DIY owl costumes for mom and daughter Tutorial

The first thing I did was of course create the patterns on paper and cut them out. You can download them on the blog.

I created first Emma’s Owl Halloween Costume and then I applied the same process to mine but of course, bigger and with some differences.

Then I placed them on the felt and fabrics and I cut the fabric approximately 0.4 Inches away from the line marks.

I used some special fabric markers that disappear with time and/or wash to draw the lines.

I cut every piece first, including a bunch of “feathers” in pink, light gray and dark gray.

I cut the hood and the lining.

I put together both pieces of the hood and put a paper underneath it and to draw the ear tuft. Of course, I cut it out too {this pattern is in the downloadable file}.

I started with the hood.

I sew the black circle of the eyes to the white one and then to the hood.

Then I cut the beak in both felt and the fabric {I didn’t have yellow felt I used this fabric}.

I used about 3x the perimeter of the eyes in organza ribbon to make the ruffle of the eyes.

I mean if you make a circle with the ribbon that would surround the circle, that would be your reference and that is multiplied by 3. I did like that because it depends on the size of each eye. You might want it bigger or smaller.

Then I sewed close to the edge of the ribbon with a big stitch and relaxed pressure on the machine.

Next I carefully pulled one of the threads and start ruffling the ribbon. Once ready I started sewing it manually to he edge of the eyes of the owl.

Then I made the beak. I sewed it first with the right side of the fabric facing the felt leaving a small space no sewed. I turned it to the right side out and then sewed all over the edge.

For the ears tuft, I sewed them, turned them right side out, and put the stuffing in them.

You don’t need to fill it too much; it’s just to add some volume.

I placed the tufts {as I show in the graphic below} and placed the back peace of the hood on top. The eyes and tufts should be inside. Sew around the edge as it’s shown.

The next step was the lining. I sewed it and then attached it to the hood.

I put all the lining inside the hood and with the help of some pins I made some stitches in some strategic places so the lining doesn’t move or come out.

Ok, now the wings.

First, I placed the feathers playing with colors randomly as you can see below until I covered it all. I secured them with pins and then I sewed each line of feathers.

Then, I sewed the pleat making sure to not sew the feathers.

I overlapped both wings where they should be on the back. How much you overlap will depend on the back of your kid.

The sewed pleats should be on the shoulders level.

Then I sewed the hood to the wings as centered as I could and I hid the seam with the pink ribbon and;

The ribbon is also the way I tied it up to Emma’s neck with a bow.

The last touch was cutting the edges of the feathers to round them and make them well shaped.

After finishing Emma’s I made mine. It was easier to make since I already knew how to make it and I didn’t add so many details.

Follow the same steps 1 to 5 except for the feathers, unless you want to make your own with feathers.

Make the wings larger. The oval should be as long as you want the wing to be.

That’s it.