My husband and I are always looking for creative Halloween costume ideas. Last year we decided to be Green Army Men! The idea was easy but making the costumes took some time. We started out with military style clothing dyed with RIT dye. This idea didn’t get the look we were going for (we wanted … Read more
I’m always on the look out for different ideas for costumes and after seeing a commercial for a Mr. Potato Head, I thought that would make a cool costume. I had seen several online and at stores that were made from fabric, but that wasn’t what I was going for. So I studied the real … Read more
My husband and I decided to be Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head for a costume party that we attended for Halloween this year. For the bodies of the costumes I purchased tan felt. I then used a t-shirt of mine and his to use as a pattern to mark where the neck area and arm … Read more
I wanted to make Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costumes for my husband and me. Many of the costumes that I saw online were two dimensional costumes, where a person wears a simple tunic with facial features on the front. My husband insisted that our costumes should be three dimensional, that is he wanted the … Read more
I decided to make Ross his favorite character out of Monsters inc. It is also Ross’s birthday on Halloween so we like to do something special for him. He will be entering the Halloween procession at his school. I made the Homemade Mike Wazowski Costume using a gym ball and papermache. I covered the ball … Read more
My two sons are currently obsessed with the movie Monster’s Inc so my mom and I decided to make them Sulley and Mike Wazowski costumes. For both costumes we used fleece fabric. We matched the colors as close as we could but Sulley’s purple spots were hard to find. We ended up using fabric paint … Read more
My almost 3 year old son loves the Disney movie “Wall E” and wanted to be him for Halloween this year. My husband and I, therefore, embarked on the task of making him a Homemade Wall E Child Costume, all for the price of a little yellow paint. The rest of the costume was made … Read more
Here’s our try at Wall-e. He has a working audio player, playing the same music Wall-e did in the movie (I used an mp3 player with a portable speaker). The costume is wired with L.E.D. lighting in the eyes, laser between the eyes, and lighting for the environmental warning on the front. We made the … Read more
This is a costume I made as the character Russell from the Disney Pixar’s movie UP. I bought a yellow long sleeve shirt from goodwill and just cut off the sleeves to make it a short sleeve, hat, orange fabric for the scarf, brown fabric for the sash, and I bought felt fabric to cut … Read more
This Wall E Costume was very easy. VERY little cost involved! I created the body using “recycled” boxes I formed the shape. Then cut out the arms, head and bottom. Coated the box form with paper mache. The paper mache created a little bit of texture and added to the look of the costume. The … Read more
My three year old son LOVES Buzz Lightyear and so it was a no-brainer to him that he wanted a Homemade Buzz Lightyear Toddler Costume for Halloween. So after looking through all the homemade Buzz costumes I could find (there aren’t as many as you’d think) I decided to use try one using cardboard boxes. … Read more
One of my favorite Disney movies is Toy Story and I wanted to come up with a great group costume, so instead of the traditional characters of Woody, Jessie, and the gang, I decided we should be the Bucket O Soldiers – 5 green toy soldiers. We bought used Army fatigues, belts, and boots from … Read more