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Coolest Homemade Monsters, Inc. Family Costume

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Homemade Monsters, Inc. Family Costume

These are our cool homemade Monsters Inc. family
costumes. I dressed as Mike, my husband was Mike and our little girl was Boo.

For Mike’s costume, I used 9 layers of paper mache over an exercise ball. Be careful not to cover the plug so that you can deflate it and save it for another occasion. I then painted it with Mike’s features. I used an ordinary construction hat that I painted to resemble the hats in the movie.

For my husband’s costume, I used about 3 yards of furry fabric. I dyed it three times because it was acrylic, a material that does not absorb dye very well. The spots were fabric paint which comes in an aerosol can. I put a headband on the inside of his hood to keep the horns erect. I also put a metal hanger in the tail (which you can’t see here) to keep it raised instead of flopping down.

Boo’s costume was purple fleece lined with grey fleece. I used a mop head for the hair and the eye balls were Styrofoam balls, attached to pipe cleaners and then covered with black electrical tape.

We got so many compliments on Halloween.

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  2. I was wondering if you would be willing to make one for me to purchase for my 4 year old who LOVES boo?

    Thanks,
    Lanie

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  4. i just LOVE how the costumes turned out! My husband actually wants us to be the exact same thing for Halloween. We have a Sully costume to borrow but need to make the other two. Our daughter LOVES monsters inc so I just want to find out how exactly you made Boo’s costume. The Mike Wazowski costume seems pretty straightforward but with Boo’s, I’m not sure as to how I would get started. Please help! :)

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  6. Hi, Would you be willing to make or sell your Boo costume? I just love it and would like to dress my 20 month old this Halloween as Boo. Thanks…

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  9. Can you please send me directions for the boo costume?? I really want my daughter to be boo but of course they dont see that one. Or the ones that people see are like 150 or more lol which is crazy!

    hbartels@live.com

    Please and thank you so much!!

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