Homemade Dog Costumes

***OCT 2009***

Kudos to Janet from the United States who wanted to put her dogs in musketeers costumes but couldn't find any that were under $75.

According to Janet, she ordered some much cheaper costumes that had capes, boots and hats, removed some jeweled buttons that were on the hats and capes, and replaced them with the 3 different kinds/sizes of fleur de lys, to reinforce the 'Musketeers' theme. Here's the spectacular result!

COSTUME COLOR COMBINATIONS

For example, make a pink cape for Valentine's Day or a green one for St. Paddy's Day.

For holidays where several colors are used, consider using a base color for the cape, then sewing or gluing on stars, hearts or other shapes in the other colors.

Adding some type of hat or crown makes for a more complete dog costume. The hat can be the same color, more than one color, or have colors that contrast but go well with the cape.

See Dog Capes and Dog Party Hats for some basic instructions.

DOG COSTUME THEMES

HAVE A HOMEMADE DOG COSTUME IDEA?

Do you have a dog costume or party hat idea or design?

Tell us - and dog lovers worldwide - about it! Your design (and/or photo) will be featured on your very own web page!

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