Cool Handmade Evil Purple Minion Costume for Halloween

My son wanted to be an evil purple minion costume for Halloween, so mama couldn’t disappoint! So, this handmade costume took about 16+ hours. Most of the time spent creating it was making templates and doing trial runs.

Materials Needed for my Evil Purple Minion Costume

BODY

*Project foam (I went to Joann’s and measured the size I needed WITH SOME EXTRA).
*12″ 1/2 ball Styrofoam – available at Joann’s
*2 yards of purple fabric
*1.5 yards of black fabric
*Hot glue gun and lots of hot glue sticks

HAIR

*Spray adhesive glue – like this one pictured. **you may choose to use something else as I did not like how this sprayed on.
*Very loose yarn – see pictures above.

GOGGLES & TEETH

*Black felt
*Construction paper (for templates of teeth)
*White craft foam
*Cardboard Circle (I found one from a generator box at the bottom).
*Grey/Purple/Black craft paint
*White stockings
*Fasteners to add detail to the goggles

DIY Costume Construction

The body was made by gluing foam together, covering it with fabric, cutting the arm holes and eye holes, and then adding the dome head and covering with fabric.

In order to make the eye/goggles, I used the material above and put together.

The hair was made with brushed out yarn and hairspray and then purple hair spray color to make it look darker. **this actually took A LOT of time to get just right.

In addition, we bought a black shirt, black pants, black gloves, and black boots for the rest of the costume.