My five year old wanted to be an owl but I can’t sew. I managed to get this ensemble together with about $20 worth of felt, foam board, ribbon, craft feathers, and a cheap pair of plastic novelty glasses (with the plastic lenses popped out). Other items used to construct the owl costume: x-acto knife, … Read more
This year Savannah Rose went in a Birds Nest costume. We bought a Grape vine wreath, two vines, brown leggings, red hooded sweat jacket, 3 red stuff animal birds, fake fur and a bird visor. Most of the items we bought from the dollar store or on clearance. I took one of Savannah’s old dresses … Read more
I bought around 12 white feather boas from the Dollar store and sewed them onto an old white tunic shirt of mine. Then the hat was made out of simple white fleece with a red crown, and had two boas sewn onto it as well. To sew them on, I used a combination of hand … Read more
It was my wife’s idea to transform our daughter into a Parrot! We found a bright red feather boa and a red blouse to be used as the bodysuit part. We added two different colors, yellow and green, to the arms. To make the mask, we glued the feathers on, one by one, and I … Read more
I have wanted to be a peacock for the past few years but always waited until the last minute – and I didn’t want to do it unless I could do it right. I did this Homemade Pretty Peacock Costume in two days but I had to order the peacock feathers online two weeks out, … Read more
To create my daughter’s peacock costume, I hand-painted a basic long-sleeved tee with shimmery blues and decorated the collar with royal blue and teal jewels. To create the fan of feathers, I glued them with hot glue onto a paper plate, overlapping them as needed to create a full fan. This was then glued directly … Read more
My inspiration for this Homemade Peacock Costume was Victoria’s Secret 2007 fashion show. Heidi Klum wore a giant silver snowflake, which opened up as she walked down the runway. I am also a huge bird lover.. macaws, parakeets, owls, crows… any cutie with feathers…oaaohh I just can’t explain! So I thought it would be perfect … Read more
We went out last Halloween in a Pirate and Parrot Coupld Costume. The pirate costume was made with various bits of old clothing. A Johnny Depp wig for the head. A trip through the children’s section at Walmart finished off all the weaponry. We attached the parrot‘s leg to the pirate’s waist with plastic chain … 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
For this homemade peacock costume I got my dress from a hand-me-down store, originally it was floor length, so I cut it up and made it a little shorter. I attached my feathers to a bouquet holder that I purchased at a craft store. My feathers I got on eBay from the user: lovelyfeather. They … Read more
