Who doesn’t love Thomas? My 3 year old loves everything Thomas and after seeing the other Thomas costumes on this website he made his costume decision. Using a few boxes, I created this costume in about two days. I cut the boxes to get the look I needed and used a bunch of glue to … Read more
What is 2 cardboard boxes, 3 sheets of poster board, 1 pack of hot glue sticks, 1 glue gun, 1 sheet of construction paper, 1 sheet of plain paper, 1 paint marker, 3 rolls of electrical tape, 2 plastic drink bottle caps, 4 stove top drip pans, 4 nuts and bolts, 1 bow compass, 1 … 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 a Homemade Thomas the Train Costume. I got a box from the liquor store and cut an area for him so … Read more
My son was two and was crazy about his Potato head, so we decided that he would have a Mr. Potato Head costume for Halloween. I just took brown cotton fabric and made a big sleeve with it and gathered it at the top and bottom and put elastic. I used foam and card board … Read more
My husband and I decided to go as Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head to our friends Disney party. Your site helped tremendously with ideas and how-to from others who made awesome Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Costumes. I bought felt and cotton lining for the bodies, cut out a potato shape and sewed the … Read more
For this homemade Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Halloween costume idea I used: * Floor underlay (for potato shape) * Foam Sheets of various colors * Brown Acrylic paint for body * Super glue to stick on face features * Duct tape to hold front and back of costume together * A bowl with black … Read more
I found the Woody shirt and hat at a thrift store. I bought a red fabric marker and created the grid pattern on the yellow shirt. I made the vest out of cow fabric from a craft store, and hot-glued the same fabric on my jeans for Jessie’s chaps. I found a plain white button-up … Read more
For my 18th birthday I had a costume party and it was cartoon character themed. I decided to go as one of the Aliens from the claw in the popular movie “Toy Story”. I made the Toy Story alien DIY costume by using mesh wire and moulding it into the shape I wanted using wire … Read more
I had a minor obsession with Toy Story 3 so I knew I wanted to do some TS3 inspired Halloween costume, but it needed to be original. I chose Mr. Pricklepants, the Shakespearean Hedgehog who wears lederhosen. I went to my local thrift store and bought a bathrobe and a green tablecloth. I cut up … Read more
My wife wanted to go as Little Bo Peep, and of course, I would get the lucky role, as the Sheep. Originally I was going to make the Sheep costume out of cotton balls. But after reading the warning page on this site, I decided there had to be a safer method. I decided to … Read more
Our homemade plastic army men group Halloween costume idea was inspired by a 3D kids movie that was recently released which includes animated plastic army men. We loved the little guys so much we had to figure out a way to be them. We purchased simple military jackets($10), pants ($25) and helmets ($30) from the … Read more
My kids love this movie, so it seemed the perfect choice for Halloween this year to make a Homemade WALL-e and EVE Costumes. Lots of cardboard, duct tape and hot glue! WALL-e started with a box, of course. Painted the box yellow, cut a head hole and arm holes. We printed the letters from the … Read more