Part of the fun of Halloween is dressing up as all sorts of weird and wonderful things, and it gets better when you find inspiration for your pet to join in too. Even if you have a small, relatively uncommon pet, like a ferret, they can still enjoy tagging along on your trick-or-treating adventure with their own unique costume. Although you can find plenty of pictures of ferrets dressed up as Tootsie Rolls and Beanie Babies, finding DIY patterns is a little harder. We found three DIY plans for ferret costumes, as well as simple pet costumes for dogs, cats, and guinea pigs that you can redesign for your ferret. We hope that one of these will inspire you to try your hand at making your ferret’s new Halloween costume!
Ferret Costumes Feisty and energetic, ferrets need costumes that are sturdy enough to withstand their constant movement without interfering with their playing. While it can be easier to buy your ferret’s Halloween costume from an online store, there are a few DIY ferret costumes that are much cheaper and fun to make. The 10 Awesome DIY Halloween Costumes for Ferrets:
- Ferret Tutu
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Tulle, elastic
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread (optional), tape measure
Difficulty: Easy
One of the easiest costume designs anyone can try is a simple tutu. Made with tulle and elastic, it’s a quick project if you need a last-minute costume that still looks great. The design doesn’t require sewing, so you don’t need to worry about threading a sewing machine or finding a needle. For extra security, though, you can hand-sew the tulle pieces to the elastic. You can personalize the design by experimenting with different colors to give the tutu a special Halloween feel.
- Tootsie Roll
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Brown fabric, white fabric, red ribbon, Velcro or buckles,
Tools:
Scissors, needle and thread, sewing machine, tape measure, embroidery machine
Difficulty: Medium
Tootsie Rolls are popular sweets, and you can give your unique pet a DIY Tootsie Roll costume. This design is a simple one, but it does have a few more steps than some other DIY plans. Sewing is involved, and you’ll need plenty of space for your sewing machine to do most of the work. If you have an embroidery machine too, you can make the iconic Tootsie Roll logo in no time at all, or you can stitch it all by hand.
- 1950s Ferret
Check Instructions Here
Materials: White t-shirt, pink and black fabric, Velcro, ribbon, hook clasp
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread, fabric marker
Difficulty: Easy
Halloween isn’t just a good time to dress up as monsters; you can also be unique by revisiting vintage fashion. The 1950s were stylish and refined, and your ferret can look just as snazzy with a homemade, vintage outfit. Use an old white t-shirt and pink and black fabric to create a simple suit jacket and skirt. There’s minimal sewing too, so you can try hand sewing rather than breaking out the sewing machine.
Small Pet Costumes to Redesign While ferrets are fun to own, they’re not among the most popular small pets that people like to keep. It can be challenging to find instructions for DIY plans for Halloween costumes that are designed specifically for ferrets. So, here are seven pet costume plans intended for other small pets that you can redesign for your ferret. 4. Skunk Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Cotton fabric, Velcro straps, pipe cleaners
Tools: Non-toxic glue, sewing needle and thread, tape measure
Difficulty: Medium
Originally for a guinea pig, this skunk costume is a simple but effective design. You only need a few supplies. Use cotton fabric — in both black and white — for the skunk’s distinctive markings and Velcro straps to hold it in place when your ferret is wearing it. Carefully measure your ferret to adjust the design to suit their body shape and size.
- Bat Wings
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Black felt, fabric harness
Tools: Wing templates, sewing machine, fabric glue
Difficulty: Medium
This bat wing design was intended for cats and dogs, but it’s easy enough to adjust to suit your ferret. Instead of printing out the larger wing templates in the instructions, try using the smaller template on the first page. Remember to check to make sure the wings aren’t too big for your ferret or their harness before you cut the felt.
