I love making DIY costumes. Usually, they are DIY Halloween costumes but honestly, I like to make easy DIY costumes year round, it’s fun dressing up for other special occasions like themed parties, spirit week at school, and Disney trips. Or just for the heck of it. 😉
I’ve compiled all my DIY Halloween costumes below separated by category or theme. Hopefully, this will make it easy for you to find inspiration and a tutorial for your next Halloween costume!
Easy DIY Halloween Costumes
If you are looking for fun DIY costumes for any reason, then you are in the right place. I have great ideas for DIY Couples Costumes, Last minute Halloween Costumes, DIY Halloween costumes for kids, toddlers and tweens.
I even have great family Halloween costume themes because we love dressing up in group Halloween costumes every year.
DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids
Toddler DIY Halloween Costumes
Dressing babies and toddlers for Halloween is fun because you can usually pick out their costumes for them. Of course getting them to wear a toddler Halloween costume for any length of time can be difficult.
Below are some costumes specifically for babies and toddlers but scroll down below for many other costume ideas that can also be made for toddlers.
- Pencil Onesie Costume
- Mickey and the Roadster Racer Costume Hat
- Puppy Dog Pals Costume
- Jake and the Neverland Pirates Costume
- DIY Sheriff Callie Horse
- Trick or Treat Candy Bag Costume
DIY Halloween Costumes for Tweens & Teens
My boys are now tweens which means sometimes they have particular ideas when it comes to costumes.
The costumes below are great homemade Halloween costume ideas for tweens or teens. Many of the costumes ideas further below would also be great costumes for tweens, depending upon their interests.
- VSCO Skeleton Costume
- Free Guy Costume
- Squid Games Costumes
- Doggo Costume
- Dark Voyager Costume
- Spider Man Noir Costume
- More Fortnite Costumes
- Inflatable Tube Man Costume
- Lord of the Hat Costume
- BFG Costume
- Potterwookie Costume
Group DIY Halloween Costumes
We’ve been dressing in family-themed Halloween costumes for almost 10 years now. We love the idea of group Halloween costumes and have even recruited other family members to extend the fun.
- More Fortnight Costumes
- Star Wars Group Costumes
- Toy Story Costumes
- Peter Pan Group Costumes
- LEGO Movie Group Costumes
- Inside Out Group Costumes
- Jurassic Park Costume Ideas
- Ducktales Halloween Costume Ideas
- Easy Minecraft costume ideas
DIY Costumes by Theme
Funny DIY Halloween Costumes
I imagine we will be adding more funny Halloween costumes as the boys get older. I know funny Halloween costumes are big with tweens and teens!
Book Character DIY Halloween Costumes
DIY book character costumes are a fun reason to make costumes year-round. They work great for school spirit week or love of reading month when schools are celebrating books!
- Fox in Sox Costume
- Mr. Brown Costume
- Cat in the Hat Costume
- Lord of the Hat Costume
- BFG Costume
- Potterwookie Costume
- Lorax Costume
Star Wars DIY Halloween Costumes
Star Wars costumes are everything. Or almost everything. DIY Star Wars costumes are most definitely our most favorite family costume theme.
We’ve dressed up as Star Wars characters on several different Halloweens!
- Director Krennic Costume
- K2S0 Costume
- Imperial Officer Costume
- BB-8 Costume
- DIY Ezra Bridger Costume
- DIY Poe Dameron Pilot Costume
- Jyn Erso Costume
- DIY Han Solo Costume
- DIY Chewbacca Costume
- Ewok Costume
- DIY Yoda Costume
- Boba Fett Costume
- DIY Wampa Costume
- Jawa Costume
- Princess Leia on Hoth Costume
- Han Solo Running Costume
Disney DIY Halloween Costumes
As a Disney loving family, it’s not surprising that Disney costumes make up the bulk of our DIY Halloween costumes and I can’t wait to add more to the list!
- Prince Charming Costume
- Beast Costume
- Snow White Prince Costume
- Olaf Costume
- Big Hero 6 Hiro Costume
- Baymax Costume
- Dusty Costume from Disney Planes
- El Chupacabra Costume from Disney Planes
- Disney Planes Costume: Dipper
- Disney Planes Costume: Blade Ranger Helicopter
- Tiger Lily Costume
- Indian Chief from Peter Pan Costume
- Tick Tock Croc Costume
- Mr. Smee Costume
- Beagle Boys Costume
- DIY Aurora and Maleficent Costume Ideas
Pixar DIY Hallowen Costumes
Everyone has a favorite Pixar film or two, so naturally, we’ve made quite a few Pixar costumes.
