Coolest UP! Carl Fredricksen and Russell Couple Costume

Coolest UP! Carl Fredricksen and Russell Couple Costume

My sorority has a Halloween Date dance every year and instead of dressing as something generic I wanted to go all out with creativity, so I decided to be Russell from Up and my boyfriend, Josh was Carl Fredricksen. We ended up finding most of our costume at Salvation Army or by using stuff we … Read more

Last-Minute Mr. Fredrickson Costume from the Movie Up

Last-Minute Mr. Fredrickson Costume from the Movie Up

My little boy absolutely loves Pixar’s movie Up! So, when Halloween rolled around I couldn’t think of a better costume for him. This was probably the easiest and cheapest costume I have ever made because we used mostly things that were lying around my house. When it came to his outfit we used a simple … Read more

Adorable Carl and Ellie Homemade Costumes From the Movie Up

In our homemade costumes, my Wife is wearing the House (Ellie) Costume. I (Rhett) is wearing the Carl costume. We love the Disney movie up so we wanted to be the loving characters. My wife hand painted the shirt to look like the house from Up and held balloons so she could better portray herself … Read more

Best Homemade Carl Fredricksen Costume

Best Homemade Carl Fredricksen Costume

I made this Carf Fredricksen costume from a few boxes. Carl was a family affair for bookweek. A  clay molded face was created on top of a box to make the head and lots of hot glue.  Carl’s face slowly came together. The box was heavy but it sat nicely on my daughters shoulders and … Read more

Awesome Growing “UP” Toddler Costume

Awesome Growing "UP" Toddler Costume

As I get older, it seems the days get shorter, and it reminds me of how fast time flies and life passes by. My toddler is Growing “UP” at rapid speed, and every day as I watch him grow I think to myself,  “If I could only have him as a baby for a little … Read more

Last Minute Russell From UP Costume

Last Minute Russell From UP Costume

For our high school’s annual spirit day dress up, one of my best friends and I decided to put together a couple costume but had a hard time thinking of something that could be prepared within three days. We then decided to dress up as characters in UP, since most parts of the costume can … Read more

Homemade Up Characters – Russell and Carl Couple Costume

Homemade Up Characters - Russell and Carl Couple Costume

Halloween is a big deal for us :)  Each year we have a few parties to attend and we like to have a different costume for each one and no repeats!  This year we were the Exorcist, Pixar/Disney’s UP and the Day of the Dead.  This is our version of the movie UP characters.  Russell … Read more

Homemade Kevin and Russell Adult Couple Costume

Homemade Kevin and Russell Adult Couple Costume

My boyfriend and I decided that we wanted to be the characters from “Up”. Initially, I was going to be Russell and he was going to be Mr. Fredricksen, but I changed my mind and decided to make a last minute Kevin costume two days before Halloween! A lot of the materials that we used … Read more

Mr. Frederickson from Disney Up Toddler Costume

Mr. Frederickson from Disney Up Toddler Costume

My 15 month old’s favorite movie is the Disney movie, Up, so we knew we had to dress him as old man Mr. Carl Frederickson! He has the perfect comb-over hair style that matches Mr. Frederickson’s so well! This was a great DIY costume because we had some of the pieces on hand. He had … Read more

Bonding with Grandpa: Homemade Up Couple Costume

Bonding with Grandpa: Homemade Up Couple Costume

This year we got the family involved in the costume making fun. Creating Russell’s costume was a bit more painstakingly tiresome than rummaging through my grandfather’s closet to find brown slacks, but hand painting each badge was worth it in the end. The sash was cut and sewn out of brown fabric found at a … Read more

Pixar’s UP Themed DIY Costumes

Pixar's UP Themed DIY Costumes

Here are our Pixar Up costumes: For Kevin we cut out individual feathers (about 300 of them) out of felt and glued them to a structure that we carved out of floral cones. We then fit the cone through the hood of a sweatshirt allowing it to stand straight up. Then we covered the sweatshirt … Read more