These delicious and cuddly lamb and sheep costumes look and feel like a giant hug. They are adorable and fun; not to mention very warming on a cold Halloween night.
You will discover what worked and what didn’t for these cool costume makers here. Pro tip: buy way more cotton balls than you think you will need. Many of the people here admit they went back to the store far more times than they would have liked!
One awesome girlfriend spent hours gluing cotton balls to create an adult male sheep costume for her boyfriend. Check out how happy he looks!
In addition, some of these costumes required sewing machines, but there are many of these looks you can create without reaching for a needle and thread.
So if you are looking for inexpensive and appealing looks to create this Halloween, these awesome homemade lamb and sheep costumes are for you!
For this lamb costume, I followed a pattern. I did simplify it by coloring on the nose instead of sewing on the contrasting fabric, and I saved on materials by lining the ears with card stock to get them to stand up. I’d use cotton balls and hot glue if I had to make a … Read more
To make this sheep costume you will need a pillowcase, any type of white fabric,black long sleeve, black leggings, a pair of black socks, black shoes, black gloves, and of course A LOT of cotton balls. Take the pillowcase and cut a whole at the top for your head and two more holes on the … Read more
This Counting Sheep group costume was very easy and cheep; it was a little time-consuming but, with two pairs of hands, things go faster. We averaged per costume six to seven bags of 300 cotton balls, five to six packets of glue packs and an old dress or shirt. We all wore black tights and … Read more
For Halloween a group of us decided on a Homemade Flock of Sheep Group Costume. I mean when else could you have an opportunity to bah at people? So for the costumes we bought white t-shirts, shorts the girls, pants the boys, black tights, white cotton fluff, glue, small bells, black felt, white bandannas, long … Read more
Here is what I used to make this costume: Cotton balls – 350 (2.5 bags – 140 cotton balls in 1 bag) White hooded jacket 1 black felt for ears (white materials for ears from jackets sleeves) 1 -8oz “Fabri-Tac” glue Covers for shoes from sleeves leftovers Shopping – 2h + 2.5h work Good Luck!
This is very simple costume. You will need some patience and a lot of cotton wool. And the result is soft, gentle, wooly, fluffy sheep. Baaa Sheep Family How To Make For the base, you could use a old white shirt with the hood or you can sew something similar from the old bed sheet, … Read more
We all love Shaun the Sheep, the British claymation character and it makes for a super easy costume! I just got a black long-sleeved onesie and black pants and socks and hand-tacked (with needle and thread) some white felt to the front and back of the shirt at the shoulders. I attached a tail of white … Read more
My daughter came home from nursery with a letter stating she needed a costume as she was to be a lamb in the school play. I bought some lamb effect material and used a pattern for a jump suit with hood to make the main part of the costume. I then made ears which I … Read more
I wanted to be Little Bo Peep and I asked my wonderful boyfriend to dress up as my sheep! To my surprise, he agreed, however, on one condition; I had to make the adult sheep costume. I started off with a white hooded sweatshirt, 4 bags of cotton balls and fabric glue…8 more bags of … Read more
I did this sheep Halloween costume for Halloween 08! It turned out great and was very warm for when I went outside. I used 1 white hoody and 1 pair or white sweatpants. 1,150 cotton balls and about 10-15 bottles of fabric glue. I got the fabric glue that remains “flexible” because if you don’t … Read more
I followed a pattern for the sheep. I did simplify it by coloring on the nose instead of sewing on the contrasting fabric, and I saved on materials by lining the ears with card stock to get them to stand up. I’d use cotton balls and hot glue if I had to make a new … Read more
I love to make my children’s costumes every year. I look forward to Halloween just to make their costumes. I decided on a lamb costume for my two year old because it was going to be so fast and simple because I was making my six year old a shark costume that was going to … Read more