My daughter is a zebra lover. She only wanted to be a zebra for Halloween. The costumes at the store and online were designed for babies and toddlers, she being 5 was not going to fit. So Super Mom to the rescue. After many attempts and failed ideas, EUREKA!!! Needed items… black leotard and black … Read more
I wanted to make my daughter something unique for Halloween, so I came up with this peacock costume! I purchased a plain black leotard and sewed a feather boa around neck and wristbands. I also sewed two peacock feathers on bust area and a sequin band running down the front. For skirt I made a … Read more
Two years in the making and I finally was able to be a peacock for Halloween! I had this vision of being a peacock but I really wanted to be able to flip my tail up and down as I pleased. I visited this site and love the peacock costume you guys did here. It … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a bat and wanted the wings to move. So I came up with the idea of using a black umbrella for the wings. I just dressed her in a black dress, black tights, black boots. I purchased the black umbrella from the dollar store and then I cut it in … Read more
I made this Homemade Chicken Couple Costume for my daughter after hours of searching for a unique and original costume online. I used a couple ideas I saw online and mixed them all together to come up with this costume. I started out by using a large over-sized white zipper front hooded sweatshirt (I used … Read more
Everything on this Homemade Flamingo Costume is completely handmade and bought at either Hobby Lobby or Joann’s. The body suit is made from pink panne fabric. I found this very good to work with because it’s stretchy so I didn’t have to make the measurements exactly right. The skirt is a variation of a tutu … Read more
I decided to make my own peacock costume after searching through all the ones for women on the internet that look identical. I ordered tons of genuine peacock feathers online, and started my costume. I sewed a bodice to which I hot glued the feathers to. Then I utilized the long feathers for the back … Read more
Hi, this was my 2009 homemade peacock costume worn in Vegas. My girlfriend was a flamingo and I was a peacock. We used hot glue and more feathers than I can count to attach the feathers onto booty shorts, corset, and bra. I used peacock and blue ostrich feathers, as well as a cheap turquoise … Read more
After being inspired by several peacock costumes on this site, I decided to make my Homemade Peacock Unique Halloween Costume Idea. I wanted to come back and share my results. I bought the dress at Macy’s. I ordered 50 feathers (30”-35”) online for $20. Originally, I tried to sew and glue the feathers onto the … Read more
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