This DIY Beast costume was inspired by Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast when it came out a few years ago. I already made a couple other fun costumes include a Prince Charming, so it seemed natural to make a Beauty and the Beast prince costume too.
How to Make Beauty and Beast Costume
This costume is another easy Disney Prince costume that can be sized up to adults or down for a toddler Beast costume. It can be no-sew if you like, although I did make a few stitches in my version. Here’s what you need to make your own DIY Beauty and the Beast Costume.
DIY Beast Costume Materials:
- Blue blazer
- Gold duct tape
- Fancy white shirt
- White t-shirt
- Black pants
- Gold button
- White pipe cleaner
I thrifted everything we didn’t have already on hand at home including the most important piece to this easy DIY costume, the blue blazer. I found this petite jacket in the women’s section, it was perfect with gold button accents.
DIY Beast Costume Jacket
I unbuttoned the jacket and pinned the top half open. Then covered the jacket edges in gold duct tape. I added gold duct tape to the jacket pockets for extra detail.
The jacket needed white flowing cuffs, so I found a shirt with great cuffs at my local thrift store. I did a rough cut and added them with a few basic stitches. You could use hem tape here or hot glue if you really want to avoid a little thread and needle action
My blazer came with gold buttons; if yours doesn’t you can replace the buttons or just cover them with gold duct tape.
DIY Beast Costume Cravat
Utilizing more of the fancy shirt, I cut a large section of the material to create the cravat. I slipped a gold button through a pipe cleaner and used it to tie the cravat around the middle.
Then I sewed the cravat to the top edge of a white t-shirt. Again you could use a glue gun here but a couple of quick stitches worked well for me.
DIY Beast Costume Pants
Track pants are my favorite starting point for a prince costume. The material is a little shiny and thin which is good for a costume and it’s easy to add fancy trim or in this case gold duct tape down the side to make the pants “princely.”
Beauty and the Beast Costumes: Mask
The final piece is the Beast mask. I found some adorable Beast masks on Etsy if you want to order something cute. I went with a free printable Beast mask I found online, printed on card stock.
The Beast is not given a name in the animated movie but is considered one of the Disney princes and is called Prince Adam later on in other sanctioned Disney things like a video game and portraits of him in Disney World Port Orleans Riverside royal rooms.
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.
Emma Watson plays Belle and a great choice for little girls who want to dress up as Disney princesses. There are plenty of characters for the whole family to wear a fun costume instead by Beauty and the Beast.
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Beast Halloween costumes fit in several costume categories from Disney costumes and animal costumes to princes costumes for a school play. It could even even fit scary costumes a little bed.
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This post was originally published October 23, 2016
beth says
Great tutorial, I am following this for my sons outfit BUT my duct tape just keeps falling off! Any ideas how I can get it to stay?
Karen says
Maybe it’s the type of material of your blue blazer? Is it silky at all? I actually made two versions of costume and didn’t have this problem but maybe I was lucky with the type of material I was using?
If it was me, I’d use my glue gun to help it stay on. I hope it works for you!!
Della says
Thank you for the awesome tutorial! I had to improvise with a Kids robe instead of a blazer, but it worked out amazing! I totally lucked out at the thrift shop and found a similar blouse! My little beast will be adorable 🙂
Karen says
Yay!! I am so excited my tutorial was helpful. Thanks for sharing your success!
Amanda says
Woman!!! This is a fantastic idea! I will be trying this soon since there’s a fairytale prince/princess parade coming up in my area.
Karen says
Yay! I am so glad I can help out.
C. Riner says
This came in clutch for me! I have a “Prince” at Princess/Prince Dance Camp and tomorrow is the finale with the kids performing for the parents. They’ve been asked to “dress as your favorite Disney character.” My first kid is a girl – there was never any problem finding pre-made princess costumes for her, but finding a Beast costume locally in less than 24 hours wasn’t happening. Found your tutorial and hit up Goodwill. We didn’t find a blazer but found a royal blue vest and a frilly T-Shirt that I was able to cut the frill from. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Karen says
Yay! I am so glad I was able to help. I really appreciate you letting me know too! I love it when a plan comes together. 🙂