Cool Wilson and Chuck Couple Costume from the Movie Castaway

Wilson and Chuck

My husband and I dressed up as characters from Castaway. My husband was Chuck (played by Tom Hanks) and I was Wilson (played by a volleyball). Wilson started as an inflatable ball and after 6 layers of newspapers, glue, and flour, and lots of paint, it ended up as my costume. My husband wore a … Read more

Unique Castaway Couple Costume

Unique Castaway Couple Costume

My boyfriend and I wanted to come up with a really creative and unique couple’s costume that we have never seen before. We started thinking of ideas, but our Castaway Couple Costume idea didn’t form until one day in August. We were flipping through the TV channels, and we stopped on the movie Castaway. Tom Hank’s relationship … Read more

Top 7 Movie Character Costumes Tom Hanks Needs for Halloween

Top 7 Movie Character Costumes Tom Hanks Needs for Halloween

In this collection of homemade costumes, we’ll be Tom Hank’s bosom buddy and guide him through some of his movie character costumes. Even Tom Hanks knows it’s time to retire the David S. Pumpkins costume. But what’s the nicest guy in Hollywood supposed to wear for a Halloween costume instead? Never Fear. While his list of movie … Read more

Castaway Couple Halloween Costume

Castaway Couple Halloween Costume

It all started last year, we wanted to do it but didn’t have enough time. So this year we started early. Started growing my beard and planning in August. Beginning of October rolled around and we knew we had to start constructing the ball. We purchased a beach ball. It came in the mail and … Read more

Wilson the Volleyball Paper Mache Costume

Wilson the Volleyball Paper Mache Costume

As we stood in the midst of hundreds of people at the 2013 Halloween festival in my hometown of Elgin, Illinois, watching the annual costume contest unfold on the stage before us, I turned to my family and friends and said, “I’m going to be up there next year.” And, as it worked out, I … Read more

Castaway and Wilson DIY Couple Costume

Castaway and Wilson DIY Couple Costume

For our Castaway and Wilson couple costume, “Tom Hanks” was produced with a wig, old cut up shorts, shoes with the toe cut out and a Fed Ex box. Wilson was produced with a large plastic pumpkin primed and painted white, poster board and red paint for “Wilsons” face, a Wilson headband with corn tassels … Read more

Cool Chuck Noland and Wilson Cast Away Couple Costume

Cool Chuck Noland and Wilson Cast Away Couple Costume

Chuck Noland Buy a wig and beard set (the one in the picture is a “Jesus beard and wig” we cut so it was shorter Buy an oversized white tee, stain with tea, cut holes in it Print out FedEx logo, punch a hole on each side, string ribbon through it to wear as a … Read more

Hand Made Wilson from Cast Away Costume

I made this costume by paper macheing a 4 foot beach ball.  I did 5 layers of paper mache, 4 layers with newspaper and the last layer with rippe

I made this hand made Wilson from Cast Away Costume by paper maching a 4 foot beach ball.  I did 5 layers of paper mache, 4 layers with newspaper and the last layer with ripped computer paper to save on paint.  During the paper mache process it is important to make sure you let air … Read more

Excellent Wilson and Tom Hanks Cast Away Couple Costume

Well we figure we\'d do a cheap and creative costume. For wilson You\'ll need:4-5 stacks of Newspaper (cut them into strips ahead of time)Pa

Well we figured we’d do a cheap and creative costume. For Wilson You’ll need: 4-5 stacks of newspaper (cut them into strips ahead of time) Paper mache (we used flour {not bread flour}, water and glue) White spray paint $5 3-4 ft inflatable ball (depending on your height or preference -we used 3 ft yoga … Read more

Super Creative Castaway and Wilson Couple Costume

My husband was in a beard contest nearing Halloween, so we came up with this Tom Hanks on Castaway and his best friend Wilson the volleyball. Tom Han

My husband was in a beard contest nearing Halloween, so we came up with this Tom Hanks on Castaway and his best friend Wilson the volleyball. Tom Hanks as Castaway costume is really easy, raggy clothes, long beard and hair (he used a wig for the hair, but the beard, all natural). Cut the toes … Read more

Coolest Adult Cast Away Couple Costume

My girlfriend and I decided to mix up our usual Halloween ritual of being different types of food items and went with Tom Hank’s character and Wilson from our favorite movie “Cast Away.” Needless to say the costume was a huge hit, although everyone wanted to take more pictures with Wilson. The Wilson costume was … Read more