DIY Colorful Peacock Costume

A colorful video tutorial showing you how to make a Cardboard Halloween costume – a DIY Peacock Costume with no sewing involved. All you need to do is cut, glue and repeat!

This is a cute recycled craft that is pretty sturdy and easy to make! I particularly love the felt craft part where we get to make these beautiful peacock feathers! Make sure to check out this DIY Rainbow Costume Tutorial too!

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This daughter of mine has dressed as one kind of princess or the other for the past 3 consecutive Halloweens. When she said she wanted to be a peacock and not a princess again, her crafty momma ran with the idea.

DIY Peacock Costume VIDEO:

Watch the step by step video on Youtube:  https://youtu.be/dHJoJSRmgFQ

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Cardboard Halloween Costume Tutorial:

Download and print Peacock Feather Template (can be found at the bottom of this post)

Cut out the four layers of the peacock feather from the template. Color 1 is teal, Color 2 is green, Color 3 is a darker blue and Color 4 is the darkest blue.

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Using the template as a guide cut out felt shapes using Fiskars Amplify Mixed Media Shears.

Assemble peacock feather: Place color 1 first, then color 2 on top, color three next and finish it off with color 4 right on top. Staple all the layers together in the center.

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Add a gold sequin with some hot glue to hide the staple. You can use a Jewel adhesive here instead.

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Make 26 such Peacock Feathers. This makes a costume to fit a 5 to 6-year-old girl. 

Cut a large piece of cardboard in a rainbow shape. Using an Exacto knife make 4 small cuts into the cardboard for the ribbon. This will help make the cardboard wearable- kinda like a backpack.

Using the Exacto knife or the scissor tip, reinforce those cuts we made for the ribbon. Insert Ribbons.

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Cut two pieces of fleece, one a bit larger than the cardboard cut out and one a bit smaller than the cardboard. Place the larger fleece beneath the cardboard and using a spray adhesive fold and adhere the fleece seam all around.

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Flip the cardboard over and adhere the other fleece in place.

Arrange and glue down all the Peacock feathers using a Hot Glue gun.

Add extra sequins around the curved edge of the peacock (optional)

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Make an extra peacock feather and glue it onto a tiara to make a matching peacock headdress (optional again)

My daughter has absolutely LOVED this peacock costume. I had so much fun making it and if  you liked this video, give it a thumbs up, share it with your friends and let me know if you would like to see more videos from me.

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Here is how our cardboard halloween costume turned out! Held together with ribbons and glue it turned out perfect and made my daughter smile!

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FREE Peacock Feather Template

FREE Peacock Feather Template- Click here to download

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Now this template and idea is very versatile. I am using felt here because I love felt and I and I love these particular colors.

But you needn’t use just felt- you can use fabric instead or even basic cardstock layered with patterned papers. You can mix and match layers- use some felt, some fabric, and some glitter papers maybe.

Make this your own cardboard halloween costume and get creative. I’m sure the results will be beautiful!

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