A homemade female Popeye Halloween costume idea for females. Costume was made to compliment my best friend who dressed as Olive Oyl. It’s meant for best friend duo costumes. The Miss Popeye costume is a sexy version of this classic cartoon icon. Now both females and males can dress up for Halloween as this beloved … Read more
We wanted a family costume, so a Homemade Popeye, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea Group Halloween Costume was it! Popeye (from head to toe): The sailor hat was a genuine one from the Army Surplus Store in Chino, CA. -$7 The corn cob pipe was made from an actual corn cob. After I picked the … Read more
My Dad has gone by the name of Charlie Brown for over 40 years so it was so appropriate that he was Charlie Brown himself! A year ago he decided it would be a good idea to dress up like the Peanuts gang. We had a blast putting these together and ended up taking first … Read more
I tried both the adult Popeye costume and large kids costume; one way too big, the other way too small. So I went on the journey to make my own homemade Popeye costume. I used a few suggestions from this website such as getting the pipe from a smoke shop. I went in asking for … Read more
Our bank participated in a Christmas Parade in our city. The theme for the parade was “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” This is our best photo from the day and includes, Linus, Marcie, Peppermint Patty, Freida, Lucy and Snoopy, Pigpen and Sally Brown. We blew up balloons, covered them with plastic wrap and then covered them … Read more
I have to admit, I got a lot of these ideas for this Homemade Lucy Van Pelt Costume from this board. I work in HR, so finding the right costume is not always easy. I’ve been asked to promote our Employee Assistance Program and this got the key audience’s attention! The head was made from … Read more
This was our first Halloween as a family of three! So I knew I wanted to do something special. We decided to go with Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Swee’ Pea. I figured it would be fun to make the costumes myself. I purchased all the clothing pieces from a thrift store. The costumes were created … Read more
After our son was born this year, we wanted to do something as a family, an after looking at your site we found it was so interesting and a great help, we decided this Homemade Popeye, Olive Oyl and Sweet Pea Family Costume would be an easy and fun costumes to make. We first tried … Read more
For Halloween this year I wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite movies as a kid, Popeye. I was trying to go for the same style as Robin Williams, so I chose the white middy and blue trousers rather than the navy blue/light blue or all white outfits commonly seen in the cartoon. … Read more
This Popeye and Olive Oyl costume was very easy to make. Popeye: For the hat I found a cheap similar white hat then sewed the black band around it and made a pucker in the top with a simple stitch. The pipe we found at a smoke shop and the pants were cheap blue dickies … Read more
There are two truths in my life that I know will never change. One: I am tall. I am a 6 foot lady. I’m taller than my boyfriend and really I’m taller than everyone. We have had people point it out and while it doesn’t really matter to us, this year for Halloween we decided … Read more
My husband and I love the old school Mad Magazine, especially these guys. I looked for months to find a costume and there is not one in existence other then a few weird looking rubber masks, so we made every inch ourselves. The masks are paper mache covered with fabric. The suits are extra large … Read more