- Starbucks Coffee Cup
Check Instructions Here
Materials: White and brown cardstock, hole punch, ribbon
Tools: Scissors, non-toxic glue
Difficulty: Medium
When it comes to DIY projects, getting inspiration from dog designs is an ideal way to create new projects. With a bit of adjusting, this Starbucks Coffee Cup idea will be perfect for a ferret. You can stick with the original design’s use of cardstock for the body and adjust the measurements for your ferret, or use something smaller, like an empty toilet roll. If you do use a toilet roll, remember to cut one side open so you can put it on and take it off your ferret comfortably.
- Renaissance Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Toy stuffing, three colors of felt, interfacing
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread
Difficulty: Medium
The regal purple, blue, black, and white color scheme and felt feather give this Renaissance-style cat design an atmospheric feel. While the DIY plan is simple enough, with only two parts and a few hand-sewn pieces, the challenge comes in adjusting it to ensure that it fits your ferret. Measure your ferret to get the right dimensions for the quirky hat and collar. It’s a quick project to complete, though the ruffled collar will take a bit longer. Make sure you have plenty of time to spare before your trick-or-treating trip.
- Beanie Baby Tag
Check Instructions Here
Materials: TY tag printout, white and red felt, ribbon
Tools: Scissors, fabric glue, or needle and thread
Difficulty: Easy
Many people dress up their dogs as Beanie Babies, and there’s no reason that you can’t do the same for your ferret. It’s also one of the easiest DIY designs that you can use as a Halloween costume. For this design, make the TY tag small enough for your ferret. You can use cardstock and include the traditional name and birthday on the inside of the booklet. For a softer feel, use felt instead. Add a ribbon, and fix the tag to your ferret’s harness, and you have a real-life Beanie Baby!
- Dragon Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials:
Black felt, wire coat hanger, black Velcro, fusible interfacing, fusible web
Tools:
Scissors, hot glue gun, pliers, tube cutter, rotary cutter, ruler, iron, press cloth, ironing board
Difficulty: Difficult
Although it’s a bit on the large side because it’s intended for a dog, this dragon costume is possible to adjust for ferrets. While the design includes instructions for making a harness to fix the wings, you can utilize your ferret’s harness if you find it easier to change the dimensions for your small pet. These dragon wings use a wire coat hanger to keep their shape and give them realistic rigidity.
- Super Mario Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Blue fabric, buttons, red fabric
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread, tape measure
Difficulty: Difficult
Although cats are closer in size to ferrets than dogs are, this Super Mario costume will still take a bit of adjusting. With the sewing that you’ll need to do and the change to the adjustments, this plan is easier if you have experience using a sewing machine to make and alter clothes. You’ll need to measure your ferret’s neck, back, and girth to ensure that your dimensions are right. Remember to adjust the hat so it fits your ferret’s smaller head.
Conclusion DIY costumes are a fun way to express yourself during Halloween, and you can include your ferret in the festivities. You can also make whatever costume you want without being limited to the stock in costume shops, whether it’s for you or your ferret. Style your ferret’s costume after your own, or try one of these DIY plans to give them their own unique style for this year’s Halloween. See also: 10 Best Halloween Costumes for Guinea Pigs
Featured Image Credit: Alina Locschanina, Shutterstock
Part of the fun of Halloween is dressing up as all sorts of weird and wonderful things, and it gets better when you find inspiration for your pet to join in too. Even if you have a small, relatively uncommon pet, like a ferret, they can still enjoy tagging along on your trick-or-treating adventure with their own unique costume.
Although you can find plenty of pictures of ferrets dressed up as Tootsie Rolls and Beanie Babies, finding DIY patterns is a little harder. We found three DIY plans for ferret costumes, as well as simple pet costumes for dogs, cats, and guinea pigs that you can redesign for your ferret.
We hope that one of these will inspire you to try your hand at making your ferret’s new Halloween costume!
Ferret Costumes
Feisty and energetic, ferrets need costumes that are sturdy enough to withstand their constant movement without interfering with their playing. While it can be easier to buy your ferret’s Halloween costume from an online store, there are a few DIY ferret costumes that are much cheaper and fun to make.
