I have to say that the process to make this Lightning McQueen Costume was pretty time-consuming. I’m not even sure how long we spent on it. A full week, for sure – probably at least 4 hours a day. Yeah, we could have just bought the costume for all of the effort we put into … Read more
With all this talk about going green, we decided to take it literally. Not only is Maria, I mean “Mike” green, so is the costume. My daughter’s Homemade Green Mike Wazowski Halloween Costume was made out of newspapers, an old bowl, and some leftover paint we had. A completely recycled costume! We plan on using … Read more
This DIY Violet from the Incredibles Toddler Halloween Costume was so much fun to make! I used foam in 3 colors for the logo: black, orange and yellow. First I cut out an oval circle out of the black foamy then I cut out two orange C’s and a yellow I out of the foamy. … Read more
This Jessie from Toy Story Costume was my first homemade costume and I loved it! I decided to make this costume because our family was the “Toy Story” cast for Halloween and I was unhappy with the quality of the Adult Jessie costume that was available to purchase. For the shirt I bought a white … Read more
We found sewing patterns for Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and Jessie. We had to order Woody and Jessie’s hats from a costume website, but we got everything else at the local fabric store. Jessie’s wig was made from orange yarn. Little Bo Peep’s costume was based on a basic dress pattern with minor modifications. We added … Read more
Each year I make costumes for my friends and I to wear to a Halloween Party. This year I made homemade Toy Story group Halloween costumes. We went as Woody (riding Bullseye the horse), Mrs. Potato Head, The Alien, Jessie the Cowgirl and Buzz Lightyear. Bullsye is made from felt and you step into the … Read more
Because of my love for the Disney/Pixar movie “Up” I decided to would go as one of the characters for Halloween. And of course I had to pick the most ridiculous character…Kevin! I made the homemade Kevin from Up Halloween costume out of wire, cardboard, felt, fun foam, feathers and lots and lots of hot … Read more
We dressed up as the Toy Story Alien Group Costume. We bought blue long sleeved t shirts and matching blue leggings. We used homemade stencils and iron-on rockets for our tops which we used spray paint and ironed on the rockets. We bought navy material and sewed it on around the neck. We also used … Read more
I’m an artist and graphic designer, currently graduated with a BFA in fine arts. I love to do anything creative, but since graduation I havn’t had many creative outlets. So I decided I would take the time to once again create a costume that was extremely original and hadn’t been attempted before. Last year, one … Read more
All of this costume is homemade from scratch including the Bazooka and boards for our feet. Everything had to be spray painted weapons, bullets etc. Allot of time and effort went into this costume. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Thanks for all your support.
I created this Sulley from Monsters Inc costume from some Cosmo Girl! I decorated with fabric that I got on sale. (This Sulley is about 6’5″ so I got almost three yards.) I just outlined a pair of his jeans and a shirt. I suppose a pattern would have worked too. I draped some fabric … Read more
Having seen pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head DIY costumes on this site, I decided to give it a try. I used about 2 1/2 yards brown felt for the bodies and various colored felt squares for the parts. I sewed the top and sides of the bodies and then used Velcro to secure … Read more