For my 18th birthday I had a costume party and it was cartoon character themed. I decided to go as one of the Aliens from the claw in the popular movie “Toy Story”. I made the Toy Story alien DIY costume by using mesh wire and moulding it into the shape I wanted using wire … Read more
I had a minor obsession with Toy Story 3 so I knew I wanted to do some TS3 inspired Halloween costume, but it needed to be original. I chose Mr. Pricklepants, the Shakespearean Hedgehog who wears lederhosen. I went to my local thrift store and bought a bathrobe and a green tablecloth. I cut up … Read more
My wife wanted to go as Little Bo Peep, and of course, I would get the lucky role, as the Sheep. Originally I was going to make the Sheep costume out of cotton balls. But after reading the warning page on this site, I decided there had to be a safer method. I decided to … Read more
Our homemade plastic army men group Halloween costume idea was inspired by a 3D kids movie that was recently released which includes animated plastic army men. We loved the little guys so much we had to figure out a way to be them. We purchased simple military jackets($10), pants ($25) and helmets ($30) from the … Read more
These costumes were for our senior dress-up week, the theme of the day was Twin Day. We chose to go as matching partners instead of dressing identically. Woody’s costume: – Blue jeans – Yellow plaid shirt – Cowboy hat – Cowboy boots – Sheriff’s badge – Vest – Red bandanna We made the vest out … Read more
Hello, my name is Laura, I’m a senior in high school, and I make crazy costumes for my school’s spirit week and for Halloween. This was for Toy Story Day at my school. To make Mr. Potato head, I mostly used cardboard and lots and lots of glue gun. The frame is made of horizontal … Read more
I thought of the Mr Potato Head costume over a year ago. The concept was simple enough and the actual build from obtaining materials to finished project took about 4 nights of work. The majority of materials used for this costume were all purchased at the local Home Depot. It consisted of two tomato tower … Read more
We always dress up as a family with a theme on Halloween and it’s always a secret. Last year we chose the Potato Heads. It was a great idea and fairly simple as long as you allow enough time to complete the details. Because our heads were covered, people had to guess who we were! … Read more
My friends and I were trying to come up with an idea for costumes. We wanted to make our own costumes and be creative. I’m a nanny, love kid movies, and Toy Story is one of my favorite movies. Put that all together and we decided to be the characters from Toy Story! Here are … Read more
When the first Toy Story movie came out it struck a chord with me. The story, the characters, the graphics and the movie as a whole were incredible. Halloween has been one of my favorite holidays since childhood. I love the Fall season, the Halloween Parties, the dressing up as characters and of course the … Read more
I made the Buzz costume using cardboard, poster paint, spray paint, elastic, label stickers, and a few thrift store finds. I started by cutting out the chest piece and the lower half of the arms from cardboard, then, spray painting them white. After it dried I added the details with poster paint, and attached some … Read more
My granddaughter wanted a Little Bo Peep Girl Costume for Halloween ! So I looked at premade costumes, they were not very cute! I bought a simple little girls dress pattern and made her a dress and then also made a pinafore with lots of ribbon details. I also made her bonnet by guessing, it … Read more