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 decided to do a Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume from Tim Burtons The Nightmare before Christmas. The entire costume cost roughly $30. The suit: the suit started with a black suit/white button up shirt from a thrift store. The strips are white acrylic paint just run down the front in strips. A little splatter … Read more
My daughter Samantha wanted to be Violet from Disney’s Incredibles. So I set to work to make the costume for her. I bought a set of red tights, knee high black hose, black slippers, black panties, and a long sleeved red body suit. In the craft section I bought black, white, yellow and orange felt … Read more
This Homemade DIY Jack Skellington Halloween Costume was really a lot of fun and my first attempt at creating a paper mache mask. I started because my company has really encouraged employee participation in our annual costume contest and I am proud to say that this year I won with this costume! I began searching … 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
For Mike, I used paper mache to make the body and green fleece to make the shoe covers. I cut a Styrofoam ball in half and glued that to the front of the body about half way through the paper mache process. I then painted the costume with acrylic paint. I Used wire from inside … Read more
Well my daughter just loved the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas and of course she wanted to be Sally for Halloween but after much searching, the store-bought costumes were just not as cool as I thought they should be, so I decided I would make it. I went to the fabric stores and very carefully … Read more
My daughter wanted to be the BLUE sleeping beauty for Halloween last year. Needless to say, all the sleeping beauty costumes on the market are pink. So I decided to make her own Homemade Sleeping Beauty Costume. I made a tutu out of light blue tulle and an elastic out of an old pair of … Read more
his Homemade Flying House Costume from Up takes approximately six hours to complete from start to finish so please leave yourself enough time. Materials Needed for the Flying House Costume What you’ll need: * Large piece of Cardboard (I used a White Science Project display board that was $5 at Michael’s – highly recommended since … Read more
I saw a ‘pumpkin carving picture’ of Jessie and Woody from Toy Story this year as I was trying to find an idea to carve a watermelon. I planted my first garden this year but didn’t plant pumpkins so I decided to carve one of my watermelons. I carved Jessie from Toy Story which is … Read more
My boyfriend and I loved this movie, and I thought it would be a great costume for Halloween. So I got started on my Homemade Disney Pixar’s Up Costume with a few cardboard boxes, some acrylic paint, a little clay and glue, and here’s the final product! It took about 15 hours total. The house … Read more
My nine year old son REALLY wanted to be Zurg for Halloween! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t convince him of something more simple. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy . . . but I think this Homemade Evil Emperor Zurg Halloween Costume Idea turned out great! We wanted a plastic … Read more
We started working on this homemade Toy Story group costume idea back in Sept of 2010 they were quite an undertaking!! The potatoes were the first costumes to be made primarily out of chicken wire, duct tape, trucker suspenders and lots of paper mache…. next came the dinosaur which was primarily composed of tag-board and … Read more