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 son Gabriel loves Pinocchio (‘pickhio’ is how he says it) and I didn’t want to buy him the same old costume everyone would be buying at the party stores. So I decided to make a Homemade Pinocchio Costume. The hat and shirt were white and had to dye them yellow. I cut off the … Read more
My son’s favorite character is Jack Skellington and I promised him that I would make him a costume. I also told him that my version of the head would be makeup and his father thought that Jack should have a mask! I bought an old black suit at the Salvation Army, taped it off and … Read more
This year my girlfriend wanted us to wear a couple costume for Halloween. At our local Halloween store she bought a Sally costume from the movie “Nightmare before Christmas” but could not find the Jack costume to match. We searched for a Jack Skellington costume online but none really matched the Sally costume my girlfriend … Read more
We decided that we wanted to dress up as Jack and Sally from Nightmare before Christmas but weren’t impressed with the costumes sold at the Halloween store, so it was off to make our own Homemade Jack and Sally Nightmare Before Christmas Couple Costume . We started out by making a list of EVERYTHING we … Read more
Aladdin was always my favorite Disney movie so this year I decided to be Jasmine. My Grandma is very good at sewing so I asked her to make my homemade Jasmine costume. We found a pattern for genie type outfits. I bought some teal satin-like material from Hobby Lobby. For the earrings I used gold … Read more
My son (as is every 3 year old) is a huge Mickey Mouse fan. He loved being Mickey. It was so easy to put together too. I lucked out finding the red bloomers at a thrift store. I just sewed a couple of HUGE white buttons on the front and a Dollar store tail on … Read more
I have made my costume every Halloween for the past 3 years and this year I decided to tackle my boyfriend’s. We both agreed on The Nightmare Before Christmas since were both huge fans of the movie. I never really liked the way the store bought costume looked so I decided to tackle his Jack … Read more
This DIY Violet from the Incredibles Toddler Halloween Costume was so much fun to make! I used foam in 3 colors for the logo: black, orange and yellow. First I cut out an oval circle out of the black foamy then I cut out two orange C’s and a yellow I out of the foamy. … Read more
After a couple of years of begging my husband to dress up as Roger Rabbit to my Jessica Rabbit, he finally caved! It all started when one of my friends was getting rid of this awful sparkly red dress she had worn to a high school dance sometime in the mid-90s. I saw it and … Read more
My daughter wanted to be Jessie from Toy Story 2 so it was only natural that my husband was going to be Woody. For her costume, I used a pattern for a boy’s Western shirt, but altered the yoke to match Jessie’s. I made my own pattern for the cuffs and did some decorative stitching … Read more
Well since my son was going to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween and since my wife has never been able to take part in dressing up with her boys for Halloween, I made the executive decision that she should be Jessie from the Toy Story franchise. She and I worked together on this homemade Jessie … Read more
The actual house took about a week to make. I made it from a cardboard box with the intention of actually floating it with balloons. As I got into it, it got way more detailed, and much heavier. Eventually I realized that I would either need hundreds of balloons, or another way to suspend the … Read more