This year my whole family dressed up as characters from Toy Story! We had Buzz, Jessie, Bo Peep, Woody, and Mr. Potato Head! And I was very excited that I was assigned to be Lots-O-Huggin Bear! I made my Lots O’ Huggin Bear Costume with lost of help from my mom (Thanks Mom!). The head … Read more
My Lil Bo Peep costume was handmade by one of my best friend’s. We found a pattern for a similar outfit at the material store and then added our own special touches to the costume. My staff was made by my fiance’s dad. He used some kind of electrical pipe and then covered it with … Read more
This Buzz Lightyear costume is actually quite easy to build. After finding something approximately the right dimensions I paper matched the pieces for the upper part of the body. I cut them down to the correct size and taped them together in the appropriate positions. For the midriff I used some black material, stuffed it … Read more
Our Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head costumes were made out of felt, with stiff batting inside and Velcro at the shoulders. We added elastic at the bottom to give it more of a potato look. Having no pattern, we just drew shapes for the eyes, nose, mustache, teeth, lips and ears. The eyes, nose, mustache, … Read more
I have always made my kids’ costumes myself. This year, I got the idea from his favorite movie “Toy Story”, deciding to dress him up as Mr. Potato Head!! It was a fun project. All of the pieces are Velcro so you can change the face as you would on the toy. Everything is stuffed … Read more
This year we dressed up as characters from Toy Story 2. Jessie and Woody had pull strings on their back. This Homemade Toy Story 2 Family Costume was a blast!
So this is my ultimate Buzz Lightyear Costume!. I used a Heavy Duty Trash can and A LOT of spray paint. Cut the bottom off and a hole through the lid. For the arms I used some cheep knee pads and steel duct for the gauntlets. I stuffed all the limbs with AC foam for … Read more
We started working on this homemade Toy Story group costume idea back in Sept of 2010 they were quite an undertaking!! The potatoes were the first costumes to be made primarily out of chicken wire, duct tape, trucker suspenders and lots of paper mache…. next came the dinosaur which was primarily composed of tag-board and … Read more
As a family, we usually let our kids dress up however they want for church/community parties but reserve Halloween for a group theme. We had a hard time deciding this year so a lot of the work was left (up to me) until the last minute. Dressing up as the Toy Story crew finally won … Read more
Little Bo Peep, but this one didn’t lose her sheep! This classic DIY Little Bo Peep Halloween Costume was homemade. I selected the ivory fabric with pink floral print to reflect more of a vintage look that was represented in the classic nursery rhyme. The eyelet trim was too bright white so I tea-dyed it … Read more
My husband and I were Shrek and Fiona last year for Halloween and we won first place at a great party, this year we had to top that so we decided to go for a Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Costume. I saw the version that Marianne H. from Medford, OR had done and … Read more
Used “Headliner” Fabric for the skin of potato…..it’s good because it has foam on the back side so it gives it some poof. I had to line it with an old sheet because the foam won’t go through sewing machine, easily. The lining is good anyway if you decide you want to stuff it. All … Read more