Homemade Halloween Dog Costumes that Rock

You don't have to spend a lot of money to create a great Halloween costume for your puppy dog. Here are some creative ideas for homemade dog Halloween costumes. These ideas are especially useful if you have a large dog, and the costume you want is not available in his size.

Homemade Superman Dog Halloween Costume

Get a blue shirt for your dog. A large child's shirt will probably do; check out your local Goodwill or Salvation Army store for cheap items. Create a Superman emblem out of red and yellow felt. Simply hot glue the red felt onto the yellow felt base. Place red socks on your dog's feet. Create a cape out of silky red fabric, or salvage an old child's costume cape. Then use the remainder of your yellow felt to create the belt. Draw with black Sharpie marker to create the detail. For a large dog Superman costume, simply increase the size of the costume pieces.

Homemade Underdog Dog Halloween Costume

For an underdog Halloween costume, simply get a red long-sleeved shirt and hot glue a white U made of construction paper or felt to the front. Fashion a blue cape out of silky fabric, and tie it at the dog's neck. It's that easy!

Homemade Star Wars Dog Halloween Costumes

To create a homemade Darth Vader dog costume, first check out this tutorial on how to make a cardboard helmet. Adapt and resize the project for your dog's head. Don't fully enclose the helmet, but allow the dog's face to remain exposed. When completed, remove the helmet to a well-ventilated area and spray-paint it black.

Then get a black shirt, preferably made from shiny fabric, at the thrift shop. Create a Darth Vader control panel out of felt by cutting small colored squares and hot-gluing them to a black base. Use this Darth Vader dog Halloween costume image as a guide. Sew this to the shirt; don't use hot glue on silk or synthetic fabric. Place black socks or booties on your dog's feet.

For a Princess Leia Halloween dog costume, find a shirt made of silky white fabric. Make a white belt with small silver polygonal shapes attached. Use this Halloween costume image as a guide. Create a brown yarn "wig" by twisting the yarn up in buns and placing it on the sides of a large bunch of brown yarn. If you like, you can finish the costume off with white pants, making sure that there's an adequate slit for your dog's tail.

The Star Wars Halloween costumes are also great for large dogs. Just get some good measurements to be sure the costume is large enough.

Homemade Pirate Dog Halloween Costume

Find a black shirt at your local thrift shop. Attach a small red cape to the collar. Hem if necessary. You can also alter the shirt slightly so it's longer in back than in front. Use white fabric paint to create a skull and crossbones on the back of the shirt, and white crossed swords on the sleeves. Use these basic pirate hat instructions to create a hat for your pirate dog Halloween costume. Be sure to downsize the hat project to fit your dog's head. Sew the hat together, or use Velcro.

Homemade Flintstones Dog Halloween Costumes

Buy an orange shirt and remove the sleeves, or make a sleeveless shirt out of felt. Draw little black triangles with black sharpie marker, or cut them out of felt and hot glue them on the shirt. You can cut the bottom of the shirt with a slightly jagged edge. Loosely tie a blue cloth around your dog's neck, or attach it to his collar. Make a brown wig out of yarn. You can also make orange cuffs to place on your dog's front paws.