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 kids love this movie, so it seemed the perfect choice for Halloween this year to make a Homemade WALL-e and EVE Costumes. Lots of cardboard, duct tape and hot glue! WALL-e started with a box, of course. Painted the box yellow, cut a head hole and arm holes. We printed the letters from the … Read more
This is a costume I made as the character Russell from the Disney Pixar’s movie UP. I bought a yellow long sleeve shirt from goodwill and just cut off the sleeves to make it a short sleeve, hat, orange fabric for the scarf, brown fabric for the sash, and I bought felt fabric to cut … Read more
This Wall E Costume was very easy. VERY little cost involved! I created the body using “recycled” boxes I formed the shape. Then cut out the arms, head and bottom. Coated the box form with paper mache. The paper mache created a little bit of texture and added to the look of the costume. The … Read more
My three year old son LOVES Buzz Lightyear and so it was a no-brainer to him that he wanted a Homemade Buzz Lightyear Toddler Costume for Halloween. So after looking through all the homemade Buzz costumes I could find (there aren’t as many as you’d think) I decided to use try one using cardboard boxes. … Read more
A few weeks before Halloween we had a Skunk fall in our window well. It sprayed several times and our house stunk so bad! We had to steam clean everything. It was a crazy few days trying to get rid of the smell. I saw the skunk costume for sale on an online ad and … Read more
My wife wanted to go as Little Bo Peep, and of course, I would get the lucky role, as the Sheep. Originally I was going to make the Sheep costume out of cotton balls. But after reading the warning page on this site, I decided there had to be a safer method. I decided to … Read more
My children attend a school where they are given a theme for the costume dances. This year’s theme was ‘Disneyland’. I have four children so they each thought of which character they’d like to be. My sophomore son decided he wanted to be Chip from Beauty and the Beast! * I started looking for ideas … Read more
I made these DIY Shrunken Alice and the Mad Hatter couple Halloween costume out of mostly thrift store finds and household objects. I got the idea for the costumes from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I enjoy making detailed costumes for Halloween and figured that these characters would me challenging enough. And I had not … Read more
These are homemade Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter couple Halloween costumes. I bought the wigs/hat/bowtie. The rest of the costume was made using a pattern and then improvising to make it as realistic to movie. Pictures from the movie were used to help put the make up on the girls just like the movie.
My daughters were in an “Alice in Wonderland” themed dance last summer. We decided to go for the Disney version of Alice and the White Rabbit Costume. My oldest was the White Rabbit with pieces put together from thrift shop finds and alterations done by me: – bunny hat from a bunny costume; – black … Read more
Each year we try to make our costumes even better than the last. We wanted something edgy that would test the boundaries of our creative minds. After scouring the internet for hours on end, between the four of us, we decided on Tim Burton’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. We chose the White Rabbit, the … Read more
For the second year in a row, we have teamed up with our friends to create an entire theme including our kids (last year we went as the Flintstones and Rubbles). With a couple trips to the local thrift store, fabric store, our own closets, the fact that two of us are 7 months pregnant, … Read more