382A Chick Chick Here And A Chick Chick There! Cute Chicken Costumes For Children

posted by julia on August 17th, 2007

Every year, parents indulge their children around Halloween—and it’s not just the candy.  While many treats are a part of this fun holiday, many parents will go to great lengths to endure that their child has a fabulous Halloween costume.  Many times, this means hunting for a particular character costume in the local costume stores. 

Other times, this means making the costume completely from scratch!  One of the easiest costumes to make from scratch is a chicken costume.  A chicken costume is a great option, especially for small children who are unsure of what the want to be from Halloween.  You’ll both be happy with the end result, and you’ll be glad for the simplicity and inexpensiveness of the project!

Create A Chicken Costume Step By Step

Creating a chicken costume is extremely easy.  All you need to create the costume is:  7 inches of medium white feather boas, 4 medium white feather boas, 2 white long sleeved leotards, yellow tights, polyester fiberfill stuffing, canvas shoes, yellow latex gloves, a white baseball hat, two 8 by 12 inch orange felt pieces, two large wiggly eyes, hot glue gun, safety pins, and a black marker.

To begin, place one of your two leotards inside the other, being sure to match up the arm and leg openings.  Sew the legs together, and then stuff the fiberfill stuffing between the two leotards.  Match up the neck openings and sew them together.  This will be the body part of the chicken costume. 

To create the head, cut two large triangles from the orange felt and sandwich them on either side of the hat brim, gluing them down securely.  Glue down two black buttons for nostrils, two googly eyes for the chicken’s eyes, and a red boa “comb” on top of the hat.

The feet can be created by stuffing the latex gloves with fiberfill, and then placing them palm down and inserting the child’s shoe in each glove.  Then pull the gloves up tightly and secure with glue to the shoes.

To assemble the costume, have your child wear the leotard.  Wrap the white feather boas all around the shoulders, arms, and body, and secure the boas with safety pins.  Put on the hat to complete the costume.

Quite The Character

Creating costumes from scratch is incredibly rewarding because the end result is so incredible, and you keep the knowledge that you made the costume yourself.  This chicken costume will be sure to draw complements from all of your family, friends, and neighbors.

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