Get Your Pup in the 4th of July Spirit With a Firework Costume

I’ve been making a lot of pet costumes this year, but this one has been high on my list for a long time. With some felt and One-Wrap Velcro, we created this pet costume in no time at all. Does your pet have a goofy name? Try dressing them up as their name, and make sure you snap photos and share them with us on Instagram! Oh, and don't forget to check out our 46 Cute Dogs Guaranteed To Make You Smile, too!

How To Make A Dog Turkey Costume

Tools And Materials:

• red, orange, yellow and white felt
• cardboard
• One-Wrap Velcro
• pen
• fabric scissors
• hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. Draw large, long oval feathers on your yellow felt. Stack the yellow felt on top of the orange felt and cut them both out. Next, draw a curved rectangular shape on the white felt and cut it out.

2. Hot glue the white rectangular shapes to the feathers, then glue the feathers to one another to create a fan shape.

3. Glue a horizontal strip of cardboard to the back of the feathers to help them stand upright.

4. Hot glue a piece of felt to each edge of the feathers and attach a strip of One-Wrap Velcro that is long enough to wrap around your dog’s belly.

5. Cut out a gobble from red felt and attach some One-Wrap Velcro.

Draw 12 long feathers on your yellow felt. Stack the yellow felt on top of the orange felt and cut out your feathers. Cut 12 white curved rectangular pieces to accent the feathers.

Glue the white pieces to the feathers and then glue the feathers to one another into a fan shape.

Attach a long strip of cardboard to the back of the feathers to help them stand up straight once the dog turkey costume is assembled.

Hot glue a piece of felt to each edge of the feathers and attach a strip of One-Wrap Velcro that is long enough to wrap around your dog’s belly.

Draw a gobble onto a piece of red felt, cut it out and glue it to a small piece of One-Wrap Velcro.

Hey Turkey — here’s your turkey costume!

Attach the gobble to your dog by wrapping the One-Wrap Velcro around the collar.

Cutest turkey I ever did see!

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Dogs dressed as Miley Cyrus might be the best thing to come out of Halloween this year. The cute little buns push us right over the edge.

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The detailed work on the piano alone is enough to make us swoon, but mostly we love that this dog parent created an entire tableau for their pup’s costume. The framed photo of Liberace’s partner is an especially solid touch.

How timely is this? The whole scene is set so perfectly, we wish Thanksgiving was already here.

There’s just something about this photo, the fence, the painted orange legs, and the face on this dog that makes this the best Chia Pet costume we’ve ever seen.

Pipe cleaners as glasses and the lightning bolt scar? Genius. These well-coiffed pups would look right at home at Hogwarts.

Take your pick — just make sure your pup doesn’t think that wig is a chew toy.

We’re betting we know what this cute fox is saying – woof!

How crazy is this? This costume is so well done! A skeleton and a mummy are carrying a pumpkin, and looking rather stylish while doing it.

Is there a doctor in the house who can sniff out solutions to patients' problems? Oh, there's Dr. Pug! This is one of the most adorable pet Halloween costumes we've seen so make sure your fur baby will be ready for their closeup if you let them wear it!

Of course, we’ve gotta give props to the tech-y dog parents out there.

Combine this one with the pug-nana and you’re good to go.

Where’s that lion from above? These little mongrels are gonna get him, and the little dogs, too!

Pet Halloween costumes should be effortless so your dog can do things like lounge on the grass until it's time for action. Some may call that 'winning.'

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Dogs are known to totally love their mail person, right?

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The most important thing about this costume? The props in the photo.

Yes she can-ine!

The toad charm is essential for this pet Halloween costume.

Mr. T’s signature flat-top mohawk is key to this costume look.

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Shine bright this holiday!

There's a new sheriff in town, and he's adorbs.

For Stan Lee fans, there's always this Spidey costume to honor Peter Parker.

This pooch is rocking that thimble hat!

This cape costume is easy to fit any and all ears.

Elementary, my dear cat!

A pet Halloween costume as cute as a bug in a rug.

