The love we have for Disney Princess costumes is a tale as old as time. No longer just waiting for their Prince to come, recent Disney Princesses have a much tougher core. Being a princess means people might underestimate you under that sparkly dress costume, but they’ll learn their lesson. We’re looking at you, Hans.
Take your love of Disney Princesses to the next level by creating their outfits as homemade costumes. Store-bought costumes cannot compete with the magic captured in the DIY costumes below. Even if you can’t sew, don’t be discouraged. Learn the tips and tricks for creating a true showstopper for your Halloween costume.
Tailor-made just for you, once you create a DIY costume, you will never go back to buying one. In addition, creating homemade costumes with your family is a true bonding experience – even more than watching Moana of Motusi together.
So, if you think there’s more than this provincial costume life, get inspired here and create your best homemade Halloween costume this year!
Halloween costume planning starts early in our household, so when Frozen came out in November of 2013, my now 7 year old daughter immediately knew she wanted to be Olaf for the coming Halloween in 2014, and here we are. I think Olaf is hilarious, so this was a fun build. As usual, figuring out … Read more
My daughter Mariana (9 yrs old) wanted an Olaf costume but we couldn’t find one on her size. We called Grandma and she was more than happy to help. Grandma made the costume for Mariana and I made her Olaf hat and the Olaf goodie bag. We have been to two Halloween parties already and … Read more
Kristoff’s costume was made with clearance remnants of upholstery fabric, along with fur trim. Elsa’s was made with the deconstruction of my prom dress that I’d designed and had made 11 years ago, as well as some sparkly sheer fabric, lace, and silver trim. The wig was crocheted. Anna was made with remnants from an … Read more
My girls have known what they wanted to be for Halloween for almost a year. After 3 weeks of sleepless nights their costumes are finally done! I knew I had make them look legit after the Despicable Me costumes I made two years ago. Seeing how excited they were to wear them made all the … Read more
As my son Aaron grows older his costume ideas have grown with him. This year will be his last at his current school and he wanted to go out in style at the school’s annual Trunk r Treat event. He searched the internet for ideas and found a number of basic costumes, and then found … Read more
Out daughter informed us that she wanted to be Elsa from the Disney movie Frozen for Halloween, so naturally I began to browse the options online for costumes. Many of them were poorly crafted and looked nothing like the actual movie’s costumes! I decided that our little ray of sunshine would have nothing less than … Read more
To make this Frozen movie inspired Marshmallow Snow Monster costume, I enlisted the help of my family. This year I decided not to be the dad that just stands on the sidewalk watching while my girls have fun. Since my three girls and their mommy chose to be either Elsa or Anna from the Disney … Read more
My daughter wanted to be Elsa for Halloween (not terribly shocking, considering Frozen’s popularity.) I shopped around, looking at costumes in stores but I found them all horribly disappointing. None of them looked like *Elsa*. They were all generic princess dresses in aqua and white and silver. Boring. A few came kinda close, but still … Read more
My best guy friend and I are OBSESSED with Disney’s Aladdin. So of course, we just had to make it happen for Halloween. John and I talked about how to make it happen and watched the movie millions of times… you know, for research ;) My mom actually designed and sewed the costumes herself, while … Read more
This year, my daughter chose the theme, and she chose Tangled as your family costume. I did not have any thing to begin with, but got to work. She picked that she would be Rapunzel, my youngest would be Pascal, my husband Flynn Rider, and myself, Mother Gothel. This was a very challenging theme, because … Read more
Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing Olaf and Marshmallow the endearing snowmen from Frozen! My latest costume inspiration came from the popular Frozen movie. I wanted to make a costume that my grandchild and I could wear together. Frozen is her latest obsession and she loves the Olaf character. For myself, I wanted to wear something appropriate … Read more
As a new mommy I wanted to create a couple costume for my son and I. I brainstormed several combinations and finally decided on the cute couple Princess SnowWhite and the cutest dwarf Dopey; only because I shower my baby boy with kisses just like in the movie Dopey loves kisses. To start off I … Read more