Our grandson loves all the Thomas the Train characters but he loves the big red engine named James. We found a Thomas costume on your website and used the instructions as a starting point for our version. The James the Red Engine Costume is made from two cardboard boxes connected with nuts, bolts, and washers. … Read more

My 3 year old son loves trains, particularly Gordon the #4 engine from Thomas and Friends. I decided to make it for his Halloween costume! It took 2 days (because of paint) to complete once I had all of the “ingredients”. First, I grabbed a glue gun and many glue sticks. I cut the bottom … Read more

I made this Homemade Thomas the Tank Engine Costume for my 4 year old son who is a major Thomas the Tank engine fanatic. Costume is made from a diaper box framed with thin balsm wood for integrity, plastic plates for the wheels, and an old flower pot with cotton balls for the steam stack. … Read more

We always pull my son around the neighborhood in his wagon to trick-or-treat. He’s a Thomas fanatic, so I figured it made sense to dress him as Sir Topham Hatt, and his wagon as Thomas. His homemade Sir Topham Hatt costume came from thrift store clothes, and the Thomas wagon I made from cardboard, paper … Read more

This Homemade Thomas The Train Costume took me about 3 hours to make plus drying time for the paint. Please remember to consider how heavy this costume will end up being in the end. My son is 4 years old and he had no problem wearing this costume. It ended up weighing approximately 2 pounds … Read more

I used one large box for each of the Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy costume. All I did was cut the top flaps into the shape of the back of the train, and used masking tape to hold it together. This also gave my kids a place to stand in the center of the … Read more

My son loves Thomas the Tank Engine. All the costumes you can buy for Thomas the Tank Engine didn’t replicate the real train. We made a 3D Homemade Thomas the Tank Engine Costume with matching colors and proportions best to our ability. We didn’t want it to be heavy since a 4 year old was … Read more

Like many others, my 3-year old son is a Thomas fanatic. So I figured if I could make him a Thomas the Train Unique Halloween Costume I’d be his hero forever. I had seen some Thomas costumes in the store, but thought they were pretty boring. So I searched online, came across this site, and … Read more

This Homemade Thomas the Tank Engine Halloween Costume began as an idea many of us had, and upon the suggestion of my wife, decided to carry out the idea of the wagon transformation in earnest. I must explain that I am an architect by trade, and so designed and drew the costume first on AutoCad, … Read more

Diesel 10 is the bad guy from Thomas the train and the favorite of my son Thomas. We call him Thomas 10. I used some of the Thomas the Train costume ideas on the website to make my own homemade Thomas the Train’s Diesel 10 Halloween costume idea. I started with a Christmas tree box … Read more

My son has a fascination for automobiles. Thomas “The Tank Engine” has always been his favourite. It was for his Pre-School fancy dress competition that we decided to make a Homemade Thomas The Engine Costume. The prop is made of two parts, the lower body (box)and a upper cover(lid). It is mounted on a tricycle … Read more

First of all, thanks to everyone who posted their photos of a Homemade Thomas the Train Halloween Costume – you’ve inspired what my son considers to be the coolest costume ever. To make our Thomas the Train costume, I used the following materials: • 1 Styrofoam cooler • 1 Styrofoam minnow bucket • 2 Thin … Read more