My daughter wanted to be the American Girl Doll Julie for Halloween. I thought it would be cute to have her inside the box. The first thing I did was go to FedEx to find a box (I was thrilled I found one proportionate to the original AG Doll Box). I painted the base color … Read more
Luke Skywalker Collector Action Figure in Original Box I purchased this Luke Skywalker costume last year and then decided to update it for another years use. That’s when I came up with the idea for a collectible toy box. It was a big hit and lots of fun. My son was definately the hit at the … Read more
Last year, my boyfriend and I went in a Barbie and Ken in a box couple costume. I wanted to do something unique, and although we saw another Barbie and Ken at a party we went to, they quickly took their boxes off after seeing ours. Ken and I went to a few bars, and … Read more
Last year for Halloween my fiance and I wanted to make a grand entrance so we decided to get some over sized boxes, paint them pink and enter the party as a real life Barbie and Ken Halloween Couple Costume. First we went to a storage supply store and bought a massive wardrobe box. We … Read more
In my high school, Halloween is a big deal! There’s a parade and contest, so I knew I would have to be something super awesome if I wanted to win!! I had this idea for a Barbie in a Box Halloween costume for over two years, and at the beginning of September my mom, uncle, … Read more
This homemade Barbie in a box costume was a major hit at my costume party!!! I found two large square boxes, taped them together, cut out a hole in the front for where my body was, covered it in wrapping paper, and printed out the “Barbie” logo and pasted it on. The biggest trick is … Read more
My three little girls all love the American Girl dolls so we decided to make them all into Homemade American Girl Dolls Halloween Costumes themselves. We ordered each of them an American Girl logo t-shirt to wear from the American Girl website. This was the most expensive part of the costume. We then went to … Read more
First off, I just want to say thank you to every one on the website, you guys are so amzing. For this Homemade Barbie in a Box Costume get a wardrobe box from your local clothing store or home hardware. Then we cut a hole in the front of the box. We then got some … Read more
I was stressing about an original costume, with me being pregnant. I didn’t want the same old paint your belly thing, so I came up with this Barbie costume.
I did a little research before I started this Homemade Action Figure in a Box Costume. I originally was going to be a Barbie in a box but then I thought screw that! I’ll be MYSELF as a super hero. I knew that NO ONE on the planet would be wearing my costume that way! … Read more
Our Barbie girls costume was based on our favorite childhood toy. We used large storage boxes, paint, and loads of hot glue! After cutting and painting the boxes, we found the fonts and words we needed to print on our box. We found the Barbie logo and the Mattel sign, as well as making up … Read more
I took a wardrobe box and spray painted it pink. I hot glued glitter and snowflakes, wrapped packaging saran all around the box and borrowed a neighbor’s daughter’s prom dress. I was a Barbie in box costume. I wrote “inclusive holiday Barbie 2006” at the bottom of the box.