How to make a unicorn costume

If I have to critique the unicorn costume I made for baby Allie, I’d say that her horn is too big for her little head. Other than that, what she’s wearing is comfy and whimsical, and thankfully, she does not have the ability to criticize the way she’s been dressed. And unicorns? They are on trend.

What you need to make a baby unicorn costume

A pair of white pajamas or plain white outfit was my blank canvas.

As an aside, I received this (below) graphic in a promo email from DoodlePants, so if you like the hoodie with built-in unicorn ears, orderÂ from Amazon.

I’m not really into having an emblem of what one is dressing up as on the chest of the costume. It reminds me of store-boughtÂ costumes from the 80s. A kid would wear a plastic Garfield mask and then a plastic oversized smock with a picture of Garfield on the torso. WHY?

Ok, back to the DIY unicorn, here are all the pieces of the unicorn costume building up from the white bodysuit.

Sources: white pjs |Â Â gold sticky foam | mini boa | rainbowÂ babylegs

FirstÂ the horn, as this is the only tricky part of the costume.Â I purchased gold sticky-back foam and cut an 8×10 sheet of it into a quarter circle.

I quickly realized that if I peeled the sticky back off of it and folded it into a cone, the entire inside of the cone would be sticky and attract any hair that Allie has on her head, so I placed a sheet of scrap paper inside, cutting it so that only the strip that I needed to adhere to the other side of the horn would be exposed.

I punched holes in two sides, near the bottom edge, and then used a pipe cleaner to attach the hornÂ to a headband, which I then wrapped with a length of a mini-feather boa.

I’m sure there are any number of other ways you could do this, including ordering this unicorn horn for a cat or this tail and horn setÂ for a kid.

For Allie’s simple unicorn tail, IÂ safety pinned another length of glittery boa.

And that’s it! She even looks pretty happy with her glittery magical self.

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RookieMoms.com co-founder Whitney lives with her husband, son, and daughter in the San Francisco Bay Area where she writes about parenting, crafts, and activities that moms can do with babies in tow. She and Heather also publish 510Families.com, a site for East Bay parents.