So after doing Animal in previous years I wanted to move on to my other favorite Muppet, Beaker. He’s real simple, just a cylinder, sorta. But here’s how i make it complicated: -I want the eyes to light up -I want the mouth to operate as I meep And thus I began the construction of … Read more
This year my friends and I decided to do a Muppet theme and my friend decided to be Beaker since he has always been her favorite. She asked me to help so we rolled up out sleeves on Saturday and got busy! To make his head we bought a sheet of foam and hot glued … Read more
As a child I loved Beaker from the Muppets. I took a heavy piece of poster board and made the tube. Applied tan foam sheets, a layer of batting, ivory colored fleece. Cut out the mouth and used black mesh and left open at bottom to be able to use a tube (straw) to drink … Read more
For this Coolest Animal from the Muppets Costume I began with a baseball cap and some cardboard. After building up the basic form of the top part of the head with arches, I then attached this to an embroidery hoop large enough to form the base of the head. A second hoop was used to … Read more
My nickname is Animal, so this year I decided that my Halloween costume would be a Homemade Animal from the Muppets Costume. For the head, I used 1/2″ upholstery foam which I cut and placed in layers on top of each other to make the shape. I then covered it with orange felt. For the … Read more
I wish I had taken pictures of the process of making this Homemade Sweetums from The Muppet Show Costume. It wasn’t a very hard costume to make, it just took a lot of patience and a LOT of yarn. Materials needed: – lots of yarn ( about 8 rolls ) – glue gun and glue … Read more
This year my friends and I decided to all wear Sesame Street Muppet Jim Henson characters. I love Big Bird so the choice for a DIY Big Bird Halloween Costume was made! I made his head out of a beanie hat and a feather boa. Then I took a mask and painted it yellow and … Read more
This year all my friends decided to be Jim Henson characters for Halloween and my friend asked me to make him a homemade Super Grover costume. It was actually pretty easy to make, I found a free drawstring pants pattern online and made the pants with blue silky furry fleece material. For the top, I … Read more
After a disappointing firefly costume attempt last year, I really wanted to go with something more challenging. I absolutely love the Muppets and knew that if I was going to be anyone, it would have to be Animal. For the Animal Muppets Costume I started with a giant mixing bowl and made two giant halves … Read more
I am a HUGE Muppets fan, and never seem to like the store-bought costumes. So I decided to make my own Sgt Floyd Pepper costume. Using lots of floral wire and yarn, I built this mask. I wrapped yarn around a THICK piece of floral wire and super-glued it at both ends (a GEL super … Read more
I constructed this homemade Animal Muppet Halloween costume idea using paper mache, an old fleece blanket and yarn. The nose and eyes are plastic Christmas ornaments with paint and felt, and the teeth and spikes are carved foam. The t-shirt also has a custom “rock fingers” stencil spray painted on for the punk rock look. … Read more
This Homemade DIY Cookie Monster Halloween Costume outfit is something simple and cute that you can create in little time! I first got the idea to create this Cookie Monster outfit after looking at already made costumes online. I came across a cute Cookie Monster outfit but realized that I can make this for much … Read more