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.
I sat in front of my computer screen for what felt like hours looking for the right theme to match with the size of my family(2 girls, and 1 boy.). I had a couple ideas, but they were shot down by my younger(and girliest) daughter for not being “girly” enough. Toy Story? “No.” Monsters Inc? “No.” Power Rangers? … Read more
My 9 year old son decided he wanted to be a minion for halloween this year. I saw the paper mache minion costumes and thought they looked nice but I have no paper mache skills. A man posted a great trash can minion costume and I decided to give it a try. I found the … Read more
The Story of How to for BeeDoo My son is a first grade teacher and loves dressing up for Halloween for his class in a character the kids can identify with. Thus this is how CARL was created. It all began with a cardboard drum for the body.. I cut the drum to my son’s … Read more
My wife and I made our costumes for our entire family, us plus our 7 children. We try to put together a family costume theme every year. We voted as a family, and Despicable Me won. We started by building the bases of the more difficult costumes. Our minions are made from cardboard tubes and the … Read more
The Husband’s Masterful Minion Costume Hi! My name is Lauren and this is my very first costume ever! As a child I never went trick-or-treating, so when my husband asked me to make him a minion costume to pass out candy, I jumped at the chance! I consider myself to be a crafty person, but … Read more
Every year we go pretty overboard on Halloween costumes. 2013 one was no different. After much discussion we decided to do a family theme with Despicable Me. Dad (me) would be Gru, my wife would be the super cool Dr. Nefario, and the kids, of course, my Minions. I know, Minions were very popular this … Read more
Up until this year, I had been making my son a Transformer costume in much the same way, but this year, it was going to be the Minions, and not just for my son, but for my daughter as well. I created the Minion costumes from corrugated cardboard. I measured my children (Ashley, 8; and … Read more
This is my 5 year old son Donovan. We love Despicable Me, 1 & 2. So this year, I busted out the craft skills and created Minion Stuart (Stuart is known for his one eye and center parted hair, btw). I created the costume with poster board, foam, felt, glue gun ( a lot), one of those … Read more
We chose to be the Minions from the children’s movies Despicable Me because our little cousins are obsessed with the movie and we wanted to give them real life characters from the movie. We are very creative and love starting new projects so we thought we would give it a try and make our on … Read more
I made this Purple Minion costume so I could wear it to the elementary where I work. It took me a week and I spent around 15 dollars on all the materials. The kids at school went crazy when they saw it. The body and eye are made out of cardboard. I covered the body … Read more
How I made my Minion’s costume: You will need overalls, a hat, yellow shirt or Onesie, pipe cleaners, white & black construction paper, black socks, and a hot glue gun! P.S. Don’t forget your Minion! Mine happened to be my own baby boy. Step 1. Purchasing our costume items! Hat, socks, and pipe cleaners are … Read more
If you love Minions, this is the costume to choose! It will fit majority of people, if you can fit in a kitchen bin, you can be this Minion! It was a long bit extremely fun process, all up about one week in time and $90 maximum per Minion. But totally worth it! There were many entertaining clips … Read more