with other children for Easter so when I saw the local theater was hosting a holiday party for the little ones for a fiver I thought we … Read more
My son Aaron was selected to be a parrot at his preschool fancy dress contest. I was very apprehensive at first but going through this website “Coolest homemade costumes” I got some great ideas and also executed it well. This is what I did for my child parrot costume. First, I bought a red t-shirt … Read more
I had been anticipating this peacock costume for a whole year. I love peacock feathers and figured this would be a great idea to have some cool make-up and hair. The costume itself was very easy to make. I ordered a bright blue gymnastics jumpsuit off of ebay and wore black leggings underneath. To make … Read more
My homemade Burlesque Peacock costume! This is my pride and joy! I even won a costume contest at a casino for it! and I LOVED making it. I made the following pieces to complete my peacock look: – A hand sewn layered tulle, black saddle feather, peacock feather and peacock sword bustle. (I HAND SEWED … Read more
I have wanted to be a peacock for several years, and as luck would have it my aunt owned a peacock so all I had to do was wait! After a few years she had collected an armload of feathers for me, so I was very lucky because the feathers are expensive! I sketched out … Read more
I made the bird nose out of paper clay so it was light enough to spirit glue to my face. Stayed all night though it was a little difficult to drink. I kept the eyebrows as separate pieces so I could be expressive, they were felt semi-circles I hot glued feathers to and made a … Read more
I made this parrot dress because I’ve admired the one Lily wears in Season 1 of How I Met Your Mother since it originally aired. I am rubbish at sewing so I bought a dress and covered it in feathers (which was messy but worth it!). I covered the bodice with individual green feathers and … Read more
I have an adoration for the beauty and essence of peacock feathers and decided to rock this essence this Halloween. I knew it was going to cost a pretty penny because I tend to think big, but I am lucky enough to have this ability to drop some cash on this project. I had a … Read more
I love the show ‘How I Met Your Mother’ so when I saw the episode where Lily dressed as a Parrot I decided I had to go with the homemade parrot Halloween costume idea and be a parrot for Halloween 2010. I started by purchasing feather boas from a website that sold them at wholesale … Read more
My daughter was determined to be a peacock this year for Halloween. So after searching online for a Homemade Peacock Girl’s Halloween Costume Idea and not finding anything I liked I decided to make it myself. To make the feathered tail I first cut out a piece of cardboard to the width of my daughters … Read more