10 DIY Costumes to Bring Your Child’s Imagination to Life

This jellyfish costume only requires tulle, ribbons and a whole lot of patience. You can do this project without the sewing machine as you can braid the tulle to make it look like jellyfish tentacles. Your child will feel like they are swimming under the ocean in this costume.

These felt animal masks tutorial will show you have to make four different animals: a fox, a unicorn, a dragon and a deer. Yet the pattern is so easy that you can make other animals, such as removing the unicorn's horn to make a horse. These masks make the perfect DIY projects for beginner sewists.

This dress looks exactly like the pink Cinderella's dress that the birds and mice made for her so she could attend the Prince's ball. If you know of any little girl who loves this movie, or just wants to attend her own backyard ball looking like a lovely princess, then this is the perfect costume.

If the movie Star Wars is a big hit with your family, then the kids can dress up like their favorite characters with this simple project. You can make six different Star Wars costumes from these templates. Instead of pictures that will teach you each step of the process, there is a video that will show you how to make them.

Don't swat at these bugs! These cute little spider and spider with web costumes are perfect for kids you want to have a fun time scaring the family. The template shows how to make the spider and web without needing the sewing machine (although you can always sew on the legs and the spider together if you want a more secure project).

When the princess shows up at the palace, she will want to meet her prince. Here is a simple felt crown so you can dress up your kids so they feel like royalty.

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If your child wants to dress up completely instead of just wearing a mask, here is a unicorn costume that they will fall in love with. It is a no-sew project. Yet, we can definitely see places where you may want to sew things in place to keep the costume from falling apart (like the ears and the horn), especially if you have a child that loves to gallop and hop around.

Store-bought butterfly wings look complicated to make. Yet they are actually simple to sew together when using this butterfly wings template. You can dress up your child to look like a monarch butterfly or use a range of different fabric colors.

The dinosaurs aren't extinct. You can have one stomping around the living room with this unique dinosaur costume. The costume is a no-sew project as you use a hot glue gun to stick the separate fabric pieces together. Yet, you can definitely use the sewing machine if you are afraid the spikes and toes will fall off.

We have featured princesses and princes in this costume list. Now it is time to bring on the knights. This knight tunic project will be perfect for your child as they can create a broomstick horse to charge off into the sunset and slay the dragons.