A good and effective Halloween costume doesn't necessarily have to spread fear and terror. Especially when it comes to children's party costumes, people often look for alternatives to the popular horror creatures. Animal costumes, for example, are very popular with parents and children. In today's article we have put together great animal costumes for children for inspiration that your loved ones will love to slip into. From birds to sea creatures to forest animals, the following children's animal costumes are not only suitable for Halloween, but also for carnival or a theme party. Most of our suggestions are made without sewing and are finished quickly.
DIY flamingo costume for kids
The pink flamingoshave now established themselves as a real trend and adorn clothing, various textiles, kitchen utensils and various decorative items. The tropical, colorful bird is particularly popular with little girls. If you are looking for ideas for children's costumes for girls, then look no further than a flamingo costume. For this simple DIY project you will need the following materials:
a pink bodysuit or dress (depending on your child's age)
3 or more pink feather boas
Felt in pink and black
Fabric scissors
Hot glue gun
some cotton
Now start applying glue to the garment andattach the feather boas all around. Cover the entire front and leave the back exposed. Make zigzag lines with the hot glue and press the feather boas lightly. Now you can move on to making the head. The flamingo's head consists of a double oval and a beak, which you can cut out of the pink felt using a template.
The eyes and the tip of the beak are made from the black felt. Before you put the flamingo head together, you can put some cotton between the two circles. Then attach the finished head to a feather boa and secure the end into the skirt. To round off the beautiful, delicate animal costume for Carnival or Halloween, you can make a small bow out of felt and a few feathers that you attach to a hair band or hair clip.
Halloween and carnival costumes animal – swan made of cardboard
An elegant swan costume is another great idea for the long-awaited Halloween or carnival party. Cardboard and paper will be used as materials for our next children's animal costume. TheCardboard carnival costumeis different from the usual animal party outfits and you can be sure that your little girl will shine with it. The following materials are necessary for the swan costume:
Large cardboard box for the body
Cardboard box for wings, gooseneck and head
Paper for the pen
Glitter craft cardboard for the crown
white craft paint
Paper or paint in pink and black for the beak and eyes
Rubber band
First, cut a hole in the top and bottom of the cardboard. Its size should be adjusted to the child's hip circumference. Make a total of 5 slits in the cardboard, 4 for the elastic straps and one for the gooseneck. Now cut out the head with the long neck and two ovals for the wings. Paint everything with white paint and design the eyes and beak.
Cut out a small crown from gold glitter paper and attach it to your head. Using a template, cut out feathers and glue them onto the wings, overlapping them slightly. Finally, thread the rubber bands crosswise into the slots provided. A golden crown on your daughter's head and shoes with glitter give the unique and delicate homemade costume the finishing touch.
Dress up as a bird
Children's costumes for carnival - cute little owl
Fish costume for children – Dory from the film “Finding Dory”
If your child is a big fan of the movie “Finding Dory,” they will surely feel overjoyed in this Dory costume. With this simple but fascinating cardboard cutout costume, your little one will quickly swim through the Halloween night. This underwater world costume is an excellent solution when time is of the essence. You are welcome to involve the adolescents in the project by letting them paint the children's fish costume themselves.
Materials required:
Blue foam boards or cardboard
Pencil
Paint colors in yellow, black, dark blue, light blue and white
Paint brush
Scissors
On the back of the blue foam board, sketch the outline of Dory and cut out the drawn shape. If you are using cardboard for this craft project, you should paint it blue. Cut out a fin in the middle of the fish. This should fit your child's arm and not pinch anywhere. Now dye the fin, eyeballs and tail with the respective color and allow to dry thoroughly. All your child has to do is push their arm through the hole and remember to just keep swimming.
Carnival costumes for boys – full body animal costume
Children's costumes for boys - crab disguise
Cat costume for children
Simple bat animal costume for Halloween
If your child would like to dress up as a bat, then you've hit the mark with our next costume project. Animal costumes for children like this one are quickly put together from everyday items of clothing and require hardly any material or time. Black leggings and a beautiful black dress combine to create a cute outfit to which you just need to add the wings and ears.
Cut the wings out of cardboard and paint them black. Then tie a ribbon around the wings so your child can wear them as a satchel. The bat ears are also cut out of cardboard and attached to a headband. With this simple and cute costume, your child will undoubtedly love being in the spotlight.
DIY animal costumes for children – A spider
Make a sheep costume
Cow carnival costume for children
Forest animals costumes for children
Full body suit animal – tiger costume for children
Would your child perhaps like to transform into a wild cat for Halloween? Then a great tiger costume would be the ideal festive disguise. To imitate the typical look of the fur pattern, colored tape is used in this simple craft project. You can also use the following tape technique to disguise animals as other animals. A zebra costume for children or a leopard is ready in no time. Making this costume is so easy that older children can complete it without your assistance.
Materials required:
Black and orange tape
Scissors
For the Harry
Black top
Black leggings
Safety pin
To make the tiger's ears, cut 2 pieces of black tape about 15 cm long. Place them about three centimeters apart and put the tape together. Now you can shape the resulting rectangles into triangles using scissors. Cut various small pieces from the orange tape and create the pattern of the ears.
To imitate the tiger skin, cut out uneven stripes or triangles from the orange tape and distribute them on the black clothing. Make sure the patterns are arranged as naturally as possible.
To make the tail, first cut out a strip of adhesive tape about 80 cm long and fold it in half. Use the scissors to cut small slits at the bottom of the tail and make the pattern here too with the orange tape. You can use a safety pin to attach the tail to the desired location on the costume.
Last minute zebra costume for children
If your child spontaneously thinks that they would like to dress up as a zebra for the upcoming party, our next suggestion is a perfect last minute solution. A zebra costume for children can be made according to the same principle as the Halloween tiger costume, but the basis for the costume will be a white blouse and white pants. You can then make the typical zebra pattern out of black felt. A matching zebra make-up completes the great animal outfit and nothing stands in the way of the long night of partying.
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