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

Both the Popeye and the Olive Oyl costumes are completely hand made. I found almost everything at Goodwill and Walmart. Olive Oyl wore a red long sleeved t-shirt from Walmart and a long black skirt from Goodwill. I also just happened to find the perfect (and perfect fitting boots at Goodwill too!! Almost did a … Read more

There are two truths in my life that I know will never change. One: I am tall. I am a 6 foot lady. I’m taller than my boyfriend and really I’m taller than everyone. We have had people point it out and while it doesn’t really matter to us, this year for Halloween we decided … Read more

We went with a Popeye Costume this year to honor my son’s Great Grandpa (his nickname in the Navy was Popeye). Of course those costumes are impossible to find for a toddler and look super fake. I started with a black tshirt and blue sweats from Walmart (had to buy long sleeve and cut the … Read more

In case you’ve never heard, Popeye is an iconic cartoon sailor popularized in American culture from 1919 until present day. The usual setup saw Popeye on a wacky adventure with his friends, which usually ended up in a sea-themed conflict resulting in Popeye finding himself in trouble. Popeye is no ordinary sailor, he gets stronger … Read more

After convincing my kids about my homemade Popeye and Olive Oyl child couple costume idea (had to watch some YouTube Popeye cartoons), we went to work. For Popeye, I modified a black t-shirt and pajama pants to fit, added a felt collar and buttons, sailor hat and corn cob pipe. Squinted eye was naturally provided … Read more

This Homemade Popeye the Sailor Man Costume is Popeye in his spinach can. I purchased the Sailor outfit on Etsy. It is a vintage Cracker Jack outfit. The Spinach can was all handmade. The can is made with a laundry basket from Target, and felt. I cut the bottom out of the can so that … Read more

A homemade female Popeye Halloween costume idea for females. Costume was made to compliment my best friend who dressed as Olive Oyl. It’s meant for best friend duo costumes. The Miss Popeye costume is a sexy version of this classic cartoon icon. Now both females and males can dress up for Halloween as this beloved … Read more

My twin boys look so different that I decided they would make a great Popeye and Bluto. I copied the original cartoon outfits almost identically, it was really easy. Popeye had a costume sailor hat I purchased and stitched at the back to downsize, I used knee high panty hose for the arms with batting … Read more

I tried both the adult Popeye costume and large kids costume; one way too big, the other way too small. So I went on the journey to make my own homemade Popeye costume. I used a few suggestions from this website such as getting the pipe from a smoke shop. I went in asking for … Read more

This Homemade Baby Popeye Costume was such an easy and cute costume to put together for my little Popeye. The pants were made with some blue fabric I had on hand….initially cost 1.99/yard. I added a yellow belt using yellow binding that I had. The shirt was a black t-shirt that my son already had … Read more

This was our first Halloween as a family of three! So I knew I wanted to do something special. We decided to go with Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Swee’ Pea. I figured it would be fun to make the costumes myself. I purchased all the clothing pieces from a thrift store. The costumes were created … Read more