One of my favorite group costume themes is when my family dressed up as Inside Out characters for Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland.
- Duke Caboom Costume
- Toy Story 4 Forky Costume
- Mike Wazowski Costume
- Sulley Monsters Inc Costume
- Finding Dory Hank Costume
- Bing Bong Costume
- Fear from Inside Out Costume
- Anger from Inside Out Costume
- Cowboy Woody Costume
Disney Junior Costumes – Toddler Halloween Costumes
Disney Junior costumes are perfect for the toddlers and younger elementary school kids.
- Mickey and the Roadster Racer Costume Hat
- Puppy Dog Pals Costume
- Jake and the Neverland Pirates Costume
- DIY Sheriff Callie Horse
Marvel Halloween Costumes
There are so many superhero and side characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the costume possibilities are almost endless.
- Zombie Captain America Costume
- Captain Carter Costume
- Fat Thor Costume
- Spider-man Noir Costume
- Peter B Parker
- What If Costumes
- Thor Costume
Video Game Costumes
Now that the boys are older, we have made a few different costumes inspired by video games.
- Easy Minecraft costume ideas
- Free Guy Costume
- Doggo Costume
- Dark Voyager Costume
- Genji Overwatch 2 Costume
- More Fortnite Costumes
More Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes
I may seem to only make Disney or Star Wars costumes but sometimes I create other homemade Halloween costumes.
Beyond the book character costumes, you will find some additional costumes we’ve made over the years below.
- Charlie Brown Costume
- Emmet LEGO Movie Costume
- Wonder Woman Costume
- Heat Wave Transformers Rescue Bots Costume
- Boulder Transformers Rescue Bots Costume
- Batman Costume
- Robin Costume
- Cat Burglar Costume
- Pencil Onesie Costume
Disneybounding Ideas
Most people choose to wear Halloween costumes but Disneybounding is another easy way to dress up for Halloween, parties and other special events like trips to Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
- Eeyore Disneybounding
- Jessie Toy Story Disneybounding
- Toy Story Alien Disneybounding
- Buzz Lightyear Disneybounding
- Cowboy Woody Disneybounding
- Goofy Disneybounding
- Pluto Disneybounding
- Beast Disneybounding
- Anna Frozen Green Dress Disneybound
DIY Costume Supplies
I prefer to make costumes from clothing and craft supplies we have on hand. If I don’t have the clothing I need, I will try and borrow it or find it at a consignment or thrift store first.
I’ve made quite a few costumes using a hoodie sweatshirt so I love finding them for a good price.
I am also a huge fan of duct tape costumes. It’s less messy than paint and also not permanent so the clothes can be used again. A hot glue gun or safety pins also work well for homemade costumes.
Felt and fleece is also a favorite material because it doesn’t need hemming. When I do need to ‘sew’ something I prefer to use Heat’n’Bond instead. It’s an excellent no-sew option in many situations.
Even more costume ideas
If you still need more easy DIY Halloween costume ideas then don’t miss my section of costume round-ups which include some of my favorite ideas from around the web.
- Funny Halloween Costumes
- Guardians of the Galaxy Costume Ideas
- LEGO Costume Ideas
- DIY Cosplay Hoodie ideas
- Cardboard Box Costumes
- Pirate Halloween Costume Ideas
- Onesie Costumes for Babies
- Movie Character Costumes
- Monster Costumes for Kids
- DIY Animal Costumes for Kids
- Adorable DIY Kids Costumes
- DIY Princess Costumes
- Book Character Costumes
- DIY Pixar Costumes
- DIY Prince Costumes
- Star Wars Running Costume Ideas
- Inside Out Costumes Ideas
- DIY Superhero Costume Ideas
- Disney Costumes for Girls
- Maleficent and Princess Aurora Costume Ideas
- LEGO Movie Costume Ideas
- Frozen Costume Ideas for Boys
- DIY Disney Planes Costumes
- Disneyland Inspired Costumes
- Airplane and Travel Costume Ideas
- Batman and Robin Family Costumes
- Disney Costumes
- Peter Pan and Neverland Crew Costumes
- 40+ Star Wars Costume tutorials