To make this Peacock Costume, I bought a corset, around 35 feathers, 4 packs of blue feathers, ribbon, velcro and a hot glue gun. The corset, I ordered off of eBay, the feathers, ribbon and velcro were all from a local craft store. To start, I hot glued all of the blue feathers onto the … Read more
I started my Perky Peacock costume by purchasing real peacock feathers in bulk on the internet. To create the tail, I took a foam disc and started poking the feathers into it. I shortened some to help create the fan look. I also cut two holes in the disc, through which to stick the pink … Read more
I used Simplicity patterns 3663 and 2834 for this Homemade Lady Buccaneer Pirate with her Parrot Couple Costume . The Parrot. I used red fleece for the main part of the costume. I then hand sewed 7 red feather boas, 1 blue boa and 1 yellow boa. It took hours and hours of hand sewing. … Read more
The Dalmation costume was made with a furry fabric and the ears were lined with a soft pink poly/cotton blend. I found the pattern for this costume at our local fabric store. I just made a few modifications (the red ribbon).
3rd Place Winner of our 2007 Homemade Halloween Costumes ContestClick Here to View Other Winners For this Scarlet Macaw parrot costume, I used: chicken wire, masking tape, hot glue gun and sticks, heavy duty cardboard, newspapers, flour and water for paper Mache, red and black spray paint, craft paint in colors appropriate for eyes, face … Read more
My Nieces and nephews wanted to be the birds from the movie Rio this year. In the movie, the main characters dress up as Macaws for a carnival in Brazil. I had 3 boys and two girls to make the Rio Birds Group Costume for. Instead of making them all blue, I decided to make … Read more
I decided to try my hand at making my daughter’s homemade pretty peacock Halloween costume idea this year. I made an oblong circle skirt, so it was short in the front and long in the back, out of a shiny satin material, and lined with a matching dark blue cotton. I then bought a couple … Read more
So I was looking on here and after seeing the amazing costumes I was inspired. I knew I wanted to be something different so I decided on a homemade peacock Halloween costume idea. I started with a half circle of cardboard and painted it shades of blue and green. Then I took 50 30″ peacock … Read more
My daughter received lots of attention at our local Boo In The Zoo this year in her little Chicken Costume. A yellow bodysuit with matching leggings and glued on boas feathers was all this required for a faulous costume.
Here is my peacock costume. I have always been mesmerized by peacock feathers and was the first one to wear peacock feather earrings years ago so most of my friends associate peacocks with me. I ordered up the feathers online and got to work at gluing and sewing feathers to an old corset and then … Read more
My daughter wanted to be an owl for Halloween, but I didn’t like any of the owl costumes I’d seen online, so I decided to make my own homemade owl costume. I’m an art director, so my computer skills are pretty good, but I have zero sewing skills. I figured out a way to make … Read more
Tom my 10 year old son wanted to end elementary school with a bang as it will be the last year with a Halloween parade. So he asked to be a Hamster in a Wheel! The wheel is made out of PEX pipe on a mechanic’s dolly with cedar chips glued to the bottom. His … Read more