Princess and pirate costumes are outdated. I want my dog to stand out in a crowd. I don’t want to spend as much on my dog costume as I do on my own.

Personally, I’d deck my dog out to match what I was going to be for Halloween. Maybe my favorite type of food like tacos?!

Dorothy and Toto are overdone. I might dress as a librarian and my dog can be a book. I would get a box and cut out the top, bottom and one side. I want the box large enough so it can just slide over my dog without encumbering him. Then I would paint the box to look like a book.

A  iPod would work in a similar way, I’d just paint the box to look like one. Magicians could dress their pooch up as a magicians assistant. Gadget geeks can be the ones doing the big unveiling by outfitting their pet as an iPod or latest smartphone. You could even dress your dog up as your favorite vacationing uncle, complete with Hawaiian lei.

Halloween costumes are supposed to be fun. We shouldn’t get stressed and doubt whether we really should include our pet on a family night or not. Keep things simple. Even mundane household items can end up giving you the inspiration you need to make your pet look sharp this Halloween.

We dressed her up in a Star Wars Princess Leia costume, but I always imagined we could do something more… original. So, I wrote down some of the more interesting ideas I had and I would like to share them with you now.

Regular Animal Themed Costumes – Okay, imagine this. A dog… dressed as a shark. Hear me out. Put a shark head hat on the dog’s head (The correct fish) and then put a fish tail and fin on their butt. Maybe on their tail. When they wag their tail or wiggle their butt… The tail will move too, making a fish-like movement!

Or maybe, dress them up as a different breed of dog! That would be a riot!

Mythical Animal Themed Costumes – I always thought that dressing up an animal as a different animal was always so cute. But not your traditional animals, like the cat and rat. No, I thought something along the line of mythical would be so much more unique!

So, why not a dinosaur like a Stegosaurus? Maybe a Halloween-themed dragon! With lizard skinned print? Or what about a black unicorn? Surely there must be one somewhere! The possibilities are endless! Cerberus! Hydra! Or a Centaur! Could you imagine that? A dog with a long neck and long legs could pull it off easily!

Food Themed Costumes – Have you ever thought of the origin of your particular breed of dog? Take the Akita, for example. The Akita originated in Japan, so… why not dress him up as a roll of sushi? Or the Chihuahua, originating from Mexico? Dress him up as a big taco! And the Barbet? Well, the Barbet came from France, so… how about a baguette! Do your research and make a choice!

Human Themed Costumes – Ever heard of the phrase, “animals look like their humans”? Well, why not take it a step farther with matching costumes? Just think about it for a second. Your kid dresses up as Robin, and “Spot” dresses up as Batman! You’re tall, moody teenager who likes video games a little too much dresses up as The Dark Knight, and “Fluffy” goes as the Joker from the same game! Superman. Indiana Jones. Elvis. I could go on all day.

I hope you got some good ideas out of this! I can’t wait to see your dogs halloween costume pictures online! Be safe, have fun and Happy Halloween! So now it’s time to go trick or treating!

A scarecrow outfit with a little dog sweater with yellow yarn to act as straw stuffing coming out of the leg holes, neck hole, and waist hole, and a hat with an elastic strap around the head to hold it in place. The tin man costume will be a coat of sorts made from shiny silver fabric, perhaps a lame-type fabric.

It will velcro down at the ribcage, and I’d put a red heart on the left side of the dog so it will be visible. The tin man’s ‘hat’ can be made with the silver lame fabric as well and stuffed with polyester filling to give it shape, and also it will have an elastic band running around the dogs head to keep it in place.

Finally the lion’s costume will be a tan/brown color made from fleece fabric, with a tail piece that can attach to your dog’s tail with elastic bands. There would be a head piece that you would stick your dog’s head through, with brown yarn replicating the lion’s mane.

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The dog costume I got was made of a light weight red fabric with black silk wings attached. To top it off, there are antennas on the hood to make my pup look like a real bug! The costume has Velcro strips on the bottom to make it easy to put on and take off.

Another dog costume I love to put him in is his dog bee costume. It is basically made the same with the Velcro attaching at the bottom. It is made of the same light weight fabric, which I think helps the dogs to stay cool. It is easy to add accessories to the dog halloween costumes by making anklets out of colored elastic and sequins, feathers, and jewels.

All you have to do is measure an elastic piece about 4 to 6 inches long, depending on the dog’s size, and then sewing it together at the ends. You can then use a hot glue gun to attach decorations and once dry they are very easy to slip over the dogs paw, and they add a lot to any doggie costume.

You can also accessorize dog collars and the dog leashes to match the dog halloween costumes as well, using the same method with the hot glue. Whichever dog costume you choose, it is best to make sure the dog is fully comfortable in it before being taken out.

Keep in mind that sometimes if a dog costume is too tight or heavy it can cause the dog distress to wear. But if a dog seems to not notice the costume, then that is a good sign. Check here for even more dog costume ideas for your own pet.

