The love we have for Disney Princess costumes is a tale as old as time. No longer just waiting for their Prince to come, recent Disney Princesses have a much tougher core. Being a princess means people might underestimate you under that sparkly dress costume, but they’ll learn their lesson. We’re looking at you, Hans.
Take your love of Disney Princesses to the next level by creating their outfits as homemade costumes. Store-bought costumes cannot compete with the magic captured in the DIY costumes below. Even if you can’t sew, don’t be discouraged. Learn the tips and tricks for creating a true showstopper for your Halloween costume.
Tailor-made just for you, once you create a DIY costume, you will never go back to buying one. In addition, creating homemade costumes with your family is a true bonding experience – even more than watching Moana of Motusi together.
So, if you think there’s more than this provincial costume life, get inspired here and create your best homemade Halloween costume this year!
When a very good friend of mine was a little girl, she always wanted the gold Belle ball gown, but she never got one. Now that we’re older, well, they don’t make Belle gowns for adults. So I decided to go about creating one for her in secret. But being the perfectionist researcher I am, … Read more
This year (2012) my girlfriend and myself decided couples theme as Beauty and the Beast! We bought our costumes from a Cosplay site, but I handcrafted the beast head-which is clearly the most important part. I had to re size a few things on the costume that was sent, such as the sash on my … Read more
I was looking around Goodwill (my favorite place to come up with a Halloween costumes) and as soon as I walked in I saw this awesome purple vest. I immediately came up with the idea to be Aladdin. I then found the perfect pair of pants. I went home and started to put the creative … Read more
I am a senior in college this year and have my fair share of Halloween costumes! I went through the phase of wanting to buy the firefighter, the nurse, the Indian costumes., but I discovered around junior year how AMAZING my mom is at sewing and therefore, making costumes. So after last Halloween I already … Read more
Items used: Victoria Secret bra 1980’s sequined dress 1 yard purple fabric 1/2 yard yellow fabric 2 yards green fabric Square dance crinoline in green Stuffed flounder toy Purse strap Bag of stuffing Cheap fake pearl necklace Rhinestones or sequins Purple flower Starting off I made the fishtail with a stretchy sequined 1980’s prom dress. … Read more
We always go all out for our Trunk or Treat Halloween party at church. This year we decided on doing the trunk as Cinderella’s Pumpkin Coach. I thought of doing this half and half Cinderella (before and after the Godmother) homemade costume 3 days before the party!! I was very lucky in my thrift finds on … Read more
We went and got tulle from Hobby Lobby and fabric. My daughter said she wanted to be Ariel the Little Mermaid for Halloween. We Googled ideas and came up with a few. We make her a tutu like long skirt and then made her a shirt and ruffled the bottom of it. We got a … Read more
Here are Abu and Aladdin on a Flying Carpet kids Halloween costumes from the Disney movie. The Abu outfit was made up of faux fur, I used wire in the tail to give it shape. His hat was made up of stiff felt and a glue gun, and a elastic to keep it on her … Read more
Being 7 best friends it was very hard to find a big group costume. We narrowed it down to the 7 dwarfs and matched each character with our personalities. We are from the city Hoboken in New Jersey, so for fun we called ourselves the 7 sexy Dwarfs from the City (a play on words from … Read more
I’m a bit of a Disney freak. Anytime there’s an opportunity to craft a costume I usually go for one of the characters. I’ve been everything from a wicked step sister, to Malicifent, to Snow White. I decided to be Ariel from the Little Mermaid. I was determined to win best costume at the event … Read more
This is a Snow White Costume from the Movie Mirror Mirror. I loved the costumes in this movie-every one of them was a winner. But I found myself drawn to Snow White’s wedding dress. Rather than being white and super fluffy, it was blue and orange. Being an ILLINI, I loved the color scheme. I used silk … Read more
I had been wanting for years to dress as Ursula, as I have always loved the character, and the drag queen Divine which she was modeled after. So when my fiance agreed to be Ariel, I finally had the motivation to do all the work and made these Ursula and Ariel costumes. I love the … Read more