Thinking of going green for your Halloween costume? Take a look at the fairy tale inspired collection of homemade costumes below. These awesome Shrek costumes will have you releasing your inner Ogre DIY costume like Fiona after sunset.
Check out the different ways people here transformed their skin for their homemade costumes. Green yourself with the best DIY costume tips and tricks found below.
Also, homemade costume accessories are key. Discover how to craft your best green horns for the grumpiest Ogre costume. Learn how people have made the best long red braid for their Fiona costumes.
In addition to the main characters’ costumes, you will see Gingerbread Man costumes. They look so good, you may be tempted to take a bite of DIY costumes! But you shouldn’t. They are costumes, after all.
So, browse through the coolest Shrek costumes below and get inspired to create your own DIY costume for Halloween!
Princess Fiona and Shrek are our favorite cartoon characters, so this year we decided to dress like them. Everyone loved our homemade Shrek and Princess Fiona couple costume and we received so many compliments. We had to do a lot of searching around to find material for our costumes. Most pieces are from second-hand stores … Read more
For this easy Homemade Shrek Costume and His Donkey my husband wore flannel pajama bottoms, a off-white Henley, and a vest I made from a yard of cheap brown fabric from a craft store. We found green gloves for $1. Add work boots and a belt and a mask, and you have Shrek. My husband … Read more
This Gingerbread Man Costume was for world book day for my 12 year old son. He wanted something different and found a picture of a small child wearing something similar and we worked from that. As he was going to be wearing the costume all day we did not want an ‘all in one’ costume. … Read more
This homemade Shrek and Fiona couple costume was totally my wife’s idea. She had an old bridesmaid dress and was trying to think of something to do with it. She finally stumbled on a picture of Fiona with a similar color dress on. She spent the last week or so trying to convince me. The … Read more
This year we decided to go as Shrek and Fiona. Shrek wore a pair of stretchy brown pants on which we sprayed plaid stripes with some Halloween orange hairspray paint. He also wore an XXL light-colored shirt, which we bought and then cut out its neckline. The belt was found at a second hand store … Read more
The whole family decided to get in on this Shrek and the gang costume! We had Shrek: Sleeping pants and shirt from the thrift store, cut and old brown vest short and put brown socks over some slippers for the boot effect. Fiona: Cut and old red Renaissance gown and trimmed in gold with hot … Read more
My son wanted to be Shrek, and at the time their weren’t any Shrek costumes out there. So being crafty I decided ‘homemade’ is always better. I found some green t-shirt material and some brown cotton material and some dark brown velvet and started to sew. For this homemade Shrek costume I made a hood … Read more
For my shirt, I took a chocolate t-shirt and turned it inside out. I cut the neck off and took leather string and sewed the sleeves and shirt to look like the photo. For my belt I took a dark brown t-shirt fabric and tie the ends together, the buckle is a kids mid evil … Read more
I will start with the gingerbread man first. For his costume I bought tan colored felt at the fabric store, about 5 yards of it. I also bought the 8 1/2″ X 11″ colored felt sheets in purple and white and red. When I got all the material together I laid the tan felt flat … Read more
For Homemade Shrek, I used: old clothes, gourd ends cut and glued on head, fake teeth, and I sprayed body with colored hairspray For Homemade Fiona, I used my own wedding dress, head piece with wig, and I also sprayed body with colored hairspray. Good luck with your own Shrek and Fiona homemade costumes!
Being Fiona Shrek was one of the best times I ever had. The costume was way easier than I thought it was going to be and I won first prize at both parties that I attended! I started off this Homemade Fiona from Shrek Costume with buying the green dress for $10 at a thrift … Read more
Shrek was home made with brown shoes, some plaid pajama bottoms, off white shirt, homemade vest, painted green gloves and a ton of green make-up. Fiona was store bought with a ton of green make-up. This Shrek and Fiona costume was a super fun costume to wear!