Cheap Homemade Bunny Halloween Costume

Dress Up as a Bunny This Year for Halloween

David Farrell
If you are looking for a cheap Halloween costume to make this Halloween, consider dressing up as a bunny, using materials from around the house to assemble the Halloween costume.

Cheap Homemade Bunny Halloween Costume craft, supplies and resources needed:

White or gray hooded sweatshirt
White or gray sweat pants
White slippers
White gloves or mittens
Pink felt or cloth
Cotton batting (or white fluffy stuff from medicine bottles)
White towel cloth or white/gray sweatshirt cloth scraps
Duct tape

Gray sweat cloth only is suitable provided the inside is white.

Cheap homemade bunny Halloween costume, basic foundations: For the cheap homemade bunny Halloween costume, wear your sweatpants and hooded sweatshirt inside out for ready-made white fluffy texture.

Cheap homemade bunny Halloween costume, body: If slippers don't cover the sweatpants elastic, fold over a strip of duct tape, connecting the sides to make a narrow piece of double-sided tape. Fasten it to the sweatpants elastic and then stick white fluff to the tape. Make wider strips of double-sided tape by joining two pieces of duct tape and folding over the same manner. Fasten these to the bottom cuff of the hooded sweatshirt and attach cotton fluff.

Cheap homemade bunny Halloween costume, paws: Fasten wide double-sided duct tape around the sweater cuffs and attach cotton fluff. Cut out pieces of pink cloth or felt and fasten to the palms of the gloves using double-sided duct tape.

Cheap homemade bunny Halloween costume, tail: To make a durable tail, cut ten 6-inch strips of cloth. Tie one strip around the middle of another, and continue. Begin making strips longer so your ends remain about 2-3 inches long until you have a fluffy ball. Make your last strip longer and use to fasten the tail to the Halloween costume.

Cheap homemade bunny Halloween costume; ears: Cut out from scrap white cloth two ear shapes, making them two inches too wide. Take the pink cloth and cut out two shapes an inch narrower on the sides. Make thin strips of double-sided tape and place on the edges of the pink cloth. Fold the white cloth over the tape. If the ears are too floppy, cut out and insert a piece of paper or cardboard up between the cloth layers from the bottom. Fasten the ears to the hood of the sweatshirt using pieces of double-sided duct tape.

You now have a cheap homemade bunny Halloween costume for Halloween without breaking the bank. This costume can also be assembled at Easter for dressing up as the Easter bunny.

Published by David Farrell

David Farrell, "Mr Dave," is a freelance writer, the official RuneScape Examiner for examiner.com and a UConn Certified Master Gardener. Mr Dave's interests include RuneScape, Gardening, Crafts, and writing....   View profile

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  • Charlotte Kuchinsky 9/15/2009

    I dressed as a playboy bunny once. Yes, I did have the figure at the time. It was easy too. I just wore my black cheerleader tights, a black corset, black stockings and hose and bunny ears. I didn't have to buy anything but the ears. Those were the day!

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