My daughter wanted to be a chicken for Halloween this year. Considering I do not sew, I put the entire homemade chicken Halloween costume together with many safety pins, hot glue and a little hand-stitching. Below are the steps I used to complete this coolest homemade chicken Halloween costume: Start with a plain white sweatshirt … Read more
I wanted to make my daughter something unique for Halloween, so I came up with this peacock costume! I purchased a plain black leotard and sewed a feather boa around neck and wristbands. I also sewed two peacock feathers on bust area and a sequin band running down the front. For skirt I made a … Read more
This Parrot Infant Costume was amazingly easy! I needed something that wouldn’t be too hot for South Florida. I bought a plain, white, long sleeve onesie and died it red. Then using blue, yellow and red felt, I cut out the wings and tail shapes. The wings are two sided (one blue, 2 yellow and … Read more
Marco, age 6, didn’t want to be an ordinary chicken. He wanted to be the most respected superhero chicken. He wanted a Homemade Jedi Bat Chicken Costume! The costume is made of a white leotard for the body, white boas for the feathers, red stockings for the legs, rubber gloves for the feet and, of … Read more
I decided I wanted to be an Owl for Halloween. I was not looking to purchase a costume, but rather create my own Homemade Owl Costume. After looking through many websites of other people’s home made owl costumes I began to create my own. What I needed: a variety of brown fabrics, scissors, hot glue … Read more
I had this giant box and didn’t know what to do with it. Since I’m vegan, I wanted to make a peacock costume without actually using any feathers. I ended up just cutting out individual feathers from the cardboard and taping them together with strong duct tape and bamboo garden poles. This allowed them to … Read more
As I’ve wanted to be a peacock for years, I finally took the plunge and went for this homemade peacock Halloween costume idea this Halloween! I ordered over 200 feathers online and worked day in and day out for three weeks straight. It was certainly a hit at every party I attended so Ill share … Read more
We knew since March that my daughter wanted to be a peacock but when shopping online and at craft stores the feathers were kind of expensive. I lucked into an Amish discount store that sold me all the peacock feathers they had for $20. I was so excited. I started out by taking one of … Read more
I used Simplicity patterns 3663 and 2834 for this Homemade Lady Buccaneer Pirate with her Parrot Couple Costume . The Parrot. I used red fleece for the main part of the costume. I then hand sewed 7 red feather boas, 1 blue boa and 1 yellow boa. It took hours and hours of hand sewing. … Read more
I received this idea from a Martha Stewart magazine a few years ago. Chicken costumes are adorable and very easy to make. First you need to find a white onesie in your child’s size. Next purchase two white feather boas from a craft store. The directions said to hot glue the feathers on to the … Read more
This Homemade Baby Owl in a Nest Unique Halloween Costume Idea is so adorable, and I had so much fun making it! I used feather boas, individual feathers, orange colored foam for the beak, animal eyes for doll making, a blank masquerade mask, a basket, and I took apart a fall wreath I found at … Read more
This homemade peacock costume idea was very simple, and looked fabulous all it took was a Styrofoam ball, some peacock feathers, glue, and plenty of make up!