My 3-year old son is obsessed with Spongebob, so I decided to make him a Homemade Spongebob Squarepants Halloween Costume this year. What possessed me, I’ll never know, as I am not what most would consider “creative”. However, it all turned out pretty neat, we thought. First, I cut and taped a regular brown shipping … Read more
For this homemade Spongebob Halloween costume idea I used a corrugated box from Staples delivery, covered it with yellow cloth purchased at a Fabric store. Then I captured an animated photo online and enlarged it into four 8″ X 10″ quarter panels. I glued the printed sheets onto the cloth-covered surface. I also cut out … Read more
Unable to find a great Thomas the Train costume for my little man – they all looked like bibs! – I started on a Homemade Thomas The Train Costume project, as my son is obsessed with Thomas. We started with cardboard boxes, paint and a cake plate for the face. I used a little hat … Read more
My three year old has been in love with trains for well over a year now. The only toys we even have in the house are trains. So it was obvious to make him Homemade Percy Train Costume, since that’s whom he carries around and sleeps with. I got a box from the liquor store … Read more
My almost 3 year old son Bodhi is an avid train and Thomas fan. When he told me that he wanted to be Thomas for Halloween this year we looked online to see what we could purchase. There was nothing at all that we saw that looked cool so I decided to build him one … Read more
My mom made these adorable Mr.and Mrs. Potato Head costumes for my daughters. She made the eyes out of black mesh so they could see and the rest of the face is made out of felt. She spray painted on the brown fabric to give it a more “potato” look. She used batting to make … Read more
For Halloween I wanted to create a costume that would be unique and interactive. Thinking back to my favorite childhood toys a Mrs. Potato Head costume seemed like the perfect idea! After digging up my old figurine the costume took about 2 hours to make. The inside structure is a pop up laundry hamper and … Read more
This Jessie from Toy Story Costume was my first homemade costume and I loved it! I decided to make this costume because our family was the “Toy Story” cast for Halloween and I was unhappy with the quality of the Adult Jessie costume that was available to purchase. For the shirt I bought a white … Read more
There are four costumes in this design. For our homemade Toy Story group costumes we have Woody, Jessie, Woody Jr and Buzz. For Woody we purchased cotton material with a cow print on it and cut the fabric into a vest. That was the only thing purchased. He wore his own jeans, yellow dress shirt, … Read more
My three year old son LOVES Buzz Lightyear and so it was a no-brainer to him that he wanted a Homemade Buzz Lightyear Toddler Costume for Halloween. So after looking through all the homemade Buzz costumes I could find (there aren’t as many as you’d think) I decided to use try one using cardboard boxes. … Read more
This year my six year old daughter wanted something that her and her sister could do together for Halloween. So after much discussion we came up with Little Bo Peep and her sheep. Little Bo Peep: For the dress I took a Raggedy Anne doll costume that my older daughter already had and took off … Read more
I love going all out for Halloween and usually start thinking of a future costume the day after Halloween. The idea of the Green Plastic Army Men came to me after I saw a clip on Youtube of visitors at Disney Land near the Toy Story display. They actually had guys all dressed in green, … Read more