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!
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
After seeing “The Princess and the Frog” my daughter knew for sure that she wanted to be Princess Tiana for the next Halloween. I could not find a licensed pattern so I used a combination of three patterns to put it all together. The basic shape is from Vogue 7819, for a stappy top, Butterick … Read more
I made this Homemade Princess Tiana Costume for my daughter in September 2009 for her to wear for Halloween. I didn’t have a pattern for this dress and made the whole thing from scratch (my mother helped with the painstaking flower and headpiece). Bodice: The bodice front was made using four petal patterns cut from … Read more
The best thing about this Homemade Aladdin and Jasmine Couple Costume is that it was really inexpensive to make. For Jasmine: I bought a silk PJ set from an Asian store for $12. I bought a coin belt from ebay for $5.45 I bought half a yard of chiffon material from Joanne’s for $4 Okay … Read more
Coolest Aladdin and Jasmine Couple Costume: I watch a lot of Disney movies at the age of 20 now like I did when I was younger… my boyfriend not so much. I really love the Disney movie Aladdin & I’m thankful my boyfriend would dress up with me, my friend couldn’t even get her boyfriend … Read more