Coolest Homemade Minions Costume

by Vicki
(Clinton Twp., MI)

My kids are obsessed with the movie Despicable Me! I did not like the commercial costume at all so I went to work and made my own Homemade Minions Costume.

I started with overalls and drew the "Gru" logo on them. Next, I took a yellow hoodie and hot glued black pipecleaners to the hoods for their "hair". For those that aren't familiar with the movie, Minions don't all have the same hair styles so I had my boys each choose which hair-do they wanted. I found their "goggles" at the dollar store and removed the nose, mustache, and eyebrows, then hot glued black Velcro to the sides so they would stay on their heads. The look was finished by using yellow make-up, black gloves and black shoes. The base of the hoodie was taped together.

They were the hit of their school Spooktacular event!

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Coolest Homemade Minions Costume

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Sep 07, 2011
 Yellow hoodies???
by: Shannon

Where or where can you buy yellow hoodies? I can't find them ANYWHERE! I might have to buy white and dye them.
Sep 09, 2011
 You have inspired me!
by: Anonymous

Vicki, the minion costumes you've made for the boys has given me food for thought of what to be for Halloween this year. Hope I'm not ripping you off :)
Sep 14, 2011
 So creative!
by: Leslie

I am a big fan of dressing up in a theme, as a family, so we have known since April or May that we would be going as the cast of Despicable Me. My oldest daughter (6) will be Margo, second daughter (4) will be Edith, & youngest daughter (1) will be Agnes. My son (3) will be a minion, and my husband was planning to be Mr Gru. That left just me & the kids really wanted me to be Miss Hattie. (I didn't think her role was big enough to merrit a costume) However, my husband had to leave for a 1 year deployment & now I will be going as Mr Gru. Your costume genious has helped me tremendously in deciding how do make my little guy's minion look amazing! Thanks so much!!
Sep 20, 2011
 Yellow Hoodies!
by: Vicki

Thanks for the comments! I don't mind if people copy - that's why I posted. I had the same problem finding those yellow hoodies last year. I searched and searched Google and ended up finding a website: leadapparel.com. A company named Gildan makes them. Search resale shops for the overalls though to save yourselves some money. We actually did dress as a whole family, but the only picture with my husband as Gru and me as Vector showed our house number so I didn't want to submit.

For Vector: I found cheap orange Hanes sweats at Walmart, sewed white strips down the sides of the legs and on the top of the arms, cut the shirt down the middle and sewed on a white zipper, added a HUGE collar onto the shirt, and wore a bowl-cut wig and wore large black framed glasses.
Oct 06, 2011
 Awesome!
by: Becky

Oh my gosh -- my girls have been begging to be minions this year and I've been searching everywhere for yellow hoodies, because I had the same thought on how to achieve the look. Thank you so much for posting this & where you got them. They are darling & I can't wait to get to work on the costumes. Did you use pipe cleaner for the hair?
Oct 10, 2011
 Thanks for posting!
by: Andrea

I couldn't find any minion costumes, and came across your design - Brilliant! My 2 boys are obsessed with Despicable Me...my 2 year old has the movie practically memorized...esp the minion parts...LOL....Well..thanks again! By the way..what did you use for the goggles??
Oct 12, 2011
 Goggles
by: Vicki

@ Andrea - I found the "goggles" at a dollar store (Dollar Tree). They had these thick plastic lenses as well as hard plastic nose, mustache, and eyebrows screwed onto the frames. I removed the nose, mustache and eyebrows, then hot glued black velcro onto the sides of the glasses, long enough to wrap all the way around the hoodie so they would stay on. You could probably used black elastic, but I liked how we could easily adjust how tight they were with the Velcro.
Oct 12, 2011
 Hair
by: Vicki

@ Becky - yes, I used black pipe cleaners for the hair and hot glued them (warning - you probably will burn your fingers but it was the only non-toxic glue I could think of that would be strong enough to stand up to a 7 and 4 year old's abuse). I had both boys look at pictures of minions and decide what kind of "hair" they wanted.

Don't forget the yellow cream make-up for their faces!
Oct 25, 2011
 Eyebrows
by: Lisa

How did you remove the eyebrows? everything else was screwed on but those are not. Help!
Oct 26, 2011
 overalls
by: Kim

I have been looking EVERYWHERE for overalls! Where did you buy them? My daughters too have been dying to be Despicable Me minions, yet i can't seem to find overalls for them. My daughters: Nicole (3), Alyssa (7), Kylie (13). My oldest daughter Kylie has been convincing me to go shopping for some but I don't have time!
Oct 27, 2011
 Eyebrows/Overalls
by: Vicki

@ Lisa - sorry I forgot those weren't screwed on. I used a pair of wire snips and carefully cut them off. Took a few passes to make sure the sharp edges were gone. Oh, and we're reusing them this year for Brainy Smurf!

@ Kim - We already had the smaller pair of overalls. I found the larger pair at a resale shop in the girls' section (and lucked out there was no girly stiching or detail on them). The only retail store I know of that really sells new overalls is Oshkosh but they'll be expensive for just a costume. If you sew, maybe you could "make" overalls by making the bib and straps and attaching to an old pair of jeans?

Good luck ladies!
Oct 28, 2011
 Yellow Hoodie
by: Anonymous

I am going to be a minion this year for Halloween. I have looked every where possible for a yellow hoodie and no place has them. So I bought a white hoodies from Target for $10. I then dyed it with liquid yellow dye from the craft store. It is a perfect lemon yellow that will match my face paint perfectly. I hope this helps!
Oct 29, 2011
 THANK YOU!!!!
by: Dee

My daughter wanted so badly to be a minion this year for halloween and I couldn't find a commercial costume anywhere short of custom ordering and paying a fortune. Your idea has saved me. Both my girls are minions and their dad is gonna be Gru!
P.S. I was able to find yellow hoodies at a local thrift shop.

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