DIY: Pinterest-Inspired Dog Costumes

Are you a crafty Halloween fanatic wanting to humiliate your dog and stay on a budget? If so, then this activity is for you. These are several different costumes I put together on Obi, my modeling dog, which you can try yourself in time for Halloween.

All Fancied Up:

So for starters, we have what I’m going to call the “all fancied up” costume. Pinterest made a dog in a boa look adorable and naturally, I decided to give it a go. I picked these things up at Hub’s Five and Ten and paid $3.25 total.

Pink Boa
Pearl Necklace
Headscarf

I started by tying the headscarf around my model’s head, if you don’t have a headscarf you can sub in a bandana. I then tied the boa around his neck and threw on some pearls, and voila!- the loving relationship we had built up was gone.

 

Frat Boy:

Now, this costume is where the hatred got real. For this frat boy costume, I have Obi sporting a polyester weave, his newly found mortal enemy, and a sweater.

Polyester Weave
Mini Pong Set
A Dog Sweater

This costume is pretty simple, I added in the little pong game prop for some extra jazz. I had Obi suited up in a knit sweater, and his look was complete with a wig. Of course, a 100% real hair wig is ideal, but a polyester hair extension with a makeshift chinstrap did the job.

 

Bad to the Bone

Here is when Obi lived his lifelong dream. For this biker costume, you’ll only need two things.

Doggles
Bandana

For those who aren’t familiar with doggles, they’re goggles for dogs. Obi acquired a pair following an incident in which he had a foreign object in his eye after sticking his head out of the car window. Other than the doggles,all I did for this was tie a bandana around his neck and he was ready for the biker life.