I’m always on the look out for different ideas for costumes and after seeing a commercial for a Mr. Potato Head, I thought that would make a cool costume. I had seen several online and at stores that were made from fabric, but that wasn’t what I was going for. So I studied the real … Read more
My husband and I decided to be Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head for a costume party that we attended for Halloween this year. For the bodies of the costumes I purchased tan felt. I then used a t-shirt of mine and his to use as a pattern to mark where the neck area and arm … Read more
I wanted to make Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costumes for my husband and me. Many of the costumes that I saw online were two dimensional costumes, where a person wears a simple tunic with facial features on the front. My husband insisted that our costumes should be three dimensional, that is he wanted the … Read more
My friends and I wanted a group theme this Halloween. We brainstormed for a while and came up with the idea of dressing in Cast of Toy Story homemade costumes. From left to right are: – the piggy bank. This consisted of a pink outfit, pale pink face paint, pig ears, nose and tail and … Read more
Every year I make my own Halloween costume, and usually put a ton of effort into it. I’ve been to this website before, but never entered into your contest. This year, I made a Homemade Buzz Lightyear DIY Halloween Costume, and I think it turned out pretty well, hopefully your readers do too!
My daughter loves Jessie from Toy Story, so when she wanted to be her for Halloween I looked at the store bought costumes and wasn’t thrilled with them so I decided to make my own Homemade Child Jessie Costume. Went to the Fabric store bought cow print (for the chaps) yellow (for the shirt) and … Read more
I started out wanting to be BoPeep and so I started making my costume, and found that I wasn’t much for sewing, so inevitably I gave that task to my mom. She made my daughter’s costume with clearance fabric from Walmart ($10). I got a cane and wrapped it with pink ribbon for the staph. … Read more
I started this homemade green army man Halloween costume idea by going to the army surplus store. I found a pair of used boots $5.00, belt $5.00 and a canteen $2.50. I found a pair of cargo pants and a BDU shirt $3.00 a piece. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on … Read more
First of all, I am not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination. So, you can imagine how upset I was when my daughter, Paige, let me know that she wanted to be Mr. Potato Head for Halloween this year! My first reaction was to hit the internet! Someone had to have a costume … Read more
This year we decided to be the Potato Head Family (Mr. Potato Head, Rockstar Spud, Princess Spud & Mrs. Potato Head). It ended up being a big hit and the little kids Trick or Treating wanted to meet Mr and Mrs Potato Head =). I purchased 2 yards of brown felt per costume for the … Read more
I made the felt bodies out of a bubble bee costume pattern I bought from Joann’s Fabric. The pattern is made out of a panel system in order to get the curvy plump bodies. I threw away the back side of the pattern as it had a large stinger. Making the front panels twice worked … Read more
We have quadruplets and each year we pick a group Halloween outfit. This is our Coolest Toy Story Child Group Costume. For Jessie I used a canvas hat from the craft store as a pattern. I ended up taking the hat apart and covering it with red felt and then sewing it back together. I … Read more