How To Make a DIY Chicken Costume

If you need to create or make a unique Halloween costume and are on a budget, a DIY Homemade Chicken Costume for your young children is simple and adorable.

This literally was my Best Labor Intensive Costume, but as you can see from the images, my little darling baby girl was not enjoying the DIY Homemade Baby Chick costume at all.

How To Make a DIY Chicken Costume

MATERIALS USED:

Two white long sleeved shirts{/onsies/bottom snap turtlenecks}(two sizes larger then child's actual size)

2-3 white feather boas (depending on how much 'fluff' you want)

batting

yellow pants/yellow tights, yellow kitchen gloves

pilots cap with snap or tie

red felt{/red boa/red rubber glove}

scissors

needle and thread

glue gun

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place one shirt into the other. Slide enough batting in between the two and be sure it comes around fully, front to back (like a barrel). Stitch seams together, obviously, not stitching the openings closed but rather to make the two shirts one.

Turn the inside shirt over the top shirt and inside sleeves over the top as well. Hang on a hanger (it will make the next step easier).

Beginning at shoulder/neck area, attach the end of the first boa with a small stitch and continue wrapping the boas, loosely around the entire outfit attaching it randomly with stitches here and there until you have covered the entire 'base'. Do not stitch to arms; it will be fluffy enough! You can add a little extra fluff to child's bum if you are using a onsie!

Using a glue gun, go back and attach more of the boa randomly, ensuring it lies where you'd like it too. A dot of hot glue, here and there is just enough!

Take two 8 x 11 sheets of red felt(or just use a red rubber glove), and trace out the wobbly top. Three lumps on top or so (use your imagination) and cut out. Lay the two on top of one another with the insides out. Stitch, leaving a small opening, turn outside in and stuff with some batting. Stitch closed. Attach to the pilots cap with a few stitches.

Stuff fingers of kitchen gloves with batting then pull kitchen gloves over sneakers you will be using, wrap around the shoe completely, pull tight and cut to size, if need be.

Dress your child and take a lot of pictures, expect a countless number of ooohhhhsss and ahhhsssss over such chicken costumes!!!

We never got baby girl to put on the cap or the gloved feet . . . she was absolutely miserable in this costume and NEVER stopped crying. Ultimately I had to take this costume off her and put on a princess dress!

It was so cute . . . and it's still in my closet ready for the next baby chick!