The love we have for Disney Princess costumes is a tale as old as time. No longer just waiting for their Prince to come, recent Disney Princesses have a much tougher core. Being a princess means people might underestimate you under that sparkly dress costume, but they’ll learn their lesson. We’re looking at you, Hans.
Take your love of Disney Princesses to the next level by creating their outfits as homemade costumes. Store-bought costumes cannot compete with the magic captured in the DIY costumes below. Even if you can’t sew, don’t be discouraged. Learn the tips and tricks for creating a true showstopper for your Halloween costume.
Tailor-made just for you, once you create a DIY costume, you will never go back to buying one. In addition, creating homemade costumes with your family is a true bonding experience – even more than watching Moana of Motusi together.
So, if you think there’s more than this provincial costume life, get inspired here and create your best homemade Halloween costume this year!
This Grecian heroine was at the top of my list for costume ideas, but I had no idea how to sew a purple dress from scratch and the replica ones for sale are way over my budget! SO, I headed to Goodwill with a few different costume character ideas in mind, hoping to find some … Read more
We have daughters that are obsessed with the movie Frozen, they had to be Anna and Elsa! They asked us to be the King and Queen from the movie. But as everyone knows the King and Queen die at sea! So we looked to buy an Olaf costume and could not find any that we … Read more
After dressing scary for the last consecutive 8 years, I decided to become something that was the complete opposite of terror and bring one of my favorite animation characters to life. This costume was actually pretty easy to make! It took me two school nights and some help from my aunt. Since I live in … Read more
Okay so this costume started off as a joke while my friends and I were shopping at Goodwill. We were looking through dresses and talking about halloween costume ideas when one of my friends said that we should do Disney. I was upset because I didn’t want to be so unoriginal but while we were … Read more
My Granddaughter Hallie had friends over visiting and they were all talking about what they wanted to be for Halloween. Hallie said “I want to be Elsa from Frozen”. Her little friends told her that she could not be Elsa because she wasn’t a princess. Hallie cried. My daughter called me and asked if I … Read more
My grandson Landon loved Olaf from the movie Frozen. One night he called me enthusiastically and asked “Grandma will you make an Olaf costume for me?” I said absolutely!! not realizing what I was getting into… I had yet to see the movie Frozen. First I watched the movie. Then I spent hours combing the … Read more
Our 4 year old daughter could not decide if she wanted to be Princess Elsa or a Lego girl for Halloween. We decided we would combine the two and make a Lego Princess Elsa Costume. My husband conveniently works at a packaging company, so we figured making a costume based on boxes would be easy. … Read more
Growing up, my brothers and I all had homemade costumes. I knew I wanted to continue this tradition for my own daughter. For her first Halloween, since she isn’t walking yet, I knew we would need to do something with her stroller or wagon. I enlisted the help of my very creative father and within … Read more
My husband and I have always coordinated our costumes and when we had our daughter we knew we had to keep the tradition going. This is our 10th Halloween together so we wanted to do something special: I hand made our costumes! I’m not much of A seamstress so I had no idea what I … Read more
OKAY, so first off, I wanted to be little mermaid and my boyfriend Prince Eric, but with a horrifying twist! Price Eric has turned into a zombie and took a chunk out of little sweet Ariel’s neck. Our costume was a HIT at my party and I received so many compliments on each of our … Read more
For this Little Mermaid costume, I took apart a baby onsie to use as a pattern to make the top. I added the seashell bra and stuffed it a little then added iridescent material to make them shiny. I bought fabric for the tail and took a pair of leggings and crossed one leg over … Read more
Elsa is made out of light blue satin and blue sequin and white shimmering organza for the cape. Diamond beading on neckline and waist. She loves how it blows in the wind. Every little girls dream. This was made from a simplicity pattern and just added a few extra touches! Sven- great grandma original it … Read more