To begin my daughter asked me if I could make her a Princess Peacock costume for Halloween. I realized then I had my work cut out for me! But after several months with the help of my friend we got it done and it looked amazing. First we found some silk material in greens and … Read more
My little girl’s owl costume came from the booming inspiration of owl popularity this year and it seemed like a subject many people in my area weren’t thinking. I searched and searched the web looking for that PERFECT costume to buy and just couldn’t find it. After discussing this with my aunt in Illinois we … Read more
We needed a costume for our Easter concert. I was given the task to make this Easter Chicken Costume . So I searched the thrift stores and bought a large man’s yellow fleece, which I then removed the sleeves and sewed together to make trousers using a pattern from a pair of pyjama bottoms. Then … Read more
The Owl I was inspired to make this Homemade Owl Costume by goggles and my neighborhood owl who ‘hoots’ me to sleep at night. The goggles are 1930’s motorcycle goggles with glass lenses I found on eBay. In order to attach the feathers without permanently damaging my new vintage goggles, I felted an old wool … Read more
This year I was a peacock and it was a big hit! I wore a simple, short black dress, a gold belt, gold shimmery stockings, and high heels. I did up my eyes with blues, teals, purples and green and wore some cool feather eyelashes. I made a pin out of some feathers and pinned … Read more
I wanted a sexy and fun costume for Halloween so I decided to dress up as my favorite bird, a Peacock Costume. The costume was a bit of a challenge at first as I wanted to have the tail fan out as well as lay down. I wasn’t able to come up with a light-weight … Read more
This year I decided to make my costume since I work at a zoo I love seeing the peacocks so decided I wanted to make a Home Made Peacock Costume. I bought 50 peacock feathers from eBay for about 25 dollars. I then glued the features to a piece of card board, I made two … Read more
I made the dogs costume using a pattern for the outfit but the chair I just took foam and covered it leaving a hole in the back so my dog could fit through. I made fake legs and bought some cheap shoes. I just made my own pattern for the legs. I stuffed them and … Read more
I dressed my son up in a parrot costume and I went as a pirate! I got the idea off of this website. I loved the little chicken costume but I didn’t want him to be a chicken. I wanted to dress up as something that went along with him. This is how I made … Read more
I made this Homemade Peacock Costume in about 2 weeks. I sewed on roughly 60-70 black feathers to the top of a dress that I got on sale at the mall. I made the tail using about 50 peacock feathers and a marabou folding fan. I made sure to keep the fan movable so I … Read more
Meet our precious golden finch! He is the sweetest little bird you’ll every meet, snuggled up in his nest with his snuggley little worm. We started out this Homemade Baby Bird Costume with a yellow hooded sweat shirt, sewed on a beak and black accents and made some fabric wings and attached at shoulders. We … Read more
My 6 year old daughter came to me and asked if for Halloween I would make her a “cute chick costume”. It took me a few minutes to understand she wanted to be a baby chicken. Then we started to research ideas that would work and be the best budget minded we could since I … Read more