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 little princess decided this year she wanted to be her favorite princess, Ariel the Little Mermaid. We looked at all the costumes ready made, nothing really looked like a true mermaid. Being the somewhat crafty Mommy, I decided to make my own Homemade Ariel the Little Mermaid Costume from the image I had in … Read more
I decided to make my children the Sally and Jack Skellington costumes from a nightmare before Christmas for last Halloween. To make the Jack costume, I bought some black trousers, waistcoat and t-shirt as I could not find a jacket suitable at a reasonable price. I painted the white stripes on using fabric paint and … Read more
This is my 6yr old son Tyler. He wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween this year. I did not like any of the Jack Skellington costumes I found so I decided to make my own Homemade Jack Skellington Halloween Costume. I started out with a tux he wore to a wedding. I painted the … Read more
My husband and I decided to dress in Homemade Sally and Jack Skellington Costumes. Jack’s mask was the most intricate part of the costume. My husband blew up a punching bag and applied multiple layers of paper mache, also using this process to form the eyes and the nose. This process took about two weeks. … Read more
These homemade Monsters Inc. costumes have been done before, but never this well! Time, effort and love plus paper mache (and a lot of it), a big yoga ball, and some well mixed green paint = Mike Wazowski. Time, effort and love plus lots of furry blue fabric, a plastic bag stuffed tail, an old … Read more
For the first time ever, my 10 year old son was excited about dressing up for Halloween. He’s a big Jack Skellington fan and was set on dressing up in a Homemade Jack Skellington Costume. I happen to work for the “Big Mouse” but couldn’t find one decent costume for kids his age. They were … Read more
We absolutely loved the movie and since my husband is 6’6″ tall and looks almost exactly like Mr. Incredible, I thought it would be a great idea to dress up as “The Incredibles” on my favorite holiday. I ordered the body suits from a dance company in New York (they were very comfortable, considering the … Read more
This year my friends and I decided on being Lock, Shock, and Barrel from Tim Burton’s ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’. Always been an advocate for creating my own costumes, opposed to store bought… spent the better part of two and a half weeks making them, and I feel they came out pretty successful.
First I drew a sketch of Sally, The Nightmare Before Christmas costume, while watching the movie and labeled the colors and design of the patches. I then went to the Salvation Army store and bought a brown dress and three shirts, yellow(not very bright),purple,and a greysih blue. I don’t know how to use a sewing … Read more
Our Jessica and Roger Rabbit Halloween Costume came from hours of thinking and searching the internet for original couples costumes. Two weeks before Halloween we finally came up with our costume idea. With the help of our families Mr. and Mrs. Roger Rabbit were born! Now that we had a great costume idea we had … Read more
My son Josh has been into Wall-e since the movie came out. He started requesting to watch it several times a day and, as Halloween approached, we asked him what he wanted to be and surprise…WALL-E was his answer. We were not really thrilled with the costume store options so, after a little planning, this … Read more
These are very easy Homemade Woody and Jesse from Toy Story Costumes. The beauty is in the details. We purchased the hats from Disney, but made everything else. Woody – Jeans and cowboy boots, yellow shirt, vest sewn from cow fabric, red bandanna, sheriff badge. Jesse – Jeans with cow fabric “chaps” sewn onto front. … Read more