Here is my peacock costume. I have always been mesmerized by peacock feathers and was the first one to wear peacock feather earrings years ago so most of my friends associate peacocks with me. I ordered up the feathers online and got to work at gluing and sewing feathers to an old corset and then … Read more
I have made 3 of these costumes now, everybody wants to be a chicken!! My daughter wore this Homemade Chicken Costume and won 3 contests. I started with a pain white long sleeve zipper front hoodie, about 4 sizes bigger than she wears. I purchased several 7′ white feather boas and stitched each one on … Read more
My bat costume has so fun to make! I cut up one umbrella and sewed the halves to a black long sleeved shirt. I removed the stick from the umbrella and carefully sliced the rest of the umbrella in half. I sewed the umbrella to my shirt, and let the metal poles stick out of … Read more
I am thrilled with the way this Duck Costume turned out! I covered a zip-up hoodie with white feather boas for the body and head. For the beak, I connected two yellow foam visors. I purchased orange tights for the legs. For the feet, I cut the shape out of orange foam and added orange … Read more
Well let me just start by saying that I love, love, love Halloween! It is absolutely without a doubt my favorite holiday. Every year when I feel that first cool crisp autumn breeze and begin to smell the vague scent of fall that lingers in the air. I then know that it is time once … Read more
I wanted to be a peacock for a few years now, but all of the peacock costumes out there were too revealing for my liking. I also wanted something more outlandish, larger, and on more of a full scale level. My friend decided to have a Halloween costume ball for her wedding reception so I … Read more
We dressed our son as a Peacock for his School activity. It was not an easy task before a lot of homework. First we bought a royal blue jersey material and made a two piece costume including the head, fingers and toes. Peacock feathers are easily available in the market, we pasted them on a … Read more
I made this homemade parrot in a cage Halloween costume idea for my 9-year-old daughter. She loves pet birds and wanted to be one for Halloween this year. I started out by sewing the parrot costume using fluffy red fabric for body, wings and head. I used white, black, yellow and blue craft foam for … Read more
Well, I first got the costume idea when my daughter was only a few months old. This was after Halloween, but I thought it would be good for “next year”. She doesn’t have much hair, and whatever she has are just “wisps” of baby blue bird hair, so I thought it would be cute if … Read more
For our brother’s 21st birthday we decided to have an Animal Party Pub Crawl. I couldn’t find an animal costume that I loved enough to buy so I decided to be original and make my own! I found a pattern for a child’s homemade flamingo costume that I thought was really cute – when cutting … Read more
I made this homemade bird costume for my daughter when she was 2 years old. I started with a pair of yellow sweat pants and a yellow zip jacket. I cut out a white oval for the belly to add some contrast and make it look more “costumey”. I found a yellow and white boa … Read more
Last year, I worked at a Halloween shop which gave me ZERO time to sit down and make a costume. So, I looked on Ebay for a cheap corset, and TONS of peacock feathers. The max total was $26! WOOHOO 1. I cut a square out of a cardboard box (that would fit behind my … Read more