Desert Chica

Southern Arizona Blogger

  • DIY & Crafts
    • DIY
    • Crafts
    • Cricut Projects
    • Disney Crafts
    • All Crafts & DIY
  • Travel
    • Theme Parks
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Disney Parks
    • All Travel
  • Food
    • Instant Pot
    • Party Food
    • All Food
  • Costumes
    • DIY Costumes
    • Disney Costumes
    • Costume RoundUps
    • Join Our Costume Group
  • Holidays
    • Quirky Holidays
    • Valentine’s Day
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
  • Entertainment
    • Disney Printables
    • Party Ideas
    • All Entertainment
  • Home
    • About Karen
    • All Posts

Huge List of DIY Costume Tutorials

I love making costumes, and tend to find reasons to create costumes year-round. Costumes do not have to be limited to Halloween but are also great for other holidays, school spirit days, community performances and themed parties! I hope you find inspiration and resources here that help with your costume creation.

3 pictures of a family wearing Disney costume themes

I've actually created a huge costume resource with all my DIY costumes sorted by categories like DIY costumes for boys, Pixar costumes. funny costumes, etc.

Or just scroll down and see all my DIY Halloween costumes published on the blog.

DIY Monsters Inc Costume Tutorials

byKaren•October 29, 2013

Are you looking for some adorable Mike and Sully costume DIY ideas? Mike and Sully Costume DIY Today’s the big day! Monsters University Blu-ray & DVD is now available to buy in stores! To celebrate I made the boys easy Mike and Sulley costumes. I was inspired by the bright and appropriately colored shirts I read more »

3 Comments

Easy DIY Transformers Rescue Bots Costume

byKaren•October 22, 2013

Are your kids Rescue Bots fans? Mine boys totally are so I thought I’d come up with fun costumes for them to wear this year for our super hero family costume theme. My boys were totally on board until a few months ago when they decided they’d rather be Batman and Robin. I kept moving read more »

Leave a Comment

DIY Jake Costume | Jake and the Neverland Pirates

byKaren•October 14, 2013

Check out the DIY Jake and the Neverland Pirates costumes I created for the boys, they were perfect for our recent Disney Junior Live adventure! I am so excited by how cute they turned out – way better than I anticipated – and even more stoked that they were almost “free” for me to make. read more »

10 Comments

Last Minute Costume Idea – Trick or Treat Candy Bag

byKaren•October 7, 2013

This post is sponsored  by Global Influence with candy provided by Hershey’s. As always, all thoughts, opinions, and costume ideas are my own. 😉 I know not everyone plans Halloween costumes a full year in advance. In fact some of you wait until the last possible minute… maybe even the night before Halloween?!? Crazy, I tell ya! read more »

1 Comment

No Sew Superhero Cape Tutorial

byKaren•October 5, 2013

I considered buying capes for our Batman and and Robin family costumes but I couldn’t find a great deal and I really do love to DIY our Halloween costumes when I can, so I decided to give it a go! There are lots of superhero cape tutorials out there and plenty of them are offer “no-sew” options. read more »

6 Comments

Another Airplane Costume: El Chupacabra

byKaren•August 14, 2013

Just so you know, you can’t make a plane costume without making one for each kid. Thankfully, I only have 2 kids. 😉 Originally, I planned on having the boys share the “Dusty” plane costume I made. Silly mom… The boys had another idea. I had plenty of boxes in my stash so I decided read more »

32 Comments

Disney Planes Costume

byKaren•August 9, 2013

Disney’s Planes opens today and with Halloween around the corner I think some kids may want to dress up as Dusty!  I had to try my hand at making a DIY Disney Planes Costume. We made Dusty Crophopper but I think multiple planes from the movie would make a fun family Halloween costume theme! I read more »

19 Comments

Tiger Lily, the Indian Chief and Tick Tock Croc Costume Details

byKaren•November 5, 2012

Thanks for stopping by! If you would like to be notified when I post new costume ideas and other content please sign up for my email newsletter!   As I promised yesterday I have a few more details on the Tiger Lily, Indian Chief and Tick Tock Croc costumes from our Peter Pan Family Halloween! The read more »

5 Comments

Mr. Smee Costume

byKaren•October 11, 2012

I have to admit that Elliot’s Mr. Smee costume is definitely my favorite this year. In case you aren’t a Disney fan, Mr. Smee is Captain Hook’s sidekick from Peter Pan and Jake and the Never Land pirates. Easy Mr. Smee Costume Materials Blue Striped Shirt Blue Pants (try to match the pants/shirt together) Brown read more »

12 Comments

How to make a Mr. Smee hat {DIY Halloween Costume}

byKaren•September 20, 2012

Mr Smee Hat DIY

Check out my DIY Mr. Smee Hat I really want to be creative but I know my limits. So when it comes to Halloween costumes I’m definitely a semi-homemade type of mom. I will do a store bought costume if I can get a super great deal on it. Lik e Quinn’s Peter Pan costume. read more »

4 Comments

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Connect button for Desert Chica
Facebook button for Desert Chica Twitter button for Desert Chica Pinterest button for Desert Chica Instagram button for Desert ChicaYoutube button for Desert Chica
Karen@desertchica.com

Hi! I’m Karen.

I'm a mom to two boys, Arizona native, and travel lover. Desert Chica is my place to share a peek into our life and the easy and inexpensive costumes, crafts and desserts I like to make. “If I can do it, anyone can!” Learn more about me here.

Travel Tips and Adventures

Hopefully the North Pole Experience will open back up in 2021 and you can take your family to visit Santa’s Workshop in Flagstaff, AZ.

Why you shouldn’t automatically buy a Universal Express Pass online before your trip to Orlando.

Trading with Jawas at Walt Disney World was lots of fun.

The coolest Star Wars adventure ever was my tour of Skywalker Ranch.

Desert Chica

  • About Karen
  • Contact Me!
  • Policies
  • Newsletter

Search This Site

WE ARE A PARTICIPANT IN THE AMAZON SERVICES LLC ASSOCIATES PROGRAM, AN AFFILIATE ADVERTISING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR US TO EARN FEES BY LINKING TO AMAZON.COM AND AFFILIATED SITES.

Connect with me:

Facebook button for Desert ChicaTwitter button for Desert ChicaPinterest button for Desert Chica
Instagram button for Desert ChicaYoutube button for Desert ChicaRSS button for Desert Chica

Copyright © 2021 desertchica.com. All rights reserved.

Desert Chica

    Desert Chica

    • About Karen
    • Contact Me!
    • Policies
    • Newsletter
  • DIY & Crafts
    • DIY
    • Crafts
    • Cricut Projects
    • Disney Crafts
    • All Crafts & DIY
  • Travel
    • Theme Parks
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Disney Parks
    • All Travel
  • Food
    • Instant Pot
    • Party Food
    • All Food
  • Costumes
    • DIY Costumes
    • Disney Costumes
    • Costume RoundUps
    • Join Our Costume Group
  • Holidays
    • Quirky Holidays
    • Valentine’s Day
    • St. Patrick’s Day
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
  • Entertainment
    • Disney Printables
    • Party Ideas
    • All Entertainment
  • Home
    • About Karen
    • All Posts