My 3 year old son fell in love with Monster Inc. at the end of the summer and decided that he wanted to be Mike Wazowski for Halloween. I looked around to buy a costume and found nothing. Since I can sew I decided that it wouldn’t be too hard to make my own Homemade … Read more
My daughter wanted to dress up as Celia from the 2001 Disney Monsters Inc. movie, the only problem was the costume didn’t exist. So like any good mother I started brainstorming how I was going to pull this Homemade Celia Monster Costume off. I had to make snakes for her to wear on her head, … Read more
Well since my son was going to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween and since my wife has never been able to take part in dressing up with her boys for Halloween, I made the executive decision that she should be Jessie from the Toy Story franchise. She and I worked together on this homemade Jessie … Read more
My boyfriend and I loved this movie, and I thought it would be a great costume for Halloween. So I got started on my Homemade Disney Pixar’s Up Costume with a few cardboard boxes, some acrylic paint, a little clay and glue, and here’s the final product! It took about 15 hours total. The house … Read more
This year my son picked a homemade Wall E child Halloween costume idea for Halloween. So his father, Grandfather and Uncle all went to work thinking of how to pull this one off. After 6 hrs of hard work they came up with a movable Wall-E for my son Hayden to drive around just like … Read more
This year I decided to dress up as my favorite Disney movie. The movie has a special meaning to me as it was the first movie I watched in my new house with my boyfriend (which we moved into last Halloween). Since it was the house the characters moved into and grew old in, it … Read more
Being known for my Halloween costumes at work, I’m always asked what I am going to be. In summer of 2010, I watched ‘Up’ with my daughter and wanted to be something/someone from Up. Then it hit me, I’ll be the house from Up. For months I was thinking on how I would create this … Read more
Hi! Who Doesn’t love the Toy Story Movies? I know all of the kids and most grown-ups I know, do! So, this year I made my version of the popular Toy Story Little Bo Peep Halloween Costume. I made this in infant and adult sizes. I hope you like it! There are so many parts … Read more
Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday. Every year I try to wear something different, go to parties, decorate my apartment and make all sorts of ‘scary’ treats… so imagine my dismay when I moved to Australia and found that no one here celebrates Halloween! Since I came here, I have felt Halloween-deprived. This year, we … Read more
My son loves Monsters Inc and he wanted a Monster Inc. costume so he decided to be Mike Wazowski for Halloween. To make Mike’s body I used a large air-filled rubber ball that I got at Wal-Mart for less than two dollars. To create the eye I duct taped a Styrofoam ball cut in half … Read more
Our Mr and Mrs Potato Head couple DIY Halloween costumes are made out of cotton fabric. I did an inner shell and outer shell and stuffed in between. When you are measuring add at least 3-5 inches to make sure you are comfortable for the inner shell and then add another 3-5 inches on the … Read more
We always have a family theme to the costumes, and this year was Mr. Potato Head Family Costume. I spent a lot of time getting tips from this site, so here is the result! The potato bodies are big burlap bags from an online gardening store. The burlap was itchy, so we sewed a white … Read more