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.
My boyfriend and I absolutely love the movie, Wreck-It Ralph, so we decided to be Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz couple costume for Halloween this year. Looking at cosplay for inspiration, it seemed easy enough to thrift and DIY everything we needed. All of the clothes pictured we got at thrift stores (Savers, Goodwill, etc.) … Read more
I wanted to make my pugs a costume that would tie them together in a theme. I’d seen grown-up Mickey Mouse costumes to buy, but never dog ones. Hmmm, off I go to Wal-Mart with ideas that might or might not pan out. On a clearance rack, I found 3T shorts for a boy ! … Read more
This Ursula costume was made from a pattern for a long strapless dress. Just cut the top curved instead of straight across and made it about 4 feel too long. Cut the tentacles out and used a different fabric to make the underside of the tentacles. I sewed them together and stuffed. I put hangers in the tips so … Read more
My daughter wanted to be Elsa for Halloween (not terribly shocking, considering Frozen’s popularity.) I shopped around, looking at costumes in stores but I found them all horribly disappointing. None of them looked like *Elsa*. They were all generic princess dresses in aqua and white and silver. Boring. A few came kinda close, but still … Read more
This was the first time I’d even thought to attempt an animal human hybrid costume, and it might be my last. My childhood friend asked if I could transform him into Ursula for Halloween. “Sure,” I said, little did I know I had my work cut out. He’s a big boned guy, but had been … Read more
My daughter has incredible eyes and after Maleficent came our, she was set on being the younger version for Halloween. I started with a cream lace dress at Goodwill, and dyed it brown with Rit dye. Then, I bought a TON of feathers (goose and turkey) and dyed them 2 shades of brown. I used … Read more
My son absolutely loves the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” We watch the movie at least once a week, sometimes up to three times in just one day! So of course He decided he wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween. I looked everywhere and was unable to find a costume to purchase, so I … Read more
For our Mickey and Minne BFF costume, we used clothing items that we already had at home to pull this costume off. The only thing we had to buy were the ears and gloves. I used two round pieces of white felt for the button on the red shorts. Luckily, I had this cool tuxedo … Read more
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday because I get be creative and the kids really like to challenge me to see if I can pull it off. This year I suggested that they be Jack and Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas and they loved the idea. So now, off to work. The patchwork … Read more
This one was inspired by the fact that we already had a gorilla outfit. And I might add that the girl wearing it actually played four points of the match with the face one and played an entire game with the body part on before the Louisiana heat got to be too much! Major props! … Read more
Queen of hearts is my favorite Alice in Wonderland character. This costume was completely made by hand from a female vampire costume from years past. I cut the old costume down the front and added in the white panel down the front that I had previously sewn hearts too. On the back a row of … Read more
This is the best female Steampunk Mad Hatter costume ever! I was given the steampunk hat and the knee high boots for Christmas and everything else was home made. We went thrift store shopping, found a brown dress and a men’s black suit jacket. We altered the suit jacket by attaching safety pins in two … Read more