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!
This is my version of a Cinderella costume. I made it for a convention. I went there with my friends, so all together we were Cinderella, Tinkerbell, Alice in Wonderland, Sally from ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ and Peter Pan. For my homemade Cinderella costume I bought some satin fabric in blue and white – 4 meter … Read more
This year, I wanted to dress up like a Disney princess since I was planning to go to Disneyland’s Mickey’s Halloween Party. I was looking through my closet and I found a dress from 8th grade (I’m now a senior in college) that I haven’t touched since then. The shade was PERFECT for a Sleeping … Read more
For Halloween, I decided I wanted to be my favorite all time Disney Princess, Ariel from The Little Mermaid. I didn’t want one of the store-bought, not-as-cool looking costumes, so my mom and I came up with this creation for our Little Mermaid Costume. For the “tail”, we made a skirt using green fish scale … Read more
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair! Here’s my version of Rapunzel from the movie Tangled. I also made a version of Pascal, her pet! Rapunzel starts off with the prettiest pink cotton for the skirt and bodice inset. Then, a beautiful lavender cotton for the bodice and puffy sleeves. The sleeves have pink, satin stripes … Read more
I created a Homemade Cinderella and Prince Charming Couple Costume. For Cinderella I started with a sewing pattern for a leotard. I altered the pattern to get a v neck in the front and I wanted cap sleeves I like in the R&H Cinderella that Brandy and Whitney Huston are in. The only problem with … Read more
My little princess decided this year she wanted to be her favorite princess, Ariel the Little Mermaid. We looked at all the costumes ready made, nothing really looked like a true mermaid. Being the somewhat crafty Mommy, I decided to make my own Homemade Ariel the Little Mermaid Costume from the image I had in … Read more
This Little Mermaid Town Dress Costume was a great costume for a cold Ohio Halloween. An attractive alternative to sleezy and revealing outfits that are too common. About 3 yards of blue fabric, deep pockets on both sides and a zipper back. A long brown skirt underneath for fluff and warmth. The shirt was done … Read more
My friend’s five year old daughter wanted an Ariel the Little Mermaid Costume for Halloween, but did not like any of the Ariel costumes on the rack at any of the stores. I told my friend that I would see what I could do about making a costume she might like. I got some green … Read more
Ever since I heard of the Princess and the frog coming into existence I was thrilled! And I’ve wanted to have a Princess Tiana costume for over a year now; but I gave up because NO stores sold any adult costumes from that film. So I just decided this year (armed with absolutely NO sewing … Read more
I made this Homemade Jasmine Halloween Costume (from the Disney movie Aladdin) out of all things I already had. All I used was: A blue sports bra Blue sweat pants A blue hair ribbon A blue jeweled pin off an old dress (for the headband jewel) Gold bangle bracelets A gold bead necklace (just the … Read more
I have always wanted to be a princess for Halloween but never got the chance. Now that I am 20 years old, I thought it would be silly but turns out it was the best idea yet. Since Princess Jasmine is my favorite and I have the looks, I figured that would be my best … Read more
Aladdin was always my favorite Disney movie so this year I decided to be Jasmine. My Grandma is very good at sewing so I asked her to make my homemade Jasmine costume. We found a pattern for genie type outfits. I bought some teal satin-like material from Hobby Lobby. For the earrings I used gold … Read more