My twin boys look so different that I decided they would make a great Popeye and Bluto. I copied the original cartoon outfits almost identically, it was really easy. Popeye had a costume sailor hat I purchased and stitched at the back to downsize, I used knee high panty hose for the arms with batting … Read more

I tried both the adult Popeye costume and large kids costume; one way too big, the other way too small. So I went on the journey to make my own homemade Popeye costume. I used a few suggestions from this website such as getting the pipe from a smoke shop. I went in asking for … Read more

This Homemade Baby Popeye Costume was such an easy and cute costume to put together for my little Popeye. The pants were made with some blue fabric I had on hand….initially cost 1.99/yard. I added a yellow belt using yellow binding that I had. The shirt was a black t-shirt that my son already had … Read more

This was our first Halloween as a family of three! So I knew I wanted to do something special. We decided to go with Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Swee’ Pea. I figured it would be fun to make the costumes myself. I purchased all the clothing pieces from a thrift store. The costumes were created … Read more

For Halloween this year I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite movies as a kid, Popeye. I was trying to go for the same style as Robin Williams, so I chose the white middy and blue trousers rather than the navy blue/light blue or all white outfits commonly seen in the cartoon. … Read more

This Popeye and Olive Oyl costume was very easy to make. Popeye: For the hat I found a cheap similar white hat then sewed the black band around it and made a pucker in the top with a simple stitch. The pipe we found at a smoke shop and the pants were cheap blue dickies … Read more

My boyfriend and I went in a Popeye and Olive Oyl costume. The costumes required minimal effort and turned out great; I was surprised to realize that people recognized my Olive costume even without seeing Popeye! For Olive, I used a long-sleeve red shirt I already owned, and I bought some cheap lace ribbon to … Read more

This Popeye and crew costume idea turned out to be really easy. We shopped around at thrift stores for most of the items, Olives’s dress, skirt, Popeye’s pants, shirt, and the rest of the crew’s items. All I had to purchase was the wig for Olive and the mask we used for facial hair for … Read more

Each year I look for costume ideas that aren’t the latest trend or fashion. I like for my son to have a unique costume and this year was no different when I decided that he would have a Popeye Halloween costume. As I searched the internet for ideas I came across this site and based … Read more

My husband is in the Navy and was able to re-enlist on Halloween, (in costume!), so we made these Popey and Olive Oyl Halloween costumes for the ceremony, and well, for Halloween. Here’s what we did: Popeye. We patterned the top after the US Navy’s dress blues jumper. I used black, red, and blue twill. … Read more

My brother asked me to make him a Homemade Popeye Halloween Costume! So I brainstormed and came up with some really good ideas! We bought blue scrubs pants and I added a black trim to the bottom with hot glue. We bought a black polo shirt to which I added a red felt collar with … Read more

We were looking for a couple’s costume that was cheap and easy enough to DIY; Homemade Popeye and Olive Oylseemed like the perfect fit (I think I was actually inspired from previous year’s submissions on this site). The costumes were constructed with a judicious amount of duck tape, very little sewing, and fabric felt with … Read more