For Halloween 2008, our sons chose “Monsters, Inc.” as their theme. Our younger son (age 2-1/2) had a Mike Wazowski Costume. We live in Phoenix and didn’t want his costume to be too heavy or cumbersome (in case the night was warm). Due to the amount of batting I used, it did end up being … Read more
For Mike, I used paper mache to make the body and green fleece to make the shoe covers. I cut a Styrofoam ball in half and glued that to the front of the body about half way through the paper mache process. I then painted the costume with acrylic paint. I Used wire from inside … Read more
For Halloween 2008, our sons chose “Monsters, Inc.” for their costumes. Our older son (age 5) had a Sully from Monsters, Inc. Costume. We live in Phoenix so we were a little nervous about making a furry costume (could be VERY uncomfortable for him if the night was warm) so I chose a light-weight fleece … Read more
Every time our daughter wore her hair in pigtails, people mentioned she looked just like Boo from Monster’s Inc, so this year was the perfect opportunity for her to be Boo for Halloween! I looked online for patterns or ideas, but only a few came up and I wasn’t into improvising. So off to the … Read more
I coach high school field hockey and their Homecoming theme was Disney. Luckily, it fell just before Halloween, so I was able to use this Homemade Mike Wazowski Halloween Costume for both. I used a work out ball and paper mached it. I painted it and cut out the holes for it. I had originally … Read more
My oldest daughter wanted to be Celia from Monster’s inc. so I decided that I would crochet the Homemade Celia from Monster’s Inc. Costume. I started this in September to give myself enough time. I did not have a pattern to work from so I knew that I would have some issues along the way. … Read more
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 … 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
My girlfriend was sick of looking for a costume where all she could find were ‘sexy’ versions of characters. So about 2 months prior to Halloween she suggested that she should find the most random and unflattering costume about and jokingly mentioned a Homemade Mike Wasowski Costume from Monsters Inc. After a few days I … Read more
Since she had the natural resemblance to “Boo” from Monsters Inc. we decided to run with it. Found the purple fabric and quilted it with a liner then turned it into a tube for the body, sewed crescent shapes together to create the hood leaving a hole in the top for mop hair and googly … Read more
I have 3 kids and like to do themes for Halloween and my son chose Mike Wazowski from Monster’s Inc. So the plan became Connor (3yrs old) would be Mike, Taylor (5yrs old) would be Celia and MacKenzie (2yrs old) would be “Boo”. For the Homemade Mike Wazowski From Monster’s Inc. Costume, my Mom took … 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