You don’t have to speak Minionese to wear these awesome costumes, but it definitely helps. Funny and lovable, you will have so much fun creating these DIY Despicable Me and Minions costumes.
There is something about those domed heads that simultaneously makes us laugh and want to hug them. Once you see these, you will have a hard time resisting making them for Halloween this year.
There are so many creative takes on recreating Gru (it helps if you have a bald head) and the Minions. And when you get a group together, you can share in the costume making and hilarity.
Minions come in all shapes and sizes in this collection of Despicable Me and Minions costumes. All the construction secrets are revealed here! Get inspired to create your own evil Gru, nonsensical Minion or even Kyle Dog. You will even see a Minion Batman and a 3PO Minion.
So sit back, grab some bapples and get ready to laugh at this super fun selection of Despicable Me and Minions costume designs.
The Despicable Me film franchise has been my obsession since I had seen the film on my 25th birthday in 2010 after a fun-filled trip to Dave & Buster’s (which I have done almost every year for my birthday…except in 2020 when COVID hampered my plans to do whatever I wanted to do when that … Read more
Minions are so cute! Easy cheap costume idea for all ages! Yellow hat, socks, shirt, navy blue leggings and apron and black gloves. For the hat I used pipe cleaners and stuck them right through the top! Made the Gru decal on the apron out of felt. The goggles were a little tricky! Purchase cheap glasses from any Dollar … Read more
As the Dad I am more than happy to buy a costume from the store just hours prior to trick-or-treating. However, my spouse loves making a Halloween costume more than opening presents on Christmas. Last year we set the bar pretty high and won a costume contest as the family in Brave. This year we … Read more
First let me say that I have spent years looking at this site just because it is so FUN! When I was pregnant I remember looking for just the right costume. Never in a million years did I think I would be entering one of my own costumes here. This is my first year making a costume … Read more
After seeing Despicable Me 1 and 2 it was clearly obvious my 4 year old had his mind set on being a Minion for this coming Halloween. All of his little friends are being Minions and he wanted no different. I looked at all the online costumes and although he has the goggles and all … Read more
Last month the wife and her friends requested some adult Minion costumes and here is what resulted. This design gets as close to the movie proportions as possible. The arms are fake and slits will be cut on the sides to allow the real arms to be stuck out if needed. Thankfully my wife was … Read more
“Bee do bee do bee do! Baboi! Baboi! Mom, I want to be a Minion for Halloween!!” ecstatically exclaimed my eight-year-old middle guy. For this child to actually WANT to be anything for Halloween is just shy of amazing! You see, my middle son is diagnosed with high-functioning autism and sensory integration dysfunction, which means, … Read more
My son wanted to be a Minion for Halloween but at the store the costumes we saw looked like sacks. I knew I could do better than that. Since I work all the time, I could only do the costume on weekends. I got a paper and pen and drew a schedule for how long I had until Halloween. I … Read more
P.S. if my English is bad, excuse me, I am a French Canadian. Last year, a friend of mine and me decided to do Lego costumes for Halloween and won 1st place in two different bars, so we decided to participate again this year. We brainstormed for about two weeks and ended up with the … Read more
The boys love Dispicible Me and me being a designer, I thought it would be cool to make them costumes. It started with poster board and paper mache $155.00 in materials later I have some cool costumes the boys just love and can’t wait to go trick or treating.
Materials Needed tall large cylinder laundry basket/hamper camping foam mat purple felt material black materials old bowl to cut for eye goggle white craft foam 2 purple wigs hot glue gun/lots of glue sticks scissors, cutting tools silver paint material measuring tape Directions Measure where the arm holes should be on the laundry basket and … Read more
As soon as my son saw Dispicable Me, my son immediately knew he wanted to be a minion. I had made his costumes for the past several years (Coolest Homemade Luke Skywalker Pilot Costume 2 and Coolest Bumblebee Transformer Halloween Costume 24), so I started working on this new challenge. He can be pretty shy, … Read more