I saw a ‘pumpkin carving picture’ of Jessie and Woody from Toy Story this year as I was trying to find an idea to carve a watermelon. I planted my first garden this year but didn’t plant pumpkins so I decided to carve one of my watermelons. I carved Jessie from Toy Story which is … Read more
This is me and my cousin in our Halloween costumes we made. We decided on going as Woody and Buzz this Halloween since Toy Story 3 will be out by then, but we couldn’t wait to make the suits so we made them last weekend. The homemade Buzz Lightyear costume suit is made of camping … Read more
I made the house from UP completely out of cardboard. After a few sketches, I started out with a base box and cut out the porch and some of the roof parts. I then proceeded to add on more and more cardboard parts. I then painted everything with tempera paint (not advised because it caused … Read more
My two year old son wanted to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween and I wanted to dress to match him. I looked at Jessie costumes, but I didn’t like them. I’ve never been a fan of store bought costumes either. So then I thought, why not be Buzz too? For this Homemade Buzz Lightyear Halloween … Read more
This is a Homemade Up Group Costume for the movie Up! I love this movie and knew it would make an awesome costume! I made the house by getting a huge box and cutting and taping it to make the roof. Then I added the front part of the house by just taping on another … Read more
I decided on a Homemade Buzz Lightyear Costume for Halloween. I began my costume by purchasing a white painters suit from a local hardware store. It was the perfect ‘base’ for the costume. I cut off the elastic ankles. I purchased neon green acrylic paint and painted green around the ankles. I wore a black … Read more
I made this Homemade Green Army Man Costume for my husband. He looked just like the little figures that come in a bucket and which also featured in the movie “Toy Story”. The first thing I did was buy a few tubes of non-smudge green face paint. I then matched the color exactly with a … Read more
My mom made these adorable Mr.and Mrs. Potato Head costumes for my daughters. She made the eyes out of black mesh so they could see and the rest of the face is made out of felt. She spray painted on the brown fabric to give it a more “potato” look. She used batting to make … Read more
For Halloween I wanted to create a costume that would be unique and interactive. Thinking back to my favorite childhood toys a Mrs. Potato Head costume seemed like the perfect idea! After digging up my old figurine the costume took about 2 hours to make. The inside structure is a pop up laundry hamper and … Read more
My son’s name is Jack and we try to do a costume each year playing on his name (A Jack from the game Jacks and this year a Jack in the box). The first year we did Jack Jack from The Incredibles. I got red footed pajamas and some fabric paint. I just painted on … 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
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