My 9 year old daughter wanted to be a kangaroo for Halloween this year. I could not find any patterns at our fabric store for a Kangaroo DIY Costume that looked real enough for her, so I created my own pattern using her stuffed animal kangaroo for reference. My daughter picked out a furry felt … Read more
I have wanted to be a peacock for years, and after finding one that was way too short, I decided to make my own Peacock Costume. I started with a corset (Frederick’s of Hollywood), added a skirt from a discount dance shop, and then attached feathers and rhinestones everywhere. I made the peacock spray as … Read more
Pieces: – Plaid Skirt (blue/black, cheap at wal-mart! and re-wearable!)(also, I glued some store-bought peacock feathers to mine) – Brown/black/blue/green/purple belt (whatever looks cute!) -Long-sleeved turquoise shirt (also got this cheap at wal-mart and I still wear it) -Necklace (mine is a blue beaded one from claire’s) -Shoes (mine are turquoise blue converse high tops) … Read more
I knew I wanted to make this Homemade Sexy Peacock Costume a few months before Halloween. I had ordered the corset online. The tutu, is two tutus put together, and I had glued some of the peacock feathers onto the tutu. For the peacock tail I ordered a plain black feather fan. I had to … Read more
After purchasing a small alpaca figure I was inspired to create my own Alpaca Costume in an effort to top last year’s costume. I started by buying a faux white fur and creating a jacket with a hood. I placed holes in the top of the hood to insert the ears which I made with … Read more
This Homemade Chicken Halloween Costume is my favorite costume yet! Wait, she is only two so that doesn’t give me much of a choice! This homemade Chicken costume was simple but had everyone talking. I purchased a white cover up, three 6′ white feather boas, red foam, orange leggings, orange felt and two packages of … Read more
I made this elephant costume with soft grey velour I found at a garage sale. The tusks and toenails are made of white felt. It was a McCall’s pattern. The feet have stuffing in them too.
My wife and I where looking for the most original costume for our daughter and we bumped into the peacock bird. Since that moment we decided to look for feathers and a fabric that matched the color of the bird. Finally we found everything we neede and the hard and complicated part was to put … Read more
For this homemade Peacock Halloween costume idea I bought over 500 peacock feathers online, hot glued them to ostrich feathers and then sewed and hot glued them to cardboard and then glued them to a fan. I covered my old corset in feathers and and old petticoat as well (for the skirt & shirt). I … Read more
I live by the motto “it’s better to DIY.” So, naturally, I wanted to be something somewhat original this Halloween. The whole process of making this Homemade Peacock Costume (from planning and shopping, to actually constructing the costume) took about two weeks. My first mission was to find a royal blue dress, and not to … Read more
I made this Homemade Raven Costume out of felt, taffeta, polyester batting, a black feather boa, and hot glue. It comes in 3 parts: the mask, the wings and torso, and the body. First I cut the shapes for the pieces out of felt and hot-glued them together. The puffiness of the body is achieved … Read more
This is a super easy costume that I assembled 1 hour before we went Trick-or-Treating! I bought two inexpensive baseball hats and cut the brim of one. This I attached to the bottom of the other hat’s brim (forming the beak). I used yellow felt to cover the front of the hat and glued two … Read more