My children attend a school where they are given a theme for the costume dances. This year’s theme was ‘Disneyland’. I have four children so they each thought of which character they’d like to be. My sophomore son decided he wanted to be Chip from Beauty and the Beast! * I started looking for ideas … Read more

This Homemade Beauty and the Beast Costume was created for community theater’s Beauty and the Beast but makes a great Halloween costume as well, in this picture is my cousin and his girl friend who borrowed them for a party. The Beauty costume was a gold dress found at a thrift store and the gloves, … Read more

I used little figurines as my models to make Cogsworth and Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast Costumes. The main trick is to use fabric fusing to iron on the main fabric to a sheet of foam which is what helps hold the shapes of the costumes. There is basic sewing but I also Velcro … Read more

My niece and her friends decided to all dress as Disney princesses. She asked me to make her a Belle Costume from Beauty and the Beast. My favorite way to make costumes is to deconstruct thrift store items and make them into something new. This dress was made from; a yellow bridesmaids dress (Bodice and … Read more

I made this dress in this Homemade Belle from Beauty and the Beast Costume by altering a dress pattern I used for my sister’s bridesmaid’s dresses. I gathered up the skirt panels to give a fuller effect to the skirt and to get the rouching like Belle’s dress in the film. I used brocade fabric … Read more

Each year we do a group theme for Trunk Or Treat at my friend’s Day Care center. This year our theme was Disney Princesses. I decided to go as Belle. After looking for a ready made costume for a few weeks I decided to make my own Homemade Homemade Belle Costume. I searched through second … Read more

There’s actually a history behind the concept of this Beauty and the Beast costume… my wife’s favorite movie is Disney’s masterpiece “Beauty and the Beast”, and I took her to see it in the theater when it first came out (she was 14 — which was quite a few years before we were married). She … Read more

I feel it is such a privilege to have the talent to make a child feel so unique and special on costume related occasions…Halloween especially! Four years ago when my little girl was only 3 years old she really wanted to be a princess for Halloween. I am not a huge fan of the wigs … Read more

I have always loved the Disney Princesses, and Beauty and the Beast is my all time favorite. I made this Beauty and the Beast/Belle Costume from a set of drapes my daughter found at a thrift store. These drapes are very old, rubber backed and heavy. The entire dress weighs about nine pounds, plus the … Read more