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October 29, 2012 by Jenae - 15 Comments
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DIY Angry Bird Costumes

If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you probably know that our boys are just a wee-bit obsessed with Angry Birds. In fact, we’ve accumulated quite a collection of the plush toys (thanks to grandparents and uncles). So when I asked the boys what they wanted to dress up as for trick-or-treating, they naturally requested to be Angry Birds. Rather than buying the costumes (which would have been WAY easier), I decided to make my own DIY Angry Bird Costumes.

I’m not gonna lie…these costumes took a good amount of time to make. But the boys love them and they seem higher quality than the ones you can buy (plus, they were way cheaper to make). I didn’t have a pattern, which made it a bit more difficult at first, but the second costume went much faster than the first. :)

Here’s what you’ll need:  1 1/2 yards of fleece per costume (we used red and yellow), coordinating colors of felt (black, white, orange, yellow, tan),  permanent marker, ribbon, sewing machine, polyester stuffing.

 

 1. To make a circle, I tied a piece of string onto my Sharpie, tied a knot and held it firmly in place while circling around the fabric (folded in half).

 

 

 

 2. Cut the double-layers out, then cut arcs for the neck-holes and arm hole.

 

2. Trace onto a double-layer of white fabric. This will be the inside of the costume, so you can use whatever fabric you have.

 

 3. Use the sharpie-ribbon trick (in step #1) to make a half-circle in your coordinating color for the bottom of the angry bird. Trim off the excess and pin it onto the bottom of the front piece.

 

4. Sew directly onto the red fabric.

 

 5. Create the face. I eyeballed everything and sewed it onto a black felt background before sewing onto the front piece of the costume. When I sewed the yellow onto the black for the beak, I stuffed it with a little polyester filling while it was still on the sewing machine.

 

6. Arrange all the elements onto the costume prior to sewing them on.

 

7. Once the face has been sewn onto the front, pin the white fabric (inner lining) piece onto the top (the face will be on the inside).

 

8. Sew a 1/2 seam. Leave an opening of about 5 inches at the bottom of the costume.

 

9. Stuff the inside with some polyester filling…not too much, but enough for the costume to keep its shape. Sew the bottom opening closed. Repeat for the back of the costume as well. You should now have two pillow-like pieces.

 

 10. Pin the shoulders and about 5 inches on each side underneath the arms. Sew together (and be sure you backstitch). You might have to put some of the polyester filling down while you sew.

 

Repeat for round 2…this was the only picture of the progress of the Outer Space Yellow Angry Bird.

I forgot to take pictures of how I made their hats, but it was really simple. I used stocking caps, poked two small holes in the top, threading a pipe cleaner through, and sewed a felt flap over the pipe cleaner.

Prince Charming and I were the pigs…made by sewing felt eyes and a stuffed snout onto a green t-shirt. :)

Here we are at our church’s “Trunk-or-Treat” on Saturday night…it was chilly, so we all had lots of extra layers on!

Have you ever made a homemade costume? Was it worth the extra effort?

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  1. Rachel says

    October 29, 2012 at 1:46 pm

    Seriously, DIY is never the easy option. :) Awesome job!

    Reply
  2. Brittney says

    October 30, 2012 at 8:38 am

    Love them! The closest I’ve ever come to “making” a costume was to assemble pieces to make a more realistic Woody from Toy story than the costumes sold in the store.

    Reply
  3. Momma Shoe says

    October 30, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    Too bad I don’t have time to make one of these, my boys would have loved these!!! Maybe next year…
    And thanks for the chance to win another fun giveaway!

    Reply
  4. Crystal M :) says

    October 30, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Wow Jenae! They look great! (the costumes and the boys! :)

    Reply
  5. [email protected] says

    October 31, 2012 at 6:40 am

    Wow ! I’m impressed. You did a great job !

    I have 4 boys, and spent a ridiculous amount of money on costumes this year. Maybe I’ll go the DIY route next year. You should consider making costumes to sell. I bet you’d have a lot of interested customers…

    Happy Halloween !

    Reply
  6. Sarah H says

    September 11, 2013 at 1:11 pm

    This is great! I love to sew and design a lot of my own patterns…but prefer to let somebody else be the guinea pig! My son wants to be the blue Angry Bird for Halloween this year, and your costumes look much more functional than the ones sold in the store.

    Reply
  7. sharlene says

    October 16, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    I’m gonna make an attempt at these in the next few days! Making the red bird and the bomb eeek wish me luck! THanks for sharing

    Reply
  8. Anupam Bose says

    October 29, 2013 at 10:38 am

    I just finished making the angry bird using your tutorial and it turned out great! Thanks so much!!! My son is thrilled.

    Reply
  9. elisssabeth says

    October 30, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! This was a very easy way to make Angry Birds costumes. Each bird took me about 3 1/2 hours. Just finished ours today; hope the link works:

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151788999989121&set=pb.690879120.-2207520000.1383182192.&type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn2%2F1384242_10151788999989121_1538708825_n.jpg&size=716%2C960

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    • Jenae says

      October 30, 2013 at 9:59 pm

      Awesome job!!! They turned out great!

      Reply
  10. Anita Reiß says

    January 22, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    Thank you very much for this good idea!

    I did a red angry bird for my son last week and it was so easy with your pictures!

    Best wishes from Germany!

    Anita

    Reply
  11. Esther says

    March 7, 2014 at 6:58 am

    Hello Jenae,

    Thanks for your inspiration, I have 2 kids and they love angry birds.
    I did not find any fancy dress, and following your instructions, with a nice help of a dressmaker, and the result is wonderful! Could I send a photo?

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      March 7, 2014 at 3:23 pm

      Of course! I’d love to see pictures! :)

      Reply
  12. Marilyn says

    October 14, 2016 at 5:09 am

    My granddaughter loves Angry Birds, especially the blue one named Willow. She wanted the costume for Halloween. I just finished it and it looks great! Thanks so much!

    Reply

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