My little guy like most little boys, loves Thomas the Tank, but at 18 months old, I didn’t want a bulky train type costume, so we opted for Sir Topham Hatt, and I turned his red wagon into Thomas. His part of the costume was simple. I found a little tux with tails and some … Read more

My son wanted to be Thomas the Tank Engine, but not liking the costumes on sale, we decided to make our own Homemade Thomas the Tank Engine Halloween Costume. We began with some boxes. There is one box for the body of the train, one for the coal and curved roof portion and another for … Read more

I have 2 nephews… they are obsessed with Thomas the Train and allllll of his friends. The boys were intent on being trains from the Thomas series… the youngest was unable to pick… he wanted Bash AND Dash. After constructing his brothers Gordon, the Express Train, I had a better grasp of how to begin … Read more

I got the idea for this homemade Thomas the Train costume from a combination of ideas I had found on this site and also from Google images. I basically made the train out of boxes and a wagon. I did a lot of taping and cutting to create the right shapes. I used buckets covered … 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

Theo my son loves Thomas the Tank Engine but for carnival party 2008 at his school he wanted to be Percy the tank engine! I surfed a lot on the web collecting many ideas on your website (many thanks!). I used approximately the same method you already described to make a Thomas the train Halloween … Read more

Like most boys age 1-5, I believe my son is in the majority when I say he loves trains. Brayden’s favorite is the green number 6, Percy of the Thomas the Train series. This summer, we took our 18 month old son to “A Day out with Thomas” in Boone, Iowa. There we saw a … Read more

My son loves trains so when I asked him what he wanted to be he said Thomas. A conductor outfit would be easy even purchasable cheap, so we decided to go all out. After it was made he played with it for hours, days etc… Cheap costume and free toy can’t beat that. The homemade … Read more

My son loves Thomas. Last year he was Thomas and this coming year he wants to be James. The Thomas the Tank Engine costume is made from cardboard boxes, paint, and I used records as the wheels. The white on the wheels is white electrical tape. The red around the #1 is also electrical tape … Read more

When our three year old little boy declared that he wanted to be Thomas the Train for Halloween, we looked at each other and wondered how we were going to pull it off. After some planning and hard work, we think it’s safe to say that we pulled off a Homemade Thomas the Train Boy … Read more