Material needed: Gray, long-sleeved shirt ($3 from Target) Dark gray sweatpants ($5 from Target) Brown “fur” ($5 from fabric store) Tan fabric for belt ($1 scrap from fabric store) Brown leather straps ($2 from fabric store) Viking hat For his school Halloween party, our son wanted to be Hiccup from the movie “How to Train … Read more
I made the clothes of the Shrek and Fiona costumes myself. The red hair is a wig and the ears, with and without, the crown is bought from a costume shop named Butterick’s. We also bought the green skincolor that was waterbased. It came right off in the shower with a little scrubbing.
This Homemade Megamind Costume was made by my husband. The head is paper mache and then fiberglassed. There are also foam inserts in the head so Xavier can see out of Megamind’s mouth. Light blue fabric was glue gunned onto the surface of the head. The nose was shaped by clay and covered by the … Read more
I just cam across your site and I love it! I have been making our Halloween costumes for years now and thought I’d share a few of them. First up is my Homemade Shrek and Fiona Costumes. When my son was 3 years old I decided to dress him as Shrek and my 8 month … Read more
I bought 2 Lycra suits in white and blue for this Homemade Blades of Glory Couple Costume. I had to dye the white cat suit with orange dye to get it flesh coloured. I used pre-made sequin appliques which you can buy online or from craft shops, then supplemented those with cut out pieces of … Read more
Princess Fiona and Shrek are our favorite cartoon characters, so this year we decided to dress like them. Everyone loved our homemade Shrek and Princess Fiona couple costume and we received so many compliments. We had to do a lot of searching around to find material for our costumes. Most pieces are from second-hand stores … Read more
These costumes are based off the movie: Blades of Glory. I took two leotards (male dance uniforms), one in blue and one in skin color. I actually had to dye the skin color one orange to make it a bit closest to the movie. For the fire costume, I got three colors (red, orange and … Read more
For this easy Homemade Shrek Costume and His Donkey my husband wore flannel pajama bottoms, a off-white Henley, and a vest I made from a yard of cheap brown fabric from a craft store. We found green gloves for $1. Add work boots and a belt and a mask, and you have Shrek. My husband … Read more
First of all this Homemade Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy Couple Costume took forever to make (but it was definitely worth it!!). First me and my friend each bought an extremely cheap unitard. After that, to make the flames on Chazz’s costume, we used ribbon. We cut out the shapes of the flames and … Read more
This homemade Shrek and Fiona couple costume was totally my wife’s idea. She had an old bridesmaid dress and was trying to think of something to do with it. She finally stumbled on a picture of Fiona with a similar color dress on. She spent the last week or so trying to convince me. The … Read more
After viewing “How to Train Your Dragon” my four year old son wanted a Toothless Night Fury Dragon costume for Halloween. I soon discovered that there were no Toothless costumes for sale at the party stores. Nothing even close. So I got busy. The head of the dragon was made from your basic paper mache’ … Read more
This year we decided to go as Shrek and Fiona. Shrek wore a pair of stretchy brown pants on which we sprayed plaid stripes with some Halloween orange hairspray paint. He also wore an XXL light-colored shirt, which we bought and then cut out its neckline. The belt was found at a second hand store … Read more