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Have fun reading all the most current dog costume news below.

Below you’ll see a lot of other halloween costume choices for men, women and children too. You can even search for costume accessories, props, decorations, wigs, party favors and more.

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Are you looking for a Famous Characters Dog Costume for your pet?

Many dog owners love to dress their dogs up in Halloween costumes each year. Sometimes owners dress them up for Christmas and other holiday events too!

Now you can join all of us by dressing your dog up as your favorite movie or TV characters too!

And the good thing about these kinds of dog costumes is that you have so many different kinds of characters to choose from – superhero dog costumes, cartoon character dog costumes, movie character dog costumes and even famous personalities like an Elvis dog costume for all you Elvis lovers out there!

And why else would you want to choose a Famous Characters Dog Costume? Well, I think the main reason is because of the great variety of dog costumes available in this particular genre. Also because of the great range in sizes and styles, colors and accessories.

It doesn’t matter if you have a smaller dog or a larger dog, even an extra large sized dog to even the tiniest, but many of the costumes in our Famous Characters Dog Costume category include choices in a huge range of sizes and styles.

So, how do you want to dress up your dog this Halloween? What about a Yoda dog costume, a Batman or Wonder Woman dog costume?

How about a Darth Vader or a Indiana Jones dog costume? And if you’re really feeling nostalgic, we even have a Dorothy from the Wizard Oz dog costume and a Pirate dog costume too. Plus many more!

Dog costumes are really popular and are also available for many other holidays. It’s even true that many places hold pet shows to show off all the different types of animal holiday fashions just like seen for ladies fashions in Paris or New York. It’s just that popular now!

Halloween is a perfect time to show off  your dog, but there are also a lot of pet costumes that are available for every holiday and occasion too.

You can easily dress your dog up for birthdays, weddings, Christmas and many other occasions – it’s only limited by your imagination.

Now let me take a second to remind you to carefully check each dog costume before you put it on your pet to make sure that they are completely safe and comfortable too.

Big Tip: the fewer buttons,  pins or zippers on your dog costume, the better off you’ll both be too.

And some dogs, especially younger puppies, may want to chew on any new clothes, hats or other assorted accessories that you put on them. So remember, if you plan to leave them in any kind of costume for any extended period of time, please  don’t leave them alone – or either take off the dog costume entirely just to be safe.

Not all dogs, just like people, will tolerate being dressed up in something unfamiliar and just plain strange to them, but do get ready to take a lot of pictures while your dog is dressed up in its new Famous Characters Dog Costume.

And if you really pay attention, and if you know your own particular dog really well, then you can probably even match the dog halloween costume to fit your dogs own individual personality. Now that would really be a hoot! Happy Halloween!

How about dressing up your dog as the flower that the insect might be attracted to? That might be a nice alternative dog costume to consider too. And if you have two dogs that don’t mind dressing up, then that would be a perfect doggie couples halloween outfit – one as a flower and one as a honeybee!

Okay, you asked and we searched and here’s what we have to offer. Well, the selection isn’t huge but we will offer you as many Dog Insect Costume suggestions as we could find too so feel free to see what we have to offer below.

Ladybug Dog Costume

This dog costume is soooo cute! This particular dog costume comes in several different sizes and features a red buggie body top with a black bottom, a few black spots scattered throughout, a small pair of attached black wings, black hood  and a antenna with red tips. So sweet!

Buzzing Bee Dog Costume

What is soooo cute about this costume, for one thing, is the attention to detail in all those black and yellow stripes on the dogs, excuse me, bee’s back. Very close in general setup to the dog costume above, it features a black belly too, black and yellow stripes scattered across the back, a small set of  black buggie wings, a little black hood and even black antenna with yellow tips to match the stripes on the back!

Zelda Bumblebee Dog Costume

First of all I’ll let you know that this is an officially licensed Zelda Wisdom™ pet costume. Now on with the details – well, for starters, this bee doesn’t fly, but it can bark!

This cute dog costume includes an all polyester flexible and comfy bee-striped shirt, antennae  and beautifully decorated mesh wings, highly  detailed with gold sparkle sequins. Your little pooch will beeee buzzing with joy!

Mini Sombrero Hat Pet Costume

Get your little poochie all ready for Cinco de Mayo with the addition of this cute little sombrero!

This would be a perfect little hat for your own small dog but it would probably just not be big enough for a large dog to look correct.

Mini Leprechaun Hat Pet Costume

So, is your little puppy an Irish Terrier? Irish Setter? Irish Water Spaniel? Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier? Kerry Blue Terrier? Or any other Irish breed?

Then allow it to celebrate it’s heritage with this bright green miniature Leprechaun hat! Very cute!

And just keep on coming back for more additions to our dog hats page in the near future. We hope all these dog costume ideas help you choose the best dog costume for your own pet which makes it happy and doesn’t aggravate it either.