Awesome giraffe costumes abound in this beautiful collection. Look at these graceful, gorgeous and individually crafted homemade costumes that are truly astounding. Made with love and designed with care, they provide fantastic inspiration for your DIY Halloween costume.
Firstly, as you browse through, take in the elegance of these homemade costumes. Tall, loping giraffes have influenced all the finer costume details. Most of all are the impressive neck heights! Achieved by by using a PVC pipe or a broom, they are remarkable.
In addition, did you know each giraffe has a unique pattern of spots? You have plenty of latitude with your giraffe skin design. Learn how the costumes here were constructed and get tons of ideas to spark your imagination.
So check out this fabulous selection of long-necked and short-horned costumes. And please share your coolest DIY costumes with us. Your next homemade costume might be featured right here!
This year I wanted to be a giraffe, so I began about two weeks before Halloween. I began with using chicken wire as the base of my neck and head. I began with the head first, by bending the wire and tying it to shape the head portion, then shaped the ears and antler as separate pieces … Read more
I made this giraffe costume for my 10-year-old daughter mostly out of recycled cardboard, hot glue, quilt batting, and felt. I made a “skull” from strips of cardboard bent and glued together and then covered with quilt batting and felt. The neck and back were similar, with a larger piece of cardboard scored and rolled … Read more
So this year i decided for halloween i would once again put my brain to work and think of a creative costume. I have always been told I am quite the Party Animal. So with a little thinking I decided i wanted to be one for Halloween. I went to the local craft store and … Read more
My friends and I decided to do a group themed costume as the idea of party animals. Each of us chose an animal that would be easy to dress up as, then bought our costumes, and added party hats and had party horns/streamers. Creating the giraffe costume: 1) Bought a plain yellow dress, brown tights, … Read more
The challenge of this Homemade Giraffe Costume was to make a long neck that wasn’t so top heavy that it pulled the little guy over. The shoulders, neck, and head were all made of paper mache over a chicken wire base. I lined the inside with polar fleece to make it more comfortable. Giraffe fabric … Read more
My almost-9-year-old LOVES giraffes. After seeing the Broadway version of the LION KING over the summer and seeing the very cool giraffe costumes they had, I decided I could make one. After a lot of thought and sketching, I began creating the homemade giraffe Halloween costume idea. I began searching for giraffe printed fabric, and … Read more
I had been watching America’s Next Top Model a lot and apparently having a long neck is an asset so I wanted to make a Halloween costume that would allow me to have a very long neck just for the day. My husband helped me create this giraffe costume and I was thrilled with the … Read more
This Coolest Giraffe Costume is very easy! Ears and ossicones came on a headband I bought from eBay for about a fiver, just clipped my hair over the band to make it look like they were coming out of my head. Fabric was an effort, couldn’t find any giraffe print so just painted onto gold … Read more
For this Giraffe Costume, I altered a free pattern I found online, adding a halter neck and the fishtail skirt (which I thought could imitate a tail). I have no idea what kind of fabric I used, it was just whatever was on sale. It took me about a week to make and cost around … Read more
My giraffe costume is made up into 6 different pieces. 4 stilts (one for each arm and leg), a neck/head piece, and a body piece. The back legs are construction boots connected to brackets on wood that creates a 3 foot stilt. The front legs are crutches that are extended 3 1/2 feet. All of … Read more