My son is Thomas crazy, so of course he had to have a Thomas the Tank Halloween Costume for Halloween. I constructed the body out of cardboard boxes that were cut into shape and then taped together with masking tape. Then after much dismay, Brad painted Thomas with pro skill using 3 cans of spray … Read more

My son wanted to be Thomas the train and I have never cared for any of the store bought costumes at all. So I had a Thomas and freight car Halloween costume idea and decided to build one on his wagon. Off to work I went. Found huge box cut and hot glued it to … Read more

I made this Homemade Thomas the Train Costume for my 3 year old son who LOVES Thomas the Train. I had some old square foam packing material laying around. I always said I was going to make something out of it but I never did until now. I picked up some yarn and a yarn … Read more

For this Thomas the Train Halloween costume I used: 1 diaper box 2 cans of Primer spray paint 1 can of Blue Spray Paint 1 can of Red spray paint 1 can of Black spray paint 1 paper towel roll 1 empty Yoplait yogurt cup 4 yogurt cup tops 1 empty baby cereal box 2 … Read more

This Homemade Thomas the Train Costume was really fun and easy to make. It all started with an Egg Box from my local grocery store. I attached a shoe box on the very back of the costume and used a crystal light canister (wrapped in black foam paper) for the smoke stack. I used blue … Read more

Our son Thomas absolutely loves trains, so my husband decided to craft him a Homemade Thomas the Train Costume made completely of recycled or left over materials around our home. We used various items such as: foam, cardboard, wood, paper plates, foam peanuts, straws, paint, caulking, empty toddler food containers, foil, paper mache & old … Read more

I promised my son that I would make him a train costume when he was wanting to be Spencer (a more rectangle train for parents that don’t have Thomas fanatic kids). He changed his mind and wanted to be Thomas, so came to this site for ideas on a Homemade Thomas The Train Costume. I … Read more

My son is a really big Thomas the Tank Engine fan, so I decided I would take the plunge to make him his own Thomas to ride in (this homemade Thomas the Tank Engine child Halloween costume idea was also a benefit because when he got tired at the end of trick-or-treating; we just loaded … Read more

My six year old son has been asking to be Thomas the Train for years for Halloween. All of the costumes that the Thomas the Train website had to offer were not only boring, but would now not fit him. I decided that it would be more fun to make him a Homemade Thomas the … Read more

My 4 year old son William, like many other kids his age, is OBSESSED with Thomas the Train. However, unlike other kids his age, William is wheelchair dependent so this Halloween I decided how PERFECT for me to dress him as the engineer & his chair as the train!!!! For this homemade Thomas the Train … Read more

This Homemade Thomas the Tank Engine Halloween Costume is James, the #5. The train is composed of 2 boxes that I painted with acrylic craft paint and then hot glued and bolted together. The smoke stack is an oatmeal container that I painted black, I then glued it on and fluffed and glued white tissue … Read more

My 3 1/2 year old nephew is obsessed with Thomas the train and allllll of his friends. He and his brother were intent on being trains from the Thomas series… and after much deliberation he decided on Gordon, the express train. With the help of entries on this site I was able to see how … Read more