Every time our daughter wore her hair in pigtails, people mentioned she looked just like Boo from Monster’s Inc, so this year was the perfect opportunity for her to be Boo for Halloween! I looked online for patterns or ideas, but only a few came up and I wasn’t into improvising. So off to the … Read more
A sexy take on a classic character! I made my very own Buzz Lightyear costume complete with hand painted corset top and retractable wings. That’s right, my wings actually work! I rewired some kids toy wings into my corset; hit the button on the front of the corset and the wings go in and out … Read more
We have built this costume from a packing box, acrylic paint, apple sauce cups, packing foam and few LEDs. All held together by a pile of hot glue. There was no plan. Entire Homemade Cardboard Wall E Halloween Costume Idea was a pure improvisation. But it turned out fine. It took about 2 weekends. Building … Read more
My nine year old son REALLY wanted to be Zurg for Halloween! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t convince him of something more simple. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy . . . but I think this Homemade Evil Emperor Zurg Halloween Costume Idea turned out great! We wanted a plastic … Read more
We started working on this homemade Toy Story group costume idea back in Sept of 2010 they were quite an undertaking!! The potatoes were the first costumes to be made primarily out of chicken wire, duct tape, trucker suspenders and lots of paper mache…. next came the dinosaur which was primarily composed of tag-board and … Read more
My son requested to be Wall-E for Halloween. Since there is not a store out there that sells this costume, my husband decided to make one. He started the process with a large cardboard box, duct tape, and creativity. With these materials he was able to create Wall-E’s body. From there he collected cardboard boxes, … Read more
This year I decided to make a costume that would really challenge me and no one else would be able to believe. I decided to go with a beloved Pixar Toy Story Character, Buzz Light year. I built the Home Made Buzz Lightyear Costume from scratch – all from materials bought from home improvement stores. … Read more
Little Bo Peep, but this one didn’t lose her sheep! This classic DIY Little Bo Peep Halloween Costume was homemade. I selected the ivory fabric with pink floral print to reflect more of a vintage look that was represented in the classic nursery rhyme. The eyelet trim was too bright white so I tea-dyed it … Read more
This Buzz Lightyear costume is actually quite easy to build. After finding something approximately the right dimensions I paper matched the pieces for the upper part of the body. I cut them down to the correct size and taped them together in the appropriate positions. For the midriff I used some black material, stuffed it … Read more
We made our Coolest Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Costumes entirely out of felt. We used about 3 yards each of brown fabric for the body and other scraps we had for the parts. Most of the parts were stuck on with hot glue. The sides of the poncho-like body and the ears were … Read more
Used “Headliner” Fabric for the skin of potato…..it’s good because it has foam on the back side so it gives it some poof. I had to line it with an old sheet because the foam won’t go through sewing machine, easily. The lining is good anyway if you decide you want to stuff it. All … Read more
Our son wanted to be Lightning McQueen this Halloween so we pulled out his toy cars and coloring book for ideas on the look and shape. I drew a pattern on paper and then traced 2 side panels on coroplast (corrogated plastic). I cut those out using an exacto knife. For the hood and middle … Read more