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.
We’ve over the years amassed a pretty large collection of Potato Head parts which our youngest daughter loves to play with so we thought it would be neat to make her a Mr. Potato Head costume for Halloween. Of course what’s the point of having a giant Mr. Potato head if you can’t play with … Read more
My boyfriend and I share a love of Disney movies, so we naturally wanted to be Disney characters for Halloween. After much deliberation, we decided that Donald and Daisy were the characters for us. We did some research online, found some general ideas, and put our own spin on it. The costumes are mostly homemade … Read more
Where to begin telling you about my Mad Hatter costume? Well, I found the green velvet trench coat years ago in 2000 on eBay, but wasn’t sure what to do with it or how to make it something I could enjoy. Then, the new Johnny Depp Alice In Wonderland movie came out, so I finally … Read more
I have always enjoyed the movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Just so happens so do my kids! So I decided to make my son Jack. I had been looking from material for awhile and never found anything I liked for Jack Skellington. I finally found the perfect one online and ordered way too much. lol. … Read more
My boyfriend and I LOVE dressing up in matching costumes. He is willing to wear anything that I make so its fun to go a little crazy. After looking at some of our favorite movie character couples/pairs we decided on Lilo and Stitch! His costume turned out really amazing and I even added the extra … Read more
Here are our Pixar Up costumes: For Kevin we cut out individual feathers (about 300 of them) out of felt and glued them to a structure that we carved out of floral cones. We then fit the cone through the hood of a sweatshirt allowing it to stand straight up. Then we covered the sweatshirt … Read more
Halloween costume planning starts early in our household, so when Frozen came out in November of 2013, my now 7 year old daughter immediately knew she wanted to be Olaf for the coming Halloween in 2014, and here we are. I think Olaf is hilarious, so this was a fun build. As usual, figuring out … Read more
This is How I Made the Cool Family Alice in Wonderland Costumes: Wow! Almost didn’t get these pulled together. The tutu dresses started out as just the body and the tutu. But they looked so plain that I ended up adding the sleeves at the last minute. The white rabbit was the easiest, but getting … Read more
Ursula is one of my favorite female villains characters and one day I was watching the Little Mermaid (again) and it just came to me… I should make an Ursula costume! First I decided to wear a long skirt with a petticoat under it to make the illusion of Ursula sitting on the large stone. … Read more
My daughter Mariana (9 yrs old) wanted an Olaf costume but we couldn’t find one on her size. We called Grandma and she was more than happy to help. Grandma made the costume for Mariana and I made her Olaf hat and the Olaf goodie bag. We have been to two Halloween parties already and … Read more
My daughter became obsessed with Disney’s Maleficent the moment we saw it. I had just spent months (with the help of grandma) making an Elsa costume for her which of course went right out of the window once we saw this movie. She immediately decided that Elsa was out and Maleficent was in! Abby, being … Read more
My son loves Dusty from Disney Planes. So of course he wanted to be Dusty for Halloween. This was a challenge for me but the smile on his face was worth all the hard work. I started out sketching the overall shape of Dusty using my son’s toy as a model. After sketching and erasing … Read more