For this homemade peacock costume I got my dress from a hand-me-down store, originally it was floor length, so I cut it up and made it a little shorter. I attached my feathers to a bouquet holder that I purchased at a craft store. My feathers I got on eBay from the user: lovelyfeather. They … Read more
My daughter Zoe decided she wanted a Homemade Blue bird with Baby Birds Costume for Halloween. Following in the tradition from my mother in law, I decided to hand make her costume, no store bought costume would be accepted. The base outfit (for warmth and comfort) came in the form of a plain white tee, … Read more
My son wanted to be an owl for Halloween so we looked online for ideas (including coolest-homemade-costumes.com) and this Homemade Owl Costume is what we came up with. I started with a brown sweatshirt. Cut out lots of feathers from different shades of brown felt. I did small and large feathers. Then I hot glued … Read more
My daughter asked to be a blue bird for Halloween last year. All I could think is how am I going to make a Halloween costume. We took a trip to the local fabric store and I showed her the simplicity pattern 3663. She told me before hand that she wanted a big beak so … 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
This year (2008) I made my daughter a Ballerina Elephant costume. I live in Ohio and needed something that would be warm for her but also pretty. I got the elephant costume from a sale. I bought the tutu off of eBay. I then bought a bunch of pink roses to match the tutu. I … 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 designed this home made bunny costume from a sketch and my mother sewed it for my 10 month old daughter. We drew up and cut out a basic jumpsuit shaped toddler outfit on paper and then cut it out and sewed it together using gray fleece. We cut out a large circle of white … Read more
My children decided they wanted the family to do the Wizard of OZ theme this year for Halloween. After checking out store bought costumes I decided I could make a much better homemade Cowardly Lion from Wizard of Oz costume for a much cheaper price. First I bought a cheap tan sweatsuit with a hood … Read more