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My favorite part of Halloween is making costumes for our girls. I’ve loved each of their costumes, but this DIY cat costume will always be one of my favorites. We’re just starting to design their Halloween costumes for this year… so stay tuned for that. But in the meantime, I want to share with you again our girls cat costume tutorial.
Do you need a simple – but super cute – kids costume for Halloween? With items you probably already have in your home, you can make this easy kids DIY cat costume in less than an hour.
Our girls are obsessed with cats.
Susan’s daughters, Julia and Sophia, finally got a kitten — after years of hoping, dreaming, and pleading. I have to admit, if I weren’t allergic to cats, I would want a cat just like theirs. And so would my Olivia!
But since I am allergic and I don’t want to spend my life sneezing and wiping away tears, the closest I am going to come to having kittens running around my house is dressing our girls up as cats and letting them tear the place apart.
This isn’t the first year our girls wanted to be cats for Halloween. They were all black cats a few years ago as well.
I love how cute they are in cat costumes, so I didn’t mind at all that they wanted to be cats again. And when Susan and I came up with these oh-so-adorable black cat costumes, I was so excited, I decided to make my FIRST sewing/craft tutorial video post for you.
The girls love their cat costumes, so we took some early Halloween photos.
Look at how sweet these kittens are…
I must admit, making a costume is one thing — shooting a video tutorial on how to make a costume is another.
It took me much longer to shoot and edit this video than I ever imagined. I think I could have made costumes for Olivia’s entire class in the time I spent on this video.
But, it was super fun and I can’t wait to start my next DIY craft video.
I made each cat costume from a black jacket, black jeggings, and a SCARF we bought at Walmart! The scarf is super soft and stretchy and perfect for the tummy and trim for the costume.
Along with some pink felt, a headband, a glue gun, and a plastic duo-tang, (you will have to watch the video to find out about the duo-tang!) you can create a super sweet kitten of your own.
And you don’t have to worry about sneezing.
More DIY Halloween Costumes
Here are some more costume ideas with these three adorable DIY Halloween costumes we made for girls last year, including a pretty unicorn, a fancy fox, and a sweet bunny.
If you want an easy way to make ears for a Halloween costume, check out how to make no-sew animal ears in our video tutorial.
Originally published on October 26, 2014, here at 5 Minutes for Mom.
Written by Janice Croze, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
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That is an adorable costume! Great job!!
This is so cute! I miss having kids young enough to dress like this!
Too late for Halloween but my little girl loves dress up great Christmas gift
We will try this next year
we did this and my daughter loved it she even won the costume contest it was nice for her to be different because the rest of the girls in school were all Elsa from frozen
Too late for this Halloween but great for next year!
That was a great tutorial, very detailed. I’ve seen that scarf at walmart, so perfect for the cat fur!
Thats a cute costume!
I love this idea!
very cute!
Yuu did a good job! They make great cats.
How adorable! I love the added fur on the end of the arms and legs, and the belly too!
Super cute, love these great photos
What a sweet costume idea! I love the simplicity of it:)
This would be a great costume for an adult too! Teacher costume!
This is a great costume and the video on how to make it was great and easy to follow.
Aww how sweet. Love the cat costume.
How cute!
Thanks Jordan!
Wonderful. My granddaughter is a cat this Hallowe’en.
Thanks Anne! Did she have a great Halloween?
This is really adorable! My niece would absolutely love this!
Thanks Holly! Hope u get a chance to make one. Let me know how it goes!
Super cute!!!(:
Super cute!
Thanks Brittany!
Cute! I just have to say it. I’ve been following you both for years now and I love that you use your kids in these photos. They are always so beautiful and it’s awesome that you not only share well done photos, but you have these memories to cherish! Now that is bringing work and family together. Awesome!
Thank you SO much for your feedback Krystal! We really appreciate it. Yes — when we get to work with our kids, that is the dream! 🙂