Nineteen Adorable Infant Outfits to Melt Your Heart

Nineteen Adorable Infant Outfits to Melt Your Heart

DIY Funny Baby Costumes: A Guide to Creating Adorable Character-Inspired Outfits

Parents and caregivers, get ready to unleash your creativity as we dive into a world of DIY funny baby costumes! From carrots to dragons, these easy-to-make outfits will turn heads and bring smiles to faces.

To create these charming costumes, the general approach is to use simple clothes as a base, such as onesies, bodysuits, or soft pants and shirts. Then, add easy-to-make or repurpose props from felt, fabric scraps, foam, yarn, or paper. Incorporate safe, lightweight accessories like hats, headbands, bibs, or capes to complete the look. Use fabric glue, hot glue, or minimal sewing to attach costume parts. Focus on iconic, recognizable elements of the character or object for clarity.

Here are some specific tips by costume idea:

• Carrot: Dress baby in an orange onesie, and add green felt leaves attached to a soft hat or headband for a carrot top.
• David Bowie: Use face paint for the iconic lightning bolt makeup; dress baby in shiny or glittery fabrics or a bodysuit. Add toy guitar or space-themed accessories.
• Game Boy: Use grey cardboard or foam to make a portable “screen” box baby can wear. Paint details like buttons and the screen, and attach suspenders to hold the shape.
• Bob Ross: Brown curly wig or craft “wig” with yarn. Dress baby in a blue button-up shirt, and add a tiny paint palette made from felt or cardboard attached to the hand.
• Cheeseburger: Use brown felt bun shapes or pillow-like sandwich pieces strapped on with fabric. Add colorful felt “lettuce,” “cheese,” and “patty” layers glued on.
• Unicorn: White or pastel clothing base. Add a horn and ears on a soft headband, and a colorful felt or yarn mane.
• Panda bear, Koala bear, Skunk, Cow: Onesies in their color pattern with attached ears on a hat or hood. Add felt or fabric tail sewn on, and face paint is optional.
• Dragon: Green/brown/red body suit. Attach felt or foam spikes on the back and tail, and add wings from lightweight fabric.
• Parrot: Brightly colored outfit. Make wing shapes from felt, and feather-like accents with colorful paper or fabric glued on.
• Lion: Brown or tan bodysuit. Craft a mane from yarn or faux fur attached around a hat or hood.
• Dinosaur: Similar to dragon but with spikes or plates made from felt or craft foam.
• Octopus: Sew or glue soft tentacles made of stuffed fabric strips onto pants or overalls.
• Mice, Mickey Mouse: Use grey or black bodysuit. Add round ears on a headband, and white gloves or felt nose.
• Flower: Base green outfit. Make large petal shapes from stiff fabric or paper to glue/attach around the head or body in a circle.
• Wind-up Doll: Dress baby in vintage/retro style clothes. Attach a large cardboard or foam wind-up key painted silver on the back.

For tutorials with visual guidance, you can find step-by-step DIY baby costume projects on TikTok, Pinterest, and crafting blogs. Many use sewing basics, felt crafts, yarn, cardboard, and fabric paint. Prioritize baby comfort and safety by avoiding small, sharp parts and ensuring easy wear/removal.

If you want a specific, detailed tutorial for any one costume from the list, feel free to ask! Here are some examples of available resources:

• The wind-up doll baby costume, featuring an adorable baby, sweet vintage dress, hair bow, a wind-up key made from a toilet paper roll, styrofoam ball, and cardboard cutout, spray-painted gold, can be found on Hart + Sew.
• A baby Bowie costume featuring puff paint, hair dye, and face paint has been created.
• The flower baby onesie can be found on Your Wish Cake.
• The baby dinosaur costume has sponge spikes and the source is unknown.
• The baby carrot costume is adorable and organic, and a tutorial can be found online.
• The baby parrot costume is a red dyed onesie and can be found on Lil' Mop Top.
• Three baby mice costumes can be found on House that Lars Built.
• The lion costume started as a fleece hat and can be found on Try It Mom.
• A flower baby costume is mentioned but not linked.
• The baby Mickey Mouse costume can be found on The Chirping Moms.
• A DIY baby panda costume can be made with a black onesie, felt, and a white hat.
• A baby cheeseburger costume can be made with a brown onesie and handmade burger buns attached with velcro.
• A baby koala costume can be made with a grey onesie and felt, and it can be easily safety pinned on.
• The baby dragon costume is based on the children's book Dragons Love Tacos and can be found on Hello Wonderful.
• A baby Game Boy costume tutorial is available online.
• The baby octopus costume is a tie-dyed onesie and pants with a belt of 8 legs and can be found on Taylor Made Creates.
• A baby cow costume can be made, but details are not provided in the text.
• A DIY baby skunk costume requires a hot glue gun, faux fur, and a black hooded sweatshirt.
• A baby unicorn costume can be made with a plain white onesie and a DIY unicorn hat.
• A baby Bob Ross costume can be easily made, and details are available online.

1. Incorporate fashion-and-beauty elements by experimenting with face paint for iconic makeup looks, like the lightning bolt for a David Bowie costume.
2. For a mention of DIY projects, you can find detailed tutorials for making a wind-up doll baby costume on Hart + Sew, a flower baby onesie on Your Wish Cake, and a baby lion costume on Try It Mom.
3. Explore food-and-drink themes by creating a cheeseburger costume using a brown onesie and handmade burger buns attached with velcro, or a baby panda costume with a black onesie and a white hat.
4. To bring travel experiences into costumes, check out the baby dragon costume inspired by the children's book Dragons Love Tacos on Hello Wonderful, or the tie-dye onesie and pants used to create an octopus costume on Taylor Made Creates.

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