Wall-E was created with the intention of being able to use my arms while still being able to roll around as much like Wall-E as possible. In order to do this I decided to use an office chair and build the Homemade Wall-E Halloween Costume around it, while using my feet to guide myself in … Read more
Pixar is becoming an annual Halloween theme in our household. Each year, I try to come up with a costume idea that stems from one of their movies. Wall-E was last year’s theme, and this year was the Academy Award nominee, Up. The Homemade House from Up Halloween Costume is inexpensive and fairly easy to … Read more
My son needed a Toy Story themed costume for Spirit Week. We started at the fabric store and bought movable fabric board for the bottom (to aid in the appearance), purple velvet fabric for the body and red/gray metallic fabric for trim. I used Velcro instead of zippers or draw strings, which was a mistake … Read more
I made the Buzz costume using cardboard, poster paint, spray paint, elastic, label stickers, and a few thrift store finds. I started by cutting out the chest piece and the lower half of the arms from cardboard, then, spray painting them white. After it dried I added the details with poster paint, and attached some … Read more
Our 7 yr daughter loves the movie UP and came up with this Girl’s Up! Costume idea all on her own. She had wanted to do something with balloons (who doesn’t like balloons? :) and after watching the movie she shouts “I know, I know” and off we went. She had a blast shopping for … Read more
My Lil Bo Peep costume was handmade by one of my best friend’s. We found a pattern for a similar outfit at the material store and then added our own special touches to the costume. My staff was made by my fiance’s dad. He used some kind of electrical pipe and then covered it with … Read more
Since she had the natural resemblance to “Boo” from Monsters Inc. we decided to run with it. Found the purple fabric and quilted it with a liner then turned it into a tube for the body, sewed crescent shapes together to create the hood leaving a hole in the top for mop hair and googly … Read more
My husband and I were Shrek and Fiona last year for Halloween and we won first place at a great party, this year we had to top that so we decided to go for a Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Costume. I saw the version that Marianne H. from Medford, OR had done and … Read more
I have always made my kids’ costumes myself. This year, I got the idea from his favorite movie “Toy Story”, deciding to dress him up as Mr. Potato Head!! It was a fun project. All of the pieces are Velcro so you can change the face as you would on the toy. Everything is stuffed … Read more
My four year old son requested to be Mater this year. I usually use this website for ideas, but surprisingly there were no submissions for a Homemade Tow Mater from Disney’s Cars Costume. Using his toy Mater as a guide, I drew one side on a thick piece of cardboard, cut it out and traced … Read more
I have 3 kids and like to do themes for Halloween and my son chose Mike Wazowski from Monster’s Inc. So the plan became Connor (3yrs old) would be Mike, Taylor (5yrs old) would be Celia and MacKenzie (2yrs old) would be “Boo”. For the Homemade Mike Wazowski From Monster’s Inc. Costume, my Mom took … Read more
Every time our daughter wore her hair in pigtails, people mentioned she looked just like Boo from Monster’s Inc, so this year was the perfect opportunity for her to be Boo for Halloween! I looked online for patterns or ideas, but only a few came up and I wasn’t into improvising. So off to the … Read more