So Halloween is 4 weeks away, my daughter wants a standard buy it at Spirit Halloween costume and my 6 year old son wants to be a blue Macaw parrot similar to the one in his favorite movie, Rio. Good enough, or so I thought, I can find both costumes online or in any store, … Read more
My middle child has been obsessed with owls lately, so of course she wanted to be one for Halloween. Owl costumes are not too hard to find for little kids, but I wanted her to look unique and a little glamorous. I already had a dress that went to a witch costume that had been … Read more
My oldest daughter, who is 9 years old, loves peacocks. So it was no surprise when she told me that she wanted to be a peacock for Halloween this year. I began looking on Etsy and online for peacock costumes, but I was disappointed with what I found. Everything that I found that looked cool was … Read more
This was my very first homemade Halloween costume, and I think it was a huge hit! I decided, after a quick Google search for inspiration, to be a peacock for Halloween, and it turned out to be the best costume I’ve ever worn! So let me start with one disclaimer, just because it was homemade, … Read more
My son had been studying pre-historic animals in his class at school and wanted to be one for Halloween. So, I said something really stupid to him like, “Honey, I’ll make you whatever costume you want, as long as you can show me a picture of it.” (Remember, this generation of children are masters of finding anything on … Read more
My boys are unique. They love animals. And while they like some things other boys like (Doesn’t every boy go through a “dinosaur” phase?) they also like to investigate obscure animals that most of us have never considered before. When other kids his age liked spiders and beetles, my son (at 3-years-old) decided that his … Read more
I decided to be a peacock with a creative twist. I bought tule,3 yrds of each, (0.80 per yrd)white &(1.20 per yrd) green and tied them to a piece of (0.79 per yrd) gauze material. that became my tutu. I used a old corset top and hot glued 3 bags of (1.99 ea) blue, white and … Read more
Halloween is my favorite time of year. Every year I try to make my now 7 year old daughter’s costumes rather than buy them, because to me, that’s the funnest part. My daughter loves animals and this year, she wanted to be a parrot. I knew this was going to take me a long time to make, … Read more
My daughter told me she wanted to be a peacock for Halloween. I was excited because it was a unique costume that she came up with all by herself. She designed the whole thing and I made it for her. On Halloween she got a lot of compliments on the beauty of it and the … Read more
After seeing the Halloween episode of “How I Met Your Mother” where Lily wears a parrot costume, I quickly decided I wanted to make my own, because who doesn’t like feathers? (I’m pretty sure I may have been a drag queen in a past life …) Speaking of, one of my drag queen friends was … Read more
I decided to go for a peacock costume idea this year for Halloween. I was inspired by Linda’s costume on this website. Her peacock costume looked so amazing and I had to give it a try. I bought the peacock feathers on eBay over the course of a year. Yes, I know, sounds crazy but I … Read more
My daughter and I put this costume together ourselves. Items : 2 sets of fairy wings…peacock feathers…Hot glue gun…Hot glue…3 single tutus…mask…gems. We hot glued the 3 tutus; which we picked up at Walmart for .99 each. Then we cut off the straps of one of the fairy wings. We also purchased the fairy wings … Read more