The enchanting magic of Disney is undeniable. The list of movies that have transported generations seems never ending. As far as costume choice goes, if you want to make an indelible impression, Disney costumes will take you there!
With so many store bought Disney costumes available, why would you need to create your own? After perusing this extensive collection, you won’t be asking that question anymore! The level of detail and love that went into making these, is apparent. These costumes look and fit better than anything you can purchase. In addition, the act of creating costumes for a family member is incredibly bonding. The journey adds so much to the destination.
As a result, you can recreate the magic of Disney with these fantastic Disney costumes. Use your imagination to augment your favorite characters. Be inspired by the DIY costume designs here that are truly magnificent works of art.
I drew my ideal jumper on paper, headed to Britex Fabrics for bright textured fabrics. Also bought giant yellow buttons, slapped on a Woochie nose, some ears, paint and spray painted a Robin Hood type brown. And there you have it, a Pinocchio costume.
I decided to make Ross his favorite character out of Monsters inc. It is also Ross’s birthday on Halloween so we like to do something special for him. He will be entering the Halloween procession at his school. I made the Homemade Mike Wazowski Costume using a gym ball and papermache. I covered the ball … Read more
This is a re-worked Homemade Jack Skellington Costume that I altered for my friend. He is incredibly skinny so I had to take the costume in quite a bit. The gloves were made by taking apart skeleton hands and hot gluing the pieces to a pair of black gloves. The zero was probably the most … Read more
My husband and I love making homemade Halloween costumes. We usually try to come up with something that is unique and works as a couples costume. This year we decided to be Jack Skellington and Sally from “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. We were so excited about this idea and started trying to figure out the … Read more
Hi, my name is Luca, I write from Milan, Italy. Browsing the internet, I found your site which is very beautiful and full of fantastic ideas for creating costumes!! I like very much to create these things, and me and Ale, a girlfriend of mine, decided to create a couple costume of Jack & Sally … Read more
I made 4 of these masks. The one you see is the second made one that was used as a backup (it was not the best one in my opinion lol). They all started out as pumpkins! I covered them in a healthily layer of paper mache. Next I took crayola air dry modeling clay … Read more
My 6 year old daughter wanted to be Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas but the costume did not come in her size… ANYWHERE so, we decided to make it. I headed to the local thrift store and found different fabrics to match the patches from the dress. I originally was going to glue all … Read more
This Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas Unique Halloween Costume Idea was paired with Jack Skellington. I made them for my boyfriend and I. I made a very basic dress muslin (shift dress, basically) and drew out the placement of the patches and then cut the pieces apart for patterns. I started the endeavor by finding … Read more
This homemade female Roger Rabbit costume all started with a basic red romper. I replaced the original buttons with yellow ones and cuffed the bottom of the shorts. I found white & blue polka-dot fabric and painted in the white circles with yellow fabric paint. Using the modified fabric and yellow ribbon, my sister sewed … Read more
This year we dressed up as characters from Toy Story 2. Jessie and Woody had pull strings on their back. This Homemade Toy Story 2 Family Costume was a blast!
My son wanted to be Wall-E from the Disney Pixar film of the same name, more than anything. Not being particularly creative, I tried to convince him that Buzz Lightyear would be cool (a gasp! – store bought costume!). No go – he wanted Wall-E. My husband made his Wall-E costume from a box and … Read more
It all began with an Homemade UP Halloween Costume Idea, as I watched Disney’s UP with my 2 year old. First, I looked online for some images from the movie. At first I was going to go as “Kevin”, and my son would go as “Russell”. I am 6’1″, so I decided that wasn’t going … Read more