Popular pet character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
With Halloween and cosplay season upon us, many people are wondering what costumes to make or buy for their pets. While store-bought pet costumes are always an option, they can be expensive and may not fit your pet correctly. This list will provide some ideas for making or altering pet costumes to get the perfect look for your furry friend.
Shari Lewis' Lamb Chop Costume
Wear a sheep costume and style it with mittens and red buttons.
Mouse in a Trap Costume
Mouse in a Trap’s costume is a long-sleeved gray T-shirt, gray sweatpants, white running shoes, mouse ears, a nose and a tail, and a giant cardboard mousetrap with foam trap bars.
Donkey (Shrek) Costume
Donkey’s costume is a donkey-inspired shirt, straight-fit gray jeans with a gray donkey tail attached at the back, dark brown sneakers, and a donkey mask.
Lilo and Stitch (& Angel) Couple Costume
Lilo’s costume is very laid-back. When she’s not in her hula class, she wears a red hibiscus-patterned dress and slip-ons. Stitch is a furry, blue alien.
Angler Fish's Costume
The Angler Fish costume can be recreated by wearing an orange onesie and an angler fish head piece.
Jiminy Cricket Costume
Jiminy Cricket’s costume is a yellow scarf, a red vest, brown pants, a black tailcoat, and a blue top hat. He is also known for bringing along a red umbrella.
Nibbler Costume from Futurama
Nibbler’s costume is a black onesie, yellow shoes, a white diaper, a red cape, fake fangs, and use EVA foam to create his third eye.
Roger Smith Costume from American Dad
Roger’s costume is a grey top, grey pants, grey gloves, and a Roger mask made from EVA foam and acrylic paint.
Raichu's Costume from Pokémon
Raichu's costume can be recreated with a DIY mask, an orange hoodie, and paw slippers.
Spike the Dragon's Costume from My Little Pony
Spike the Dragon's outfit features a green shirt with stripes, a purple zip hoodie, a spiked headband and tail, and purple pants.
Chopper's Costume from One Piece
Chopper's costume features a Chopper hat, striped shirt, orange shorts, and reindeer gloves and hooves.
Slug's Costume
The Slug costume features a mask or hairband, and a sweater and pants combo.
Puss in Boots Costume from Shrek
Puss in Boots’s costume is an orange long-sleeved shirt, orange pants, a black cape, black renaissance boots, a tricorn hat, and a musketeer sword.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Costume
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's costume features a brown onesie or a set of furry sweaters, pants, and a red nose prop.
Corduroy the Bear Costume
Corduroy the Bear’s costume features a bear onesie with green overalls and a missing button.
Toto (Baby Dog) Costume from The Wizard of Oz
The Toto baby dog costume can feature a black top, tutu skirt, and furry boots. Complete it with puppy ears and a tail.
Taz / Tasmanian Devil Costume from Looney Tunes
Taz' costume features a brown onesie and a Tasmanian Devil mask.
Sparky the Fire Dog Costume
The Sparky Fire Dog's outfit features a dog mask, a hard hat, a fireman coat, and animal paws.
Tanooki Mario Costume from Super Mario
Mario Tanooki’s costume features a brown fuzzy onesie, a fake mustache, and a pair of white gloves.
Jaq and Gus' Costume from Cinderella
Jaq wears a red hat, turtleneck, orange cardigan, and brown shoes. Gus wears a yellow top, brown pants and shoes, as well as a green hat.
Bing Bong's Costume from Inside Out
Bing Bong’s costume can be recreated with a pink dress and brown cardigan. Style the outfit with a flower brooch, a bow tie, gloves, socks, and fuzzy slippers. Top it all off with a bowler hat.
Cheshire Cat Costume
Cheshire Cat’s costume is a pink and purple tutu dress, purple-pink stripe knee socks, purple-pink stripes arm warmers, a purple-pink stripes cat ears headband and tail, black Mary Jane shoes, and a Cheshire Cat face mask.
Lucky Prescott's (Spirit Riding Free) Costume
Lucky Prescott outfit is a white shirt with red embroidery, dark pants, and boots.
Piggie and Gerald Costume
Piggie and Gerald’s costume is a long-sleeved pink T-shirt top, dark pink leggings, pink sneakers, a pig ears headband, a pig nose, a pink bow tie, and a pig tail for Piggie; and a long-sleeved gray T-shirt top, dark gray sweatpants, gray sneakers, an elephant ears headband, an elephant trunk, a gray bow tie, and an elephant tail for Gerald.
Raccacoonie's Costume from Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Raccacoonie Costume features a chef outfit with blue cloth accents and a raccoon toy on the chef's head.
Jellyfish Costume
The Jellyfish costume features a decorated umbrella with fairy lights wrapped with cloth to represent the tentacles.
Ralphie Parker's Bunny (A Christmas Story) Costume
Ralphie's bunny costume features a pink onesie with bunny ears, mittens, and a pair of bunny slippers.
Clifford the Big Red Dog & Emily Elizabeth Costume
Clifford the Big Red Dog and Emily Elizabeth’s costume is a one-piece red pajama, red winter gloves, a red tail, a special Clifford hat, a dog collar and tag for Clifford, and a pink long-sleeved shirt, a black pleated skirt, extra-long pink and black striped socks, and black Mary Jane shoes for Emily Elizabeth.
Inspector Gadget and Penny Costume
Penny outfit is a red shirt with white block, pants, and sneakers. She also has blonde hair. Inspector Gadget’s costume is a gray double-breasted trench coat, blue pants, gray shoes, a gray fedora hat, a blue tie, and brown gloves.
Raining Cats and Dogs Costume
The Raining Cats and Dogs costume can be done by hanging cat and dog toys from an umbrella. You can also wear a raincoat.
Copy Cat's Costume
The Copy Cat costume features a shirt or dress with CTRL C on print styled with cat ears as headband, a tail, and paws.
Horton the Elephant's (Horton Hears a Who!) Costume
Horton's costume can be recreated with an elephant suit. Complete it by carrying a pink flower.
Eloise Costume
Eloise’s costume is a red ribbon on her hair, a white blouse with short puffy sleeves, a black suspender skirt, black Mary Jane shoes, and white socks.
Emily The Strange Costume
Emily's costume features an almost all-black outfit starting off with a dress, tights, and a pair of white sneakers. She also has full bangs and long dark hair.
Chicken Little Costume
Chicken Little’s costume is a white long-sleeved shirt, a green striped t-shirt, brown shots, orange tights, orange shoes, and a pair of green glasses.
Brian Griffin (Family Guy) Costume
Brian Griffin’s costume is a white sweatshirt, white joggers, a white beanie, white gloves, and white dog ears.
Cat Burglar's Costume
The Cat Burglar's costume features a striped shirt worn with a leather skirt and pair of boots. Complete the look with a cat ear and tail set and burglar's mask!
Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz) Costume
Dorothy`s costume is a white puffed-sleeve shirt underneath a blue-green plaid dress, ruffle socks, her iconic sparkly ruby slippers, and she styles her hair in pigtails.
Dora the Explorer, Boots & Diego Costume
Dora the Explorer’s costume is a purple shirt, an orange pair of shorts, yellow socks, and a pair of white sneakers. Diego’s costume is a blue t-shirt, green cargo pants, a safari vest, hiking socks and boots, a blue watch, and an orange sling bag.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Costume
Recreate Marcel's costume by cutting seashell shapes on a wide carton or board then pait it with Marcel's features especially the eye. Then put a strap to wear it on your shoulders. Wear pink shoes, too!