You don’t have to speak Minionese to wear these awesome costumes, but it definitely helps. Funny and lovable, you will have so much fun creating these DIY Despicable Me and Minions costumes.
There is something about those domed heads that simultaneously makes us laugh and want to hug them. Once you see these, you will have a hard time resisting making them for Halloween this year.
There are so many creative takes on recreating Gru (it helps if you have a bald head) and the Minions. And when you get a group together, you can share in the costume making and hilarity.
Minions come in all shapes and sizes in this collection of Despicable Me and Minions costumes. All the construction secrets are revealed here! Get inspired to create your own evil Gru, nonsensical Minion or even Kyle Dog. You will even see a Minion Batman and a 3PO Minion.
So sit back, grab some bapples and get ready to laugh at this super fun selection of Despicable Me and Minions costume designs.
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 … Read more
There were no mullets for his age that scream Balthazar, so I made one using yoga mat foam to form a cradle over the head. I used two black wig caps from the dollar store to glue over it, black posterboard to form the front of the mullet, glued to the capped head cradle, and … Read more
Here are our Despicable Me costumes from Halloween 2011! These are my sons ages 10, 8, and 5. The minions were completely homemade. They were Halloween witch cauldrons hot glued to a camping mat, then painted yellow. The eyes, goggle straps, hair and mouths were glued on craft foam. I bought fabric and wrapped it … Read more
My son wanted to be an evil purple minion costume for Halloween, so mama couldn’t disappoint! So, this handmade costume took about 16+ hours. Most of the time spent creating it was making templates and doing trial runs. Materials Needed for my Evil Purple Minion Costume BODY *Project foam (I went to Joann’s and measured … Read more
Get into some costume mischief this Halloween with these awesome Minion costume ideas! Reactions to these homemade costumes included screams of joy and many photo ops for the costume wearers. These irresistible, banana-loving creatures will ensure your Halloween costume is anything but despicable. So, take a look at this collection for the best, fun-loving, DIY … Read more
We covered a trash can with yellow fabric and made the eye glasses from jar lids and fabric. The overalls were picked up from a local goodwill with the logo added in fabric. The hairs are pipe cleaners drilled into the top. You can improve vision by not going with the brown for the eyes … Read more
We love to dress up as a group for Halloween. My daughters voted to dress up this year as characters from Despicable Me. Gru was the easy part – I found a gray and black striped scarf on Amazon, ordered a fake nose, and voila! My husband wore his own black coat and pants and enjoyed … Read more
I never buy store-bought Halloween costumes. People call me crazy, but I enjoy making and designing them for my son and I LOVE to see him be original! Because I design his costumes, I start designing at the end of July beginning of August – crazy right? A few years ago I made a homemade … Read more
Malcolm told me after seeing the minion movie that he wanted to be Bob for Halloween. He didn’t just want to dress up like a minion but to become Bob. I put my thinking cap on and came up with an idea. I searched all over online, Pinterest…everywhere to try to get an idea, nothing … Read more
My cousin and I have been inseparable out whole lives and every year for Halloween we do some sort of duo costume. Since she is moving across the country next month and this was realistically our last Halloween together for a while, we decided we wanted to go out with a bang! We wanted to … Read more
My daughter decided she wanted to be a minion for Halloween, but she didn’t want to be just any minion, she wanted to be King Bob from the Minion movie. I didi some research on how to best make a minion costume that would match their shape but also not be too restrictive. I settled … Read more
My daughter decided to be a minion this year so I began my research. I got ideas from pintrest and the internet in general. I also decided to add a few upgrades of my own. I decided that I would make one for me and her. The minions outer layer including the teeth and eyeballs … Read more