This is my Homemade Buzz Lightyear Costume. Every year in the Umass Minuteman Marching band we have an event called Bandoween where we have band rehearsal in costume. A couple years ago I made a Mechwarrior Madcat costume (can be seen on youtube) and was the Brawny paper towel man before that. This year I … Read more
My son wanted to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween, so I decided it would be cool if I would be Zurg (since he is Buzz’s Dad in the movie). Unfortunately they don’t sell adult Zurg costumes, so I decided to make my own Homemade Emperor Zurg With LEDs Costume. I have never sewn before, I … Read more
My fiance mentioned the idea first for a Homemade Little Bo Peep and her Sheep Costume, not realizing I was going to give it my best shot. After finding an old square dancing dress and crinoline at a thrift store, I decided there was no turning back. To finish “Bo Peep’s” outfit I bought a … Read more
We decided we wanted to do a creative costume, and try to make it as realistic as possible. We decided to go with the Homemade Green Plastic Army Men Costumes. Although a few others have done this costume in the past, we felt we could take it to another level. We knew we needed to … Read more
We decided to be Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head and the best part was that we actually had parts that you could change and move around the whole night; we even had the pocket in the back for these extra parts and we changed our faces throughout the evening. We thought about adding a bucket … Read more
I first started this Mister Potato Head costume making a wire mold with 2×4 wire fencing. I then sprayed expanding foam (like to insulate around doors and windows) all over the wire. After many coats, I then carved with a saw and sanded until I reached the correct shape. I also put in a trap … Read more
Mr. Potato Head took around 70hrs to construct. The idea was to make the structure hollow in the center. To do this, I acquired black tubing (width of a hula hoop) and made 4 different hoops varying in size to create his base. In each tubing, I placed galvanized wire to strengthen the hop. Every … Read more
This is me and my cousin in our Halloween costumes we made. We decided on going as Woody and Buzz this Halloween since Toy Story 3 will be out by then, but we couldn’t wait to make the suits so we made them last weekend. The homemade Buzz Lightyear costume suit is made of camping … Read more
Here is an adult Homemade Buzz Lightyear Halloween Costume. The base of the upper body is a trash can which I cut with a razorblade. On top of the trash can I sculpted the armor with cardboard and duct tape. When I had the desired shape I covered everything in masking tape so I could … Read more
My daughter Aleah who is 4 years old wanted to be Jessie from Toy Story but could find no costume at Walmart or Target. So I said, baby, I am going to make you a Homemade Easy to Make Jessie from Toy Story Costume from the oddballs like ribbon on her hat, hat from the … Read more
For Halloween this year, my daughter dressed in a Homemade Little Bo Peep and Her Lost Sheep Costume. To make the sheep costume, I purchased an inexpensive, plain, long-sleeved white cotton T-shirt, several sizes larger than my daughter would typically wear. I placed a piece of cardboard inside the shirt to ensure the glue wouldn’t … Read more
This Plastic Toy Soldier Costume was really easy. I took some old clothes out of my closet and spray painted them with army green spray paint… shoes, hat, socks, shirt, etc. I found the binoculars and gun at the $1 store and spray painted them too. My face I covered in a very thick layer … Read more