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How to Make Easy No Sew Animal Ears

October 29, 2019 by Janice

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Whip up a costume in minutes with these super easy, no sew animal ears. You can make these ears for cat costumes, bat costumes, bunny costumes, and more…

You still have time to make these DIY animal ears and instantly have an easy Halloween costume!

no sew animal ears

I love to make simple costumes for our kids.

Animal costumes are always great for a quick, DIY option. (I have shared before my Pink Panther costume tutorial and my black cat costume video tutorial.)

A couple years ago, I made bat costumes for our girls and made this short video about how to make quick, no sew animal ears. Watch it below or see it on YouTube.

For the girls’ bat costumes, I sewed ears using the fabric I used for their bat wings. Since I was already sewing their bat wings, a little extra sewing was not an issue for me.

But, for those of you who might not want to sew or don’t have time to sew, I decided to also make up a pair with a NO SEW method, using felt instead of fabric. (You could also use a thick fabric that doesn’t fray or a material like leather.)

This method works for all kinds of costume ideas — you can make bat ears, cat ears, bunny ears, pig ears, etc.

What You Need

You may already have everything you will need for your animal ears at home. But if not, a quick stop at a dollar store or a craft store will get you ready.

no sew animal ears

  1. Headband
  2. Felt (in the appropriate color for your costume)
  3. Two pipe cleaners (these will allow you to bend and shape your animal ears)
  4. Glue gun

Steps to Make Animal Ears

Step 1

Use pipe cleaners to form two triangles. Size and shape the triangles according to your costume – small triangles for cat ears, larger triangles for bat ears, and long skinny triangles for bunny ears.

no sew animal ears

These triangles will serve as the “skeleton” for your ears, allowing you to shape and bend your finished animal ears.

Step 2

Fold felt in half and use the pipe cleaner triangles as a template to cut out your felt ears.

no sew animal ears

no sew animal ears

Make sure you cut your felt ears about 1/4 inch larger on each side than the pipe cleaner triangles, and place the bottom of the triangle about 1/2 inch from the fold of the fabric so you have room to fold the bottom of the ears around the headband.

Step 3

Glue pipe cleaner triangles to headband.

Before you start gluing, make sure you decide where you want your ears on your headband.

no sew animal ears

Cat and bat ears need to be further apart, almost on the sides of the headbands, otherwise they will look more like bunny ears.

Step 4

Place felt ears around headband, sandwiching the pipe cleaner ears. Glue in place.

no sew animal ears

no sew animal ears

no sew animal ears

Step 5

Trim any rough or uneven edges and then bend and shape your new ears.

no sew animal ears

no sew animal ears

Enjoy your ears — and let us know below what animal you created…

More Costume Ideas

Make bat wings to go with your bat ears…

DIY Bat Costume
 

Check out our DIY Cat Costume for Girls with Video Tutorial.

 
And this easy DIY Pink Panther Costume Tutorial.

DIY Pink Panther Costume
 

You can see how we made these unicorn, fox, and bunny costumes that are perfect Halloween costumes for girls of all ages… from little girls to teenagers.

DIY Halloween Girls Costumes
 

And here are some more DIY costumes for teens… Olivia is dressed as a brown bear, Sophia is wearing a DIY Panda bear costume, and Julia is dressed in a DIY pretty cat costume.

DIY Halloween Costumes for Teens and Tweens #DIYHalloweenCostumes

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How to make easy no-sew animal ears. Perfect for last minute Halloween costumes…

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Written by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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5 Comments

  1. Lori Sullivan says

    May 8, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    These are perfect! My daughter thinks she’s a cat and is constantly “in character”. She will love these, thanks!

    Recenly Posted… https://mominformed.com/gerber-good-start-gentle-vs-soothe-the-best-baby-formula/

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  2. Mary Brice says

    October 30, 2019 at 9:36 am

    You are soo creative! So many fun ideas for the kids, These crafts are so fun, cute and so colorful! My kids will love to have some of these crafts.

    Recently posted… https://www.babyadvisor.org/best-toddler-utensils/

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  3. Brittany says

    October 29, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Thanks for the tutorial! Just used it to make some DW ears…for myself haha 🙂

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  4. Emma says

    November 11, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    Very ingenious!:)

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