The 10 Awesome DIY Halloween Costumes for Ferrets:
- Ferret Tutu
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Tulle, elastic
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread (optional), tape measure
Difficulty: Easy
One of the easiest costume designs anyone can try is a simple tutu. Made with tulle and elastic, it’s a quick project if you need a last-minute costume that still looks great. The design doesn’t require sewing, so you don’t need to worry about threading a sewing machine or finding a needle. For extra security, though, you can hand-sew the tulle pieces to the elastic.
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Tulle, elastic
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread (optional), tape measure
Difficulty: Easy
You can personalize the design by experimenting with different colors to give the tutu a special Halloween feel.
- Tootsie Roll
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Brown fabric, white fabric, red ribbon, Velcro or buckles,
Tools:
Scissors, needle and thread, sewing machine, tape measure, embroidery machine
Difficulty: Medium
Tootsie Rolls are popular sweets, and you can give your unique pet a DIY Tootsie Roll costume. This design is a simple one, but it does have a few more steps than some other DIY plans.
Materials: Brown fabric, white fabric, red ribbon, Velcro or buckles,
Tools:
Scissors, needle and thread, sewing machine, tape measure, embroidery machine
Difficulty: Medium
Scissors, needle and thread, sewing machine, tape measure, embroidery machine
Scissors, needle and thread, sewing machine, tape measure, embroidery machine
Sewing is involved, and you’ll need plenty of space for your sewing machine to do most of the work. If you have an embroidery machine too, you can make the iconic Tootsie Roll logo in no time at all, or you can stitch it all by hand.
- 1950s Ferret
Check Instructions Here
Materials: White t-shirt, pink and black fabric, Velcro, ribbon, hook clasp
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread, fabric marker
Difficulty: Easy
Halloween isn’t just a good time to dress up as monsters; you can also be unique by revisiting vintage fashion. The 1950s were stylish and refined, and your ferret can look just as snazzy with a homemade, vintage outfit.
Materials: White t-shirt, pink and black fabric, Velcro, ribbon, hook clasp
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread, fabric marker
Difficulty: Easy
Use an old white t-shirt and pink and black fabric to create a simple suit jacket and skirt. There’s minimal sewing too, so you can try hand sewing rather than breaking out the sewing machine.
Small Pet Costumes to Redesign
While ferrets are fun to own, they’re not among the most popular small pets that people like to keep. It can be challenging to find instructions for DIY plans for Halloween costumes that are designed specifically for ferrets. So, here are seven pet costume plans intended for other small pets that you can redesign for your ferret.
- Skunk Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Cotton fabric, Velcro straps, pipe cleaners
Tools: Non-toxic glue, sewing needle and thread, tape measure
Difficulty: Medium
Originally for a guinea pig, this skunk costume is a simple but effective design. You only need a few supplies. Use cotton fabric — in both black and white — for the skunk’s distinctive markings and Velcro straps to hold it in place when your ferret is wearing it. Carefully measure your ferret to adjust the design to suit their body shape and size.
Materials: Cotton fabric, Velcro straps, pipe cleaners
Tools: Non-toxic glue, sewing needle and thread, tape measure
Difficulty: Medium
- Bat Wings
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Black felt, fabric harness
Tools: Wing templates, sewing machine, fabric glue
Difficulty: Medium
This bat wing design was intended for cats and dogs, but it’s easy enough to adjust to suit your ferret. Instead of printing out the larger wing templates in the instructions, try using the smaller template on the first page. Remember to check to make sure the wings aren’t too big for your ferret or their harness before you cut the felt.
Materials: Black felt, fabric harness
Tools: Wing templates, sewing machine, fabric glue
Difficulty: Medium
- Starbucks Coffee Cup
Check Instructions Here
Materials: White and brown cardstock, hole punch, ribbon
Tools: Scissors, non-toxic glue
Difficulty: Medium
When it comes to DIY projects, getting inspiration from dog designs is an ideal way to create new projects. With a bit of adjusting, this Starbucks Coffee Cup idea will be perfect for a ferret.
