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My little girl LOVES unicorns! I knew I had to make her a DIY Unicorn Costume for Halloween this year. And she absolutely loves it!
Handmade Unicorn Costume
This was actually a really easy costume to put together. And I love that its warm and comfortable. That can be hard sometimes when it comes to handmade Halloween costumes!
I wanted her unicorn costume to be cute, girly, whimsical, and colorful. She loves pink and purple, so she went nuts over the mane and tail!
Yes, I bribed her with licorice during this photo shoot. As you can see, candy always makes my subjects a lot happier on and off film! haha!
Ok, I LOVE this picture! She kept looking up at her horn and grabbing at it. She’d go all crossed eyed to take a peek at it. It was hilarious!
I made the mane and tail super thick and chunky and it totally made the costume awesome! It made a nice contrast to the gold on the horn.
DIY Unicorn Costume Tutorial
Supplies:
- white hoodie {I used this one.}
- white leggings {I used these leggings.}
- hot glue gun
- light pink yarn
- hot pink yarn
- purple yarn
- white felt
- light pink felt
- pink felt
- purple felt
- gold tape {I used this gold tape.}
- scissors
- packing paper
- To make the unicorn horn, take 3-4 sheets of packing paper, fold into quarters and roll into a narrow cone shape.
- Wrap white felt around the paper and glue in place. Trim off excess felt with scissors.
- Cut the horn so that it measures about 8.5″ long.
4. Starting at the top, wrap gold tape around the horn. I secured the tape with a little hot glue at the beginning and end.
5. Cut 2 white ovals and 2 slightly smaller pink ovals for the ears. Glue the pink and white layers together and then pinch one pointy end together and glue in the pinch to create a 3D ear. {see below}
6. Hot the ears and the unicorn horn to the top of the white hoodie.
7. Make 5 small felt flowers and hot glue around the horn. {There are lots of felt flower tutorials on Pinterest.}
8. Use the light pink, hot pink, and purple yarn to create a mane and tail. Hot glue in place.
9. Cut a large pink oval measuring about 8″ for the belly and hot glue in place.
UPDATED: 10. For the main, I wrapped the 3 colors of yarn around my hand 10 times to create loops of yarn. I tied a small piece of yarn around one side of the loop to hold in place and cut the other side. {similar to making yarn pom poms} Then I attached the yarn tassel to the seam of the hood where the yarn bundle is held in place with the small piece of yarn tied around the bundle. I repeated this until I had a nice full main all the way down the hood.
11. For the tail, I wrapped the 3 colors of yarn around my arm until it I felt it would make a nice, thick tail. Then like the main, I tied a small piece of yarn around one side of the loop to hold the strands in place. Then I cut the other side of the loop, similar to what you do when making a yarn pom pom. Then I hot glue the tail {which is held together with the small piece of yarn} to the back center of the white leggings.
Then let your little have some fun pretending to be a unicorn! If your kids are like mine, we never put Halloween costumes away. They are worn and played in year round!
One of my favoritest Halloween costumes I’ve made! If you have a little girl, you need to make her this easy DIY Unicorn costume! She’ll love it!
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Whether you’re into spooky sights, playful pumpkins or giggling ghouls, the Michaels.com Halloween project page has tons of ideas for DIY Halloween costumes and décor.
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