Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head couple costumes, all created by using fabric, felt, and some construction paper. For Mr. Potato Head: the hat can really be any type of black hat. I didn’t own one at the time, so we had to make one out of construction paper. The fabric used to make the … Read more
I made this Homemade Finn Mcmissile from Cars 2 Costume for my little cousin who is mad about Cars and after seeing the second movie started asking for a Finn Mcmissile costume that she could happily show off to her friends. With help from the pound store I made all this in under £10. I … Read more
My daughter Samantha wanted to be Violet from Disney’s Incredibles. So I set to work to make the costume for her. I bought a set of red tights, knee high black hose, black slippers, black panties, and a long sleeved red body suit. In the craft section I bought black, white, yellow and orange felt … Read more
My son wanted to be Dash from The Incredibles, but I didn’t like the commercial costumes. So I made his myself. The others soon followed since they were so simple. My husband works in an office, so he went as ‘Bob Paar’ in a suit with the shirt peeking through (he even bleached his hair … Read more
I saw a ‘pumpkin carving picture’ of Jessie and Woody from Toy Story this year as I was trying to find an idea to carve a watermelon. I planted my first garden this year but didn’t plant pumpkins so I decided to carve one of my watermelons. I carved Jessie from Toy Story which is … 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
I made the house from UP completely out of cardboard. After a few sketches, I started out with a base box and cut out the porch and some of the roof parts. I then proceeded to add on more and more cardboard parts. I then painted everything with tempera paint (not advised because it caused … Read more
My two year old son wanted to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween and I wanted to dress to match him. I looked at Jessie costumes, but I didn’t like them. I’ve never been a fan of store bought costumes either. So then I thought, why not be Buzz too? For this Homemade Buzz Lightyear Halloween … Read more
This is a Homemade Up Group Costume for the movie Up! I love this movie and knew it would make an awesome costume! I made the house by getting a huge box and cutting and taping it to make the roof. Then I added the front part of the house by just taping on another … Read more
I decided on a Homemade Buzz Lightyear Costume for Halloween. I began my costume by purchasing a white painters suit from a local hardware store. It was the perfect ‘base’ for the costume. I cut off the elastic ankles. I purchased neon green acrylic paint and painted green around the ankles. I wore a black … Read more
I made this Homemade Green Army Man Costume for my husband. He looked just like the little figures that come in a bucket and which also featured in the movie “Toy Story”. The first thing I did was buy a few tubes of non-smudge green face paint. I then matched the color exactly with a … Read more
My mom made these adorable Mr.and Mrs. Potato Head costumes for my daughters. She made the eyes out of black mesh so they could see and the rest of the face is made out of felt. She spray painted on the brown fabric to give it a more “potato” look. She used batting to make … Read more