Materials: White and brown cardstock, hole punch, ribbon
Tools: Scissors, non-toxic glue
Difficulty: Medium
You can stick with the original design’s use of cardstock for the body and adjust the measurements for your ferret, or use something smaller, like an empty toilet roll. If you do use a toilet roll, remember to cut one side open so you can put it on and take it off your ferret comfortably.
- Renaissance Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Toy stuffing, three colors of felt, interfacing
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread
Difficulty: Medium
The regal purple, blue, black, and white color scheme and felt feather give this Renaissance-style cat design an atmospheric feel. While the DIY plan is simple enough, with only two parts and a few hand-sewn pieces, the challenge comes in adjusting it to ensure that it fits your ferret. Measure your ferret to get the right dimensions for the quirky hat and collar.
Materials: Toy stuffing, three colors of felt, interfacing
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread
Difficulty: Medium
It’s a quick project to complete, though the ruffled collar will take a bit longer. Make sure you have plenty of time to spare before your trick-or-treating trip.
- Beanie Baby Tag
Check Instructions Here
Materials: TY tag printout, white and red felt, ribbon
Tools: Scissors, fabric glue, or needle and thread
Difficulty: Easy
Many people dress up their dogs as Beanie Babies, and there’s no reason that you can’t do the same for your ferret. It’s also one of the easiest DIY designs that you can use as a Halloween costume.
Materials: TY tag printout, white and red felt, ribbon
Tools: Scissors, fabric glue, or needle and thread
Difficulty: Easy
For this design, make the TY tag small enough for your ferret. You can use cardstock and include the traditional name and birthday on the inside of the booklet. For a softer feel, use felt instead. Add a ribbon, and fix the tag to your ferret’s harness, and you have a real-life Beanie Baby!
- Dragon Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials:
Black felt, wire coat hanger, black Velcro, fusible interfacing, fusible web
Tools:
Scissors, hot glue gun, pliers, tube cutter, rotary cutter, ruler, iron, press cloth, ironing board
Difficulty: Difficult
Although it’s a bit on the large side because it’s intended for a dog, this dragon costume is possible to adjust for ferrets. While the design includes instructions for making a harness to fix the wings, you can utilize your ferret’s harness if you find it easier to change the dimensions for your small pet.
Materials:
Black felt, wire coat hanger, black Velcro, fusible interfacing, fusible web
Tools:
Scissors, hot glue gun, pliers, tube cutter, rotary cutter, ruler, iron, press cloth, ironing board
Difficulty: Difficult
Black felt, wire coat hanger, black Velcro, fusible interfacing, fusible web
Black felt, wire coat hanger, black Velcro, fusible interfacing, fusible web
Scissors, hot glue gun, pliers, tube cutter, rotary cutter, ruler, iron, press cloth, ironing board
Scissors, hot glue gun, pliers, tube cutter, rotary cutter, ruler, iron, press cloth, ironing board
These dragon wings use a wire coat hanger to keep their shape and give them realistic rigidity.
- Super Mario Costume
Check Instructions Here
Materials: Blue fabric, buttons, red fabric
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread, tape measure
Difficulty: Difficult
Although cats are closer in size to ferrets than dogs are, this Super Mario costume will still take a bit of adjusting. With the sewing that you’ll need to do and the change to the adjustments, this plan is easier if you have experience using a sewing machine to make and alter clothes.
Materials: Blue fabric, buttons, red fabric
Tools: Scissors, needle and thread, tape measure
Difficulty: Difficult
You’ll need to measure your ferret’s neck, back, and girth to ensure that your dimensions are right. Remember to adjust the hat so it fits your ferret’s smaller head.
Conclusion
DIY costumes are a fun way to express yourself during Halloween, and you can include your ferret in the festivities. You can also make whatever costume you want without being limited to the stock in costume shops, whether it’s for you or your ferret. Style your ferret’s costume after your own, or try one of these DIY plans to give them their own unique style for this year’s Halloween.
See also: 10 Best Halloween Costumes for Guinea Pigs
Featured Image Credit: Alina Locschanina, Shutterstock
