First of all I found this site for ideas on making a lego costume and saw this group of lego costumes and thought, hey, I can try this. So, I figured to start a month ahead of time because I would be making 3 costumes. And I picked the minifigures from the Lego Movie….Emmet, Wyldstyle-Wild … Read more
We started with a plan to make a costume that would show the true emotions of unikitty from The Lego Movie, be comfortable to wear, easy to put on, allow my daughter to sit down in it, and win a local contest in our hometown We were successful! My daughter won first place in a contest against 40 contestants … Read more
This is my 4 yerar old son Dominic, he loves Lego Ninjago Jay! So mommy thought it would be really cool to dress him up as Jay for Halloween. Of course I searched online for something, but could only find a normal boy costume and not a lego man. So my creative juices started flowing. I … Read more
This is my 8 year old son Colin in his Headless Lego Guy costume. The idea originated with us wanting to make a standard Lego Guy costume. Once we had the idea, we were looking everywhere for ideas and thoughts on how to create it. We then came across his Lego bucket from a past … Read more
I started off with taking measurements from my 10 year old daughter. I then used cardboard and masking tape to construct the torso and legs. This process was a lot harder than I thought. Only because Lego men are not perfect squares. They taper. I then made the hands and head which were made out … Read more
Everything is AWESOME now that the costumes are almost complete! We just need some minor tweaking so heads aren’t bobbling and feet aren’t scraping the concrete and a dab of touch up here and there from wear and tear. With an average of 30 hours per costume, this was an undertaking I had no idea … Read more
My sons (Wells “Jay”, 7 & Owen “Zane”, 6) hoped to be Lego Ninjago characters for Halloween. Luckily, they have a crafty Mama. And, so began the creation of their costumes. These are completely DIY (I honestly didn’t know how to “do” any of this). I used my imagination & creativity & worked on these … Read more
The idea to create a Lord Business costume as my son’s official Halloween 2014 costume was not an easy task. In fact, once I realized exactly the type of character I was dealing with, I was worried. I kept eyeballing those cheap $5 dollar store costumes every time I ventured out for supplies. This all … Read more
After watching the Lego Movie, something I really identified with since I grew up playing legos in the 80s, I had the idea to make a cheesy music video with Lego Benny and some other characters. It is hilarious, because I had a Lego Benny man at home that I played with, and I actually … Read more
A few years ago I invented MinifigME, a process that allows us to put kids (of any age) faces on LEGO minifigures, inspired by my sons love of all things LEGO. Since we have always been a Lego-loving family, I wasn’t surprised when my son asked me if I could make him a minifig costume. … Read more
My son his as big of a leGo fan as i was and still am. Used a couple packs of foam tiles 24″ x 24″ 3/8 thick and a roll of 1/4 thick 4ft x 8 ft mat, for the flexible parts save uva foam but 1/8 thick 8″ x10″ lots of paint 3 cans … Read more
My husband came up with the idea of the Minifig costumes. Only he didn’t have any idea what I was going to do with them. I bought my supplies, the cement cardboard cylinder, Styrofoam, yellow spray paint and the extremely hard to find Styrofoam sealant. I blended my time between my son’s costumes and ours. … Read more
