Having seen pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head DIY costumes on this site, I decided to give it a try. I used about 2 1/2 yards brown felt for the bodies and various colored felt squares for the parts. I sewed the top and sides of the bodies and then used Velcro to secure … Read more
Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head couple costumes, all created by using fabric, felt, and some construction paper. For Mr. Potato Head: the hat can really be any type of black hat. I didn’t own one at the time, so we had to make one out of construction paper. The fabric used to make the … Read more
Well since my son was going to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween and since my wife has never been able to take part in dressing up with her boys for Halloween, I made the executive decision that she should be Jessie from the Toy Story franchise. She and I worked together on this homemade Jessie … Read more
My nine year old son REALLY wanted to be Zurg for Halloween! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t convince him of something more simple. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy . . . but I think this Homemade Evil Emperor Zurg Halloween Costume Idea turned out great! We wanted a plastic … Read more
My son’s school was entering a Toy Story themed float in a local parade and he decided that he wanted to dress up as Emperor Zurg. After looking in shops and on eBay and not being able to find anything suitable we decided to have a go at making a Emperor Zurg Costume ourselves. Now, … Read more
I decided on a Homemade Buzz Lightyear Costume for Halloween. I began my costume by purchasing a white painters suit from a local hardware store. It was the perfect ‘base’ for the costume. I cut off the elastic ankles. I purchased neon green acrylic paint and painted green around the ankles. I wore a black … Read more
I made this Homemade Green Army Man Costume for my husband. He looked just like the little figures that come in a bucket and which also featured in the movie “Toy Story”. The first thing I did was buy a few tubes of non-smudge green face paint. I then matched the color exactly with a … Read more
My mom made these adorable Mr.and Mrs. Potato Head costumes for my daughters. She made the eyes out of black mesh so they could see and the rest of the face is made out of felt. She spray painted on the brown fabric to give it a more “potato” look. She used batting to make … Read more
For Halloween I wanted to create a costume that would be unique and interactive. Thinking back to my favorite childhood toys a Mrs. Potato Head costume seemed like the perfect idea! After digging up my old figurine the costume took about 2 hours to make. The inside structure is a pop up laundry hamper and … Read more
This Jessie from Toy Story Costume was my first homemade costume and I loved it! I decided to make this costume because our family was the “Toy Story” cast for Halloween and I was unhappy with the quality of the Adult Jessie costume that was available to purchase. For the shirt I bought a white … Read more
There are four costumes in this design. For our homemade Toy Story group costumes we have Woody, Jessie, Woody Jr and Buzz. For Woody we purchased cotton material with a cow print on it and cut the fabric into a vest. That was the only thing purchased. He wore his own jeans, yellow dress shirt, … Read more
My three year old son LOVES Buzz Lightyear and so it was a no-brainer to him that he wanted a Homemade Buzz Lightyear Toddler Costume for Halloween. So after looking through all the homemade Buzz costumes I could find (there aren’t as many as you’d think) I decided to use try one using cardboard boxes. … Read more