The entire Animal from the Muppets DIY Halloween Costume was made from scratch, including the wig. The wig is actually an infusion of three wigs, then styled to look like animals hair. I spent the entire evening drumming on everything and chasing women! ANIMAL!!!! ANIMAL!!!! BAWHHHHHH!
Hi everyone, Old school muppet fever!!! This Beaker Costume was created by myself. I am a huge Beaker fan, so off I went. This took about 15 hours to make. The head is made of fleece, painted fleece for the hair, Styrofoam eyeballs. The mouth has black mesh so I could see. The shoes were … Read more
I am a HUGE Muppets fan, and never seem to like the store-bought costumes. So I decided to make my own Sgt Floyd Pepper costume. Using lots of floral wire and yarn, I built this mask. I wrapped yarn around a THICK piece of floral wire and super-glued it at both ends (a GEL super … Read more
This year for Halloween we all decided to do Muppet characters for a group theme, The dog Rowlf from the band is one of my favs so I chose him. The DIY Rowlf Halloween costume is made from brown furry fleece sewn into a hoodie shirt, and his head is just felt glued on a … Read more
After being inspired by the Jim Hensen exhibit, my friend and I knew we had to try and make our own Snowth costumes from the famous Muppet Show sketch “Manah Manah” (also spelled Mahna Mahna). Looking online it seemed like several people already made Snowth costumes, but very few, if any, made them well. We’re … Read more
After going back and forth on costume ideas (Halloween is a big deal to me, my boyfriend, not so much!) So, he agreed that if he was dressing up, he was going ALL OUT! And all out he did!! We decided on a Homemade Animal and Miss Piggy from the Muppets Costume. I found as … Read more
This year my friends and I decided to do a Muppet theme and my friend decided to be Beaker since he has always been her favorite. She asked me to help so we rolled up out sleeves on Saturday and got busy! To make his head we bought a sheet of foam and hot glued … Read more
For people that cant get into the Halloween costume spirit I always say the same thing-Halloween is a time to think about who you are, all your characteristics and find a character that exists in this world who truly embodies you. My partner and I decided to go as Kermit and Piggy for Halloween considering … Read more
My daughter teaches Kindergarten in a local grade school. This school has a great idea – before Halloween, all the staff vote on a ‘theme’ for their Halloween costumes that year. This year’s theme is ‘Rock Star’. My first reaction was ‘great – that is so simple – I am off the hook this year … Read more
This year for Halloween my friends and I all agreed we should dress up as Jim Henson characters. Animal is definitely the coolest one (in my opinion) so he was the obvious choice. To make his head I took a baseball cap and felt and stuffed the hat to bulk it up. The eyes and … Read more
For this Coolest Animal from the Muppets Costume I began with a baseball cap and some cardboard. After building up the basic form of the top part of the head with arches, I then attached this to an embroidery hoop large enough to form the base of the head. A second hoop was used to … Read more
Another one from our Homemade Animal Muppet Halloween Costume this year. This one took hours to put together. Again, supplies came from thrift and dollar stores, so you can do it cheap if you’re willing to put in the time. For the head: I cut the rim off a baseball cap to use as the … Read more