I love Pinterest. I found this idea for an owl costume a few weeks ago and I knew I needed to convince Mia to be an owl for Halloween instead of a princess. I figure she’ll continue to want to be a princess from now to eternity so I didn’t feel too guilty talking her out of her princess aspirations. 
I’m so glad I did because she won “Best Costume” in the kid’s division at our church Halloween party!
One thing I openly admit is that I am not much of a crafter, although through practice and patient tutelage of some friends and family I’ve been getting better. With that said, I don’t sew…quite frankly sewing makes me angry. Therefore I do not own a sewing machine so my trusty glue guncame to the rescue for this project.
Mia, my cute lil’ owl!
Showing off the side view.
The back view.
<Costume Process>
Items Used:
1 yard cream felt
1/4 yard camel felt
1/4 yard felt light pink felt
1/4 yard dark pink felt
1 1/2 yards ribbon (for the tie on the cape)
2 buttons for the eyes on the hat
glue gun & glue sticks
Pink leggings from Carter’s
Light pink turtleneck from Walmart
Uggs from Last Chance Nordstrom Rack in Phoenix (can you believe they were only $15?!?)
My mom.
Cutting out the feathers. They’re about 3 inches in length. We used 4 different colors of felt and cut out 36 feathers of each color.
Laying the “feather” rows on the cape.
My mom laying the “feather” rows.
The finished cape.
Source: I followed these basic directions from Martin Family Times
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I love it! She is the cutest little owl! I will have to pin this to remember to “encourage” Hazel to be an owl! Good job!
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Thanks, Autumn!
I love it!! She is the cutest and you are super creative
Thanks, Malena!
That is sooo cute! Great job on the costume!
Thanks, Monika! My mom helped me out a ton on it. She basically put the cape together and I did the hat.
I think this costume is so cute. You and your mom did a great job.
Thanks, Sherrie!
Oh Jillian, this is adorable! Miss Mia is just precious in the homemade costume!
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