Hi friends! Halloween is RIGHT around the corner, eeek! Do you have your costumes all buttoned up and ready to go? We shared some fun Gator Boys Costumes we made for our boys a few weeks back, but just in case you need another fun and EASY last-minute, no-sew costume, we have one for you today – a Kids Lion Halloween Costume! All adorable child photography credit goes out to our FAVORITE Phoenix Family Photographer Stacey of Dream Photography Studio (she rocks!).
What you’ll need:
- Yellow shirt
- Yarn (fluffy, multi-colored yarn works best!)
- Scissors
- Brown eyeliner (or Halloween face make-up)
And the steps:
- Simply wrap rounds of yarn around your fingers, like you’re making a yarn pom-pom!
- Tie a length of yarn around the rounds of yarn to secure.
- Cut across the rounds of yarn on the opposite side and fluff.
- Repeat this step, making plenty of yarn “pom-poms” for the mane!
Once you’re done with the poms:
- Now braid 6 lengths of yarn to create a thick headband that you’ll use to tie the mane on. You’ll want to make sure that it’s long enough once braided to tie around your child’s head.
- Tie off each end of the braided cord.
- Starting from the middle of the cord, attach the yarn pom-poms by simply tying them to the cord.
And voila! You have one easy, FLUFFY lion’s mane for one easy no-sew Lion Halloween Costume!
Then you just tie that fun little mane onto your child, add a nose and some whiskers (I just used my brown eyeliner) and you’re done! Isn’t he the CUTEST?!
I don’t think I’ve ever heard so many ROARS in my life. If you have animal lovers like my kiddos, you should definitely give this last-minute Lion Halloween Costume a try! If you’ve got yarn and some eyeliner, you can pull it together in no time. And that’s a good thing – since we’re almost out of time! Thanks again to Stacey of Dream Photography Studio for the awesome shots of my big guy!
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I love that lion mane … so cute!
Thank you Randi!
Hey…you are a life saver. i have to send my son to school as a lion on tuesday and am down with the flu! But this looks simple enuf for me to do. Am gonna use a hoody cos my kiddo is definitely not going to let me tie anything on his head. Will post pics once i’m done. thanks a lot.
Oh that’s great to hear! Good luck!
hands down – you just made my day! holy moly, this is so cute! ♥
Thanks Jule! Love those teacup candles you made! Such a great gift idea!
Oh he looks so happy and what an adorable costume Kimberly! That mane is sooo clever!
He’s soooo cute!!! i love the mane!!
I love all of your Halloween costume ideas Kimberly! This one is sooo cute. Pinned. Thanks for linking up at the Party Bunch today!
Thank you Mique!
Such a cute idea! And so quick! Love it!
Thank you Gina!
Thanks Kimberly – this is fantastic!
Thanks Radhika!
Used this to make a lions mane for my husband. Only thing I changed, was placing the yarn on a hoodie. Thanks for the tutorial!
Oh that’s awesome, Marisa! Thank you for sharing!
Genius! What a great and simple idea. My two year old has been invited to a jungle themed party where fancy dress is optional. This is perfect, he’ll feel like a proper lion if he wants to and can revert to being himself whenever he likes! (& I won’t mind if it comes off as I’ve not spent days making it!) I’ve also used your platted wool idea with a pompom on the end to make him a tail. Thank you so much for the idea.
Oh my gosh Catherine – that would be so cute! So glad our project is helpful! 🙂
Kimberly,” you rock”! it took me three hours to put this together. The longest effort was on the yellow tee! I ‘m a 1st time mom with limited time. I nearly leaped over the moon when it all came together… our lil Judiah the Lion turned out so awesome and my 3yr old loved it too!
Oh my gosh, that’s so great to hear! 🙂
I absolutely love this and am using this for one of my twin girls this year. Do you remember which yarn you used? And just one spool or package? Thanks so much!
Hi Shea! I know it was Lion Brand and I picked it up at Michaels…this looks similar: https://amzn.to/1QEIaf9. Hope that helps!