Easy Animal Costumes to Make at Home

Spending a ton on a costume that you only wear once or twice seems quite silly, when it is so easy to make a costume at home. These costumes are not just your average ghost costume with a few holes cut out of a sheet, either.

Dog, Cat and Lamb

Use a fleece sweat suit or a regular sweat suit in white, brown or black to represent the dog, cat or lamb's body. Not only if you are going trick or treating will you look cute, the heavy material provides you with plenty of warmth. A regular long sleeved shirt would work well also. To make a tail, either use a sock or a piece of fabric in a white, brown or black color. Take a safety pin and attach the fabric or sock to your pants and presto you have the body of your dog or cat or lamb costume. Now, it’s time for the ears. All you need is a headband and some felt. The headband should be a neutral color like black. Cut the shape of lamb's ears, cat's ears or dog's ears out of a piece of fabric that matches your outfit. Make two ears and glue these ears with hot glue to the headband.

Pig

A pig costume can be made the same way with a few simple changes. The ears obviously need to be the same shape as a pig's ear. The outfit needs to be a pink color or possibly a brown color. When you are making the tail, cut a wire coat hanger using a pair of needle-nosed pliers. The piece of wire should be about six or seven inches in length. Cut a piece of pink or brown felt an inch longer than the size you cut the hanger. Only make the felt about one inch wide. Center the wire hanger on the piece of felt. Fold the felt around the hanger, so it is even. Use the hot glue gun to glue all sides of the felt around the hanger. You may sew the tail if you want. You need to let the glue dry prior to doing anything else with the tail. After it dries, curl the tail by bend the hanger, then just use a safety pin to connect the tail to your pants.