I used an old cocktail dress from a cruise when I was in High school. Bought some peacock feathers from a friend who’s father had a peacock farm, made a broch, sewed some of the feathers to the bottom of the dress, put some up in my hair as the “tail” and glued one over … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a peacock princess for Halloween. I ordered 50+ peacock feathers from eBay and hot-glued them to a folding hand fan. I sandwiched the fan between two pieces of cardboard and hot-glued some straps to the cardboard so she could wear it as a back pack.
My daughter wanted to be a Peacock for Halloween, but all of the costumes available were either dresses or skirts with tails that hang off of your shoulders (like fairy wings). She did not want that – she wanted to look like the bird! So we sewed up a Girl’s Peacock Costume with royal blue … Read more
I got the Homemade Peacock Halloween Costume Idea because I have always loved peacock feathers. I am a bartender at a sports bar and Halloween is a very busy time for us and we always dress to impress. I saw a beautiful peacock costume online for about $300.00 and thought to myself, “I know I … Read more
Pirates and parrots go together like peas and carrots. Well, sometimes they do, other times they fight like cats and dogs (or at least at my house). Although not used for Halloween, my boys dressed as a pirate and parrot for a costume contest (the boys finished in the pairs contest). The pirate was sewn … Read more
I couldn’t find an owl costume to fit my newborn so I made one! I sewed feathers on the arms and around the neck of a white onesie and put her in white tights with little brown ballet slippers built-in (from the Gap). I then took a white cap (the onesie and the cap were … Read more
This type of costume is and easy crowd pleaser!! All this outfit needs is about 10 dollars and a little cute munchkin. All you do is buy a white sweat suit, and color black dots on it, I used old white Keds and painted them too. I used an old stuffed animal and cut off … Read more
I’ve wanted to dress up like a pirate for years. Now that I have a child I had the perfect excuse! I decided that she would be my parrot so for her parrot costume I first bought a red one piece outfit on EBay. Then I bought coordinating felt in four colors. I created a … Read more
This year, my daughter wanted to be Jewel, the girl blue macaw from the movie “Rio.” I love making my kids’ Halloween costumes, so I was definitely up for the challenge! To make Jewel’s head, I used a pattern that I had from my daughter’s costume last year, when she was a pink flamingo (she … Read more
I had been thinking about this Homemade Peacock Costume for more than a year, and finally made it happen. I used a dress I got 2 years ago, that had the perfect color for the costume. I got around 80 peacock feathers that I fixed on cardboard with hot glue, and then covered up the … Read more
I actually came to coolest-homemade-costumes.com to see if there were any cool fairy or butterfly costumes I could get ideas from, but when I came across a peacock DIY Halloween costume idea I thought “Yes! I have to do that!” So I found a place online that sold peacock feathers for only .35 cents a … 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