First of all, I am not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination. So, you can imagine how upset I was when my daughter, Paige, let me know that she wanted to be Mr. Potato Head for Halloween this year! My first reaction was to hit the internet! Someone had to have a costume … Read more
This year we decided to be the Potato Head Family (Mr. Potato Head, Rockstar Spud, Princess Spud & Mrs. Potato Head). It ended up being a big hit and the little kids Trick or Treating wanted to meet Mr and Mrs Potato Head =). I purchased 2 yards of brown felt per costume for the … Read more
I made the felt bodies out of a bubble bee costume pattern I bought from Joann’s Fabric. The pattern is made out of a panel system in order to get the curvy plump bodies. I threw away the back side of the pattern as it had a large stinger. Making the front panels twice worked … Read more
For Halloween 2008, our sons chose “Monsters, Inc.” as their theme. Our younger son (age 2-1/2) had a Mike Wazowski Costume. We live in Phoenix and didn’t want his costume to be too heavy or cumbersome (in case the night was warm). Due to the amount of batting I used, it did end up being … Read more
I made this Homemade Monsters Inc. Family Costume to be different from other people since every kid loves Sully. I figured hey why not buy a sewing machine and try it out! Lol, well needless to say I succeeded and everyone wanted pictures with us especially Sully! Sully is made out of faux fur and … Read more
We decided to dress up as Wall-E and Eve for this Halloween. Here is how we made our Homemade Wall-E and Eve Couple Costume: For Eve’s costume, I bought a white 22 gallon trash can with a push/swing lid. I cut a hole for the face and hot-glued the other side of the lid to … Read more
My son wanted to be Wall-E from the Disney Pixar film of the same name, more than anything. Not being particularly creative, I tried to convince him that Buzz Lightyear would be cool (a gasp! – store bought costume!). No go – he wanted Wall-E. My husband made his Wall-E costume from a box and … Read more
I had a homemade Jessie Halloween costume idea, but all the ones in the stores were too covered up and boring! So I decided to get a crop top and some old jean shorts that I had. I bought the accessories which included the hat, belt, 2 sleeve cuffs and the bow for the hair. … Read more
I got the idea to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween from all the hype from the new Toy Story 3 movie, and thought it’d be a fun costume. When I told my friend about my idea he said, “well if you’re Buzz I’ll be your Woody! I already look like him anyway!” (since he’s a … Read more
This Homemade Wall-E Costume was completely made with recycled material. I did it with my 4 years old kid, Nicholas. We used recycled cardboard boxes, egg cups, food packaging, bottles, screws, bolts, an old diver’s mask. A hidden mechanism allows the child to open up the space where Wall-E collects the garbage. Initially we made … Read more
We were so inspired by the Disney Pixar’s movie Up, that we decided to recreate the cast. We have seen the movie so many times and thought the ultimate tribute would be to dress up as the characters for Halloween. With Mr. Frederickson, Russell and Kevin the Snipe, all of the characters are represented in … Read more
First for the sheep, I bought a white sweatshirt and a cheap($3) pair of white capris (they were women’s but they were stretchy and worked great). I cut the sweatshirt to about elbow length. I used a hot glue gun and glued all the cotton balls only on the front of both the shirt and … Read more