Looking for easy Minecraft costume ideas? We made three DIY Minecraft costumes using simple clothes, cardboard boxes and inexpensive craft supplies.
Our family costumes included Steve, Alex and Enderman, complete with homemade Minecraft heads, a DIY sword, pickaxe and TNT block. You can make these costumes completely from scratch or combine homemade pieces with store-bought Minecraft accessories to save time.
We’ve done Fortnite costumes before, this time around we decided to go with Minecraft Halloween costumes. Our Minecraft characters turned out to be fairly easy costumes to make.
Minecraft Halloween Costume Ideas
Technically we were planning a generic video game costume theme with each of us representing a different video game. We planned to each pick a Minecraft character, but Elliot changed his mind at the last minute.
So we ended up with a Star Wars Jedi (technically also in video games) and 3 of our favorite characters from Minecraft for Halloween. 😀
DIY Minecraft Costume
Our Minecraft costume theme was inspired by the Minecraft Steve costume head I bought on clearance when our local party store went out of business. I bought quite a few random costume pieces super cheap that I thought we’d use in the future.
Minecraft Steve was the perfect easy costume for Peter when we chose a video game costume theme.
In the end, we DIY-ed another Minecraft head or two, and accessories to complete the family costume theme. Minecraft costumes can be completely store bought, completely homemade or somewhere in between as I will detail out below.
Easy Minecraft Steve Costume
- Minecraft Steve Mask or Head
- Blue T-Shirt
- Jeans
- Minecraft Sword
Peter’s costume was the easiest to create because we had the store-bought Steve cardboard box head. He already had jeans he could wear but I did have to buy him a teal t-shirt.
I also made him the Minecraft sword. I’m sharing details on how to make the sword down below, it’s the same method as the DIY pickaxe we made for the Alex costume. You could just buy a Minecraft sword instead and this costume would be completely DIY-free.
DIY Minecraft Enderman Costume
- Minecraft Enderman Mask or Head
- Long Sleeve Black Shirt
- Black Pants
- Minecraft Block like grass or TNT
Quinn’s tall, thin build made Enderman the perfect character for him. Enderman are tall Minecraft creatures with long legs and arms.
A long sleeve black shirt and black pants were the base of the Enderman Minecraft costume. We then made the Enderman head and a Minecraft block for him to carry.
I think black gloves would have been a good addition as well, we just didn’t think of it before Halloween.
DIY Enderman Head
We DIY-ed the Enderman head using a cardboard box, black spray paint and a few craft supplies. It was a really easy project overall, finding the right sized box was the hardest part.
In the end, I found book boxes (12″X12″X12″) at my local moving store for $1.25 each. They were the same size as the store-bought Minecraft Steve head. You could also create your own perfect sized boxes for Minecraft masks using cardboard sheets and duct tape.
I cut eye holes on one side and then spray painted the box black. I had sheer purple fabric that I taped on the inside of the box, to make purple eyes.
Elliot helped me with the last details. He used glue sticks to attach a couple of pink craft foam squares (construction paper would work too) around the eyes. Then glued random squares of black construction paper on all sides to give it the pixelated look.
Enderman are known for picking up and carrying blocks in Minecraft, so I wanted to make a block to use as the Enderman costume accessory.
I went with the easiest one for me to make which was a TNT block. Wrap a small cube box in red tissue paper, then print ‘TNT” extra large on white paper to add to the box.
A grass block would be another easy Minecraft costume accessory to make. If you kept the top of the box open, then they could be used to hold candy while trick or treating.
Quinn is super tall now (it’s ridiculous actually) so this inflatable child costume wouldn’t work for him but it would be cute on a little kid!
Easy Minecraft Alex Costume
- Alex Minecraft Mask or Head
- Green T-Shirt
- Grey or Brown Pants
- Minecraft Pickaxe
Minecraft Alex is also another easy costume to make. I already owned a green t-shirt and grey pants so I was halfway done with my costume. The biggest costume piece is an Alex Mask, you can buy one or DIY it like I did with the help of an amazing website. Check out the details below.
Semi-DIY Alex Head
I was going to attempt to make a DIY Alex using orange spray paint and construction paper but thankfully I came across a website that helped make it so much easier. The website shares papercraft templates to make a printable Alex costume.
I ended up just using it to create the Alex Minecraft head. Print out the pages for her head and glue it to the box. I used glue sticks, but double sided tape or a glue gun would also work.
The only tricky part was printing the template on standard 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper. If I made the Alex head again, I would have printed it on 12″ X 12″ paper at a local print shop (maybe even 11″ X 17″).
The box was 12″ cubed so I had to print several copies on regular paper and piece it together to create my Alex head. It still turned out great, and I was really happy with my DIY box head!
DIY Minecraft Pickaxe and Sword
Maybe you have a Minecraft super fan and already own them. We didn’t own them and I didn’t want to spend a lot of money buying Minecraft weapons.
I found a tutorial that helped me make a super cheap Minecraft Pickaxe and Minecraft sword but unfortunately it’s no longer available. I spent $3 making our own. I paid $1 for a piece of foam board from our dollar store and $2 for two 11X17 pages at a local print shop. $3 and a little effort and we had some sweet Minecraft accessories for our Minecraft Halloween costumes.
If you get crafty you can use paint or duct tape but that seems tedious to me. It is an option though, also if someone finds another tutorial where you can print the graphics and glue it on foam, please drop a comment and I will include it here.
More Minecraft Costumes For Kids
Beyond a Steve, Alex or Enderman costume, there are a few other fun Minecraft costume ideas online to purchase or DIY including Minecraft Skeleton, Minecraft Ender Dragon, Minecraft Creeper, Minecraft Armor, and Minecraft Zombie Costumes. This is a cake idea, but I think a Minecraft snowman costume would also be super cool.
More Video Game Costume Ideas
I think classic boys costumes nowadays include popular cartoon characters, video game characters, and animal costumes. Here are a few more DIY ideas you can make.
- Free Guy Costume
- Genji Costume
- Fortnite Tomatohead Costume
- Easy Fortnite Doggo Costume
- Fortnite Dark Voyager Costume
- More Fortnite Costumes
This post was originally published November 12, 2020.
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