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

My 3 yr old son “Dilly” wanted to be a conductor for Thomas The Tank engine. So I thought why not make it and have the memories of a project with my son. So with the help of my little one we made it happen. I converted our 2 seater Radio Flyer Wagon into the … Read more

My twin sons are obsessed with Thomas the Train. So, we took an old broken down wagon and made it into a giant Thomas for them to ride in while dressed as engineers. For their DIY Thomas the Train Halloween Costume: We had two train hats we got for $5 at a train museum gift … Read more

Our son really likes Toby and wanted a Homemade Toby the Tram Engine Costume for Halloween in 2009. Fortunately, Toby is pretty simple compared to the other engines in the Thomas series. We simply took a box, keeping the flaps for the side plates and cow catcher. We glued a rectangular piece of cardboard on … Read more

2010 Halloween- what to be? How about Thomas and Henry the train? Yay! For this Thomas the Train and and Friends Costume project we started with just paper boxes. Then we went to the store and bought duct tape, spray paint, and foam disks. We painted the boxes, then out the red duct tape designs … Read more

I was inspired by many of the ideas on this site, and set out to create a Homemade Thomas the Tank Engine Unique Halloween Costume Idea for my 2 and a half year old. We used two boxes for the body (well, one box for the front and then two paper box lids that are … Read more