For Halloween this year I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite movies as a kid, Popeye. I was trying to go for the same style as Robin Williams, so I chose the white middy and blue trousers rather than the navy blue/light blue or all white outfits commonly seen in the cartoon. … Read more

This Popeye and Olive Oyl costume was very easy to make. Popeye: For the hat I found a cheap similar white hat then sewed the black band around it and made a pucker in the top with a simple stitch. The pipe we found at a smoke shop and the pants were cheap blue dickies … Read more

My boyfriend and I went in a Popeye and Olive Oyl costume. The costumes required minimal effort and turned out great; I was surprised to realize that people recognized my Olive costume even without seeing Popeye! For Olive, I used a long-sleeve red shirt I already owned, and I bought some cheap lace ribbon to … Read more

This Popeye and crew costume idea turned out to be really easy. We shopped around at thrift stores for most of the items, Olives’s dress, skirt, Popeye’s pants, shirt, and the rest of the crew’s items. All I had to purchase was the wig for Olive and the mask we used for facial hair for … Read more

Each year I look for costume ideas that aren’t the latest trend or fashion. I like for my son to have a unique costume and this year was no different when I decided that he would have a Popeye Halloween costume. As I searched the internet for ideas I came across this site and based … Read more

My husband is in the Navy and was able to re-enlist on Halloween, (in costume!), so we made these Popey and Olive Oyl Halloween costumes for the ceremony, and well, for Halloween. Here’s what we did: Popeye. We patterned the top after the US Navy’s dress blues jumper. I used black, red, and blue twill. … Read more

My brother asked me to make him a Homemade Popeye Halloween Costume! So I brainstormed and came up with some really good ideas! We bought blue scrubs pants and I added a black trim to the bottom with hot glue. We bought a black polo shirt to which I added a red felt collar with … Read more

We were looking for a couple’s costume that was cheap and easy enough to DIY; Homemade Popeye and Olive Oylseemed like the perfect fit (I think I was actually inspired from previous year’s submissions on this site). The costumes were constructed with a judicious amount of duck tape, very little sewing, and fabric felt with … Read more

I made these Popeye and Olive Oyl couple costumes, using the Popeye movie with Shelley Duvall and Robin Williams as my inspiration. I thought the more old school they looked, the more interesting the costume. My favorite part of the costume were the shoes on Olive Oyl. I felt they were key to making the … Read more

We wanted a family costume, so a Homemade Popeye, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea Group Halloween Costume was it! Popeye (from head to toe): The sailor hat was a genuine one from the Army Surplus Store in Chino, CA. -$7 The corn cob pipe was made from an actual corn cob. After I picked the … Read more

My son and my niece are very close in age and love to trick or treat together. They like to coincide so last year we came up with this Popeye and Olive Oyle costume and I must say they stole the show! Popeye: White sailor suit from his dress up been, hot glued the blue … Read more

After our son was born this year, we wanted to do something as a family, an after looking at your site we found it was so interesting and a great help, we decided this Homemade Popeye, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea Family Costume would be an easy and fun costumes to make. We first tried … Read more