Thinking of going green for your Halloween costume? Take a look at the fairy tale inspired collection of homemade costumes below. These awesome Shrek costumes will have you releasing your inner Ogre DIY costume like Fiona after sunset.
Check out the different ways people here transformed their skin for their homemade costumes. Green yourself with the best DIY costume tips and tricks found below.
Also, homemade costume accessories are key. Discover how to craft your best green horns for the grumpiest Ogre costume. Learn how people have made the best long red braid for their Fiona costumes.
In addition to the main characters’ costumes, you will see Gingerbread Man costumes. They look so good, you may be tempted to take a bite of DIY costumes! But you shouldn’t. They are costumes, after all.
So, browse through the coolest Shrek costumes below and get inspired to create your own DIY costume for Halloween!
This year, my 10 year old daughter informed me only a week in advance that the local carnival was taking place the following weekend. The big deal being that our local carnival has a different theme to it every year, and so this year, it was “delicacies”… With such a short notice and very small … Read more
I really liked the idea of the headless horseman and was thinking of something different and ghoulish to make. After watching Shrek with my kids I came up with this Homemade Gingerbread Man’s Revenge Costume on Gramma. I bought yards and yards of beige felt and cut out a front and back in the shape … Read more
So I got my wife into Halloween costumes when we first started dating. I had just the year before started working at a company where they took Halloween pretty seriously. Every year there was a work sponsored contest with some pretty significant prize money. Our first year dating, I did American Gothic with her for … Read more
I am always trying to come up with a couples costume where the man is a big bald guy to accommodate my hubby, fortunately, there are plenty to choose from. This year, we went with the Fiona and Shrek costumes. For Fiona, I found the perfect green dress at Unique (a chain of thrift stores) … Read more
My 4 year old granddaughter, Zoey, loves Puss in Boots so Mimi took on the challenge to create her the perfect costume. I headed to the fabric store first and loaded up on fake fur and picked up some felt for the pirate hat and pleather to make her the famous boots for Puss. The … Read more
Materials I used for my Shrek Donkey costume: EVA rubber white and black colored 2 tablespoons large plastic black carpet fabric brown adhesive felt cyanoacrylate glue gray pajamas gray spray paint Cut the felt to make eyebrows. Once finished I finished the head I sprinkled gray paint to give shadows. I used plastic spoons for … Read more
Hi my name is Elena. This is the first year I decided I was no longer buying store bought costumes for my children. Their ages are 7, 5, 2, and a month old. I decided to make a homemade costume for each but wanted all of them to be in the same theme. I choose … Read more
Every September my little niece and I start the years Halloween costume process. I thought like many little girls, Ciara would have dreams of being a Princess. I was half right. She did want to be Princess, Princess Fiona to be exact however I was told “not the pretty Fiona Aunt Darcee, but the Ogre … Read more
Since we have the perfect body types for Shrek and Fiona the decision for what costumes to wear was easy! A couple’s Shrek costume and Fiona costume. I made Fiona’s dress using a Simplicity pattern, ordered the wig online and followed a tutorial on YouTube with step by step instructions how to do Fiona’s makeup. … Read more
Shrek and Fiona costume was a fun, cute couple costume that was created from scratch from items found around the house! Fairy tale creatures keep out – An ogre lives here! Specifically, Shrek and Fiona! The advantage of this couple costume is that it is so huggable that you’ll have to fend off the advances of … Read more
I made the dress myself for Fiona and Shrek’s vest was specially made for him. Shrek’s vest is made out of fake alligator skin leather. Fiona’s ears are made from crayola clay and glued to the wig that I wore. We love dressing up and make kids days. We travel around to different Halloween parties … Read more
I will start off by saying that we are from the Province of Manitoba, in Canada. And we Manitobans have a very unique tradition called a “Social”. A social is a particularly Manitoba-grown concept. It’s a fundraising party, often for a wedding, charitable or community organization. Usually held at a community center, it can be … Read more