We're not sure if this cat can actually walk around in the costume, but it certainly makes a good photo opp.

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This dog came in like a wrecking ball and hit us hard with that goofy grin.

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Cat ladies, rejoice!

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Say "aloha" to this hula-girl costume.

Our hearts will go on.

More like werewoof! Pet owners can be Little Red Riding Hood to match!

Is this pet Halloween costume made out of pup-er mache?

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All you need is a witch and a wardrobe to make this costume even more amazing.

Feel free to make this your computer wallpaper. It’s that good.

We’ve seen a lot of Star Wars dog costumes in our day, including a Death Star made from a protective neck cone… but this one is even funnier than that.

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To the bat-cat cave!

Ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog… and we’re crying with laughter.

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How can you resist that adorable little snout?

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This dog costume that keeps on giving throughout the year. You can use this one on Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

This dude means business, French cuffs included.

The dog looks great here, but we’re more focused on that hot pink plane!

This corgi’s fire truck is epic.

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Cute, but can they do the dance?

Whether you buy or DIY, this costume is just begging for selfies.

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The jungle is ruff.

I think I saw this dude at the record shop!

You *need* to get your claws... erm... paws on this costume.

Cue Royals by Lorde.

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Or should we say… Ro-bun?

This costume is ridiculous. We love it.

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The superimposed sunset background is the best part of this costume.

These canine bros make the perfect pair.

Donut Dog

A donut salesman is now officially a pet Halloween costume.

One more lobster – this time with a fire roaring under the pot!

Pet puns FTW.

Get matchy-matchy by rocking your own Mad Hatter lookalongside your pooch.

Bonus points for this snarky pick if your pup happens to have gray eyes as well.

We are very impressed. 5 stars!

We wish we could see a pic of the doggie as a box of Thin Mints, but this costume is still a knockout.

Don’t cry for me, Halloween-ahhh.

All aboard!

Oh, the horror!

Send with puppy love.

Perfect for high-flying cats that refuse to wear a whole costume.

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With any luck, this chef will actually cook dinner for you.

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And finally, a hilarious pile of yarn spaghetti, styrofoam meatballs, and a cool attitude.

Keiko Agena has a complicated relationship with 'Gilmore Girls' character Lane Kim.

“I think what [the role] was for people was different than what it was for me,” she tells Juliet Litman on an episode of the Dear Felicity rewatch podcast (via People). “In a weird way, I feel like I want to honor the experience that people had from the show, and what it meant to them, especially young Asian people, because I get that comment a lot, about what it was like for them to see someone like that on screen.”

And it's no surprise that as much as Gilmore Girls viewers love Lane, Keiko "[loves] her too. I can tell, when I meet someone who knows Gilmore Girls or who loves Lane, it's like, I recognize that love. I see that you love that person."

But it's possible to hold two conflicting emotions at the same time, and although Lane Kim was an incredibly special role at the time, there are some things Keiko would do differently today. “The best thing is to have a Korean American writer [and a] Korean American actor,” she says. “I don't think that that role, cast that way, would happen today. But at that time, in 2000, it was such a different time that I definitely know I wouldn't have said no or pulled myself out of that situation at that time...Now it's just a mix of just having gratitude for having gone through that experience and having that experience.”

Keiko Agena also keeps in touch with two very special 'Gilmore Girls' costars!

And one aspect of Gilmore Girls that Keiko Agena is thankful for is her relationship with the Gilmore Girls cast! And there are two costars in particular she frequently keeps in contact with: John Cabrera (who played Brian) and Sean Gunn (who starred as Kirk).

“There is this kind of lovely nostalgia for that time, and yet also we have years since then,” she says. “I [have] gone to both of their weddings. Our friendship is part Gilmore Girls and appreciation for that crazy time, and then part just like a million other things that are just like friends.”

I was totally surprised to learn she keeps in contact with John and Sean (supposedly) more regularly than Alexis Bledel, but it makes sense when you remember Keiko, John, and Sean are all around the same age — and Alexis is 7 years younger. Hopefully we get another Gilmore Girls reunion to see our favorite television BFF's reunite!