Happy Friday: Frugal DIY Mom-Friendly Costume
Sent from reader, Megan:
I like to dress up with my kids for Halloween but it can be hard finding costumes that are inexpensive and that accommodate chasing kids. This year I made a Jessie cowgirl costume (from Toy Story).
From Hobby Lobby, I bought 2 pieces of yellow felt ($0.25 each) and 2 cow print bandanas ($0.99 each and used a 40% off coupon). I didn’t have an old white button down shirt so I got one at Goodwill for $3.49. I did have an old ripped pair of jeans so that was free.
I looked at pictures online and used the shirt and jeans as patterns for the felt and bandanas. I hand stitched it all together and used some red embroidery floss I had on hand for embellishments… but a red sharpie would also work just fine. I braided my hair like Jessie and wore some boots I already had.
Total cost for my DIY mom-friendly costume was $6.07.
HAPPY FRIDAY! 😀
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Cute!
Nice!
Great Job Megan. Lovely idea and very creative 👍
How adorable. You are crafty!!!!
Creative!!
So cute! Great idea 😀
Great idea! That’s a very cute costume!
some people are just too very smart!
Very creative! I’m impressed for sure!! 🙂
I did a homemade Jessie costume about 4 years ago when my oldest was in Pre-k or K. I ended up buying the hat and boots but she got so much use out of the homemade items and we still have them
I did one for my daughter last year. It is awesome, but it wasn’t all that frugal, though I used coupons or discounts on everything! I painted the yellow parts of the shirt, glued red trim on, (which was harder than it sounds!), made the French cuffs and chaps, and bought a hat and adorable Durango boots. This year, my son’s going as Steve in a cardboard-and-printout costume.
Adorable!
Love it!
How creative! As they say, “necessity is the mother of invention “.
Personally, I am not a good seamstress. But looking back through the years, my best work was always for my kids’ Halloween costumes when I had to get creative with very little money.
so cute, we are making our costumes (Mickey and Minnie) too. This would be a great happy friday idea for next week for everyone to post their DIY costumes and share. 🙂
Yes please! That would be fun to see!
Wow, you are quite creative.
Well done! Great job!!
Neat idea. Hey, Collin, you should have a post where we all share frugal costume ideas!
Kid ideas: Box troll, just find a box and cut out arms, cost free. Ninja turtle wear green or brown sweat suit make two giant cardboard circles for the shell, add a bandanna across the head.
For the ninja turtle you can also paint an oval disposable aluminum baking pan green to wear as a shell.
Cute idea!
Awesome job, Megan! You did a great job of making a fantastic costume, AND you did it for an incredibly low price–double kudos to you! I’m sure your daughter will have a fun and memorable celebration. My recommendation as mom to grown kiddos–be sure to take a few pics to document this fleeting time! 🙂
It’s hard to find appropriate costumes as well! Like, Minnie Mouse and an angel costume shouldn’t be inappropriate!! Lol
I did this last year almost exactly. FYI, dollar tree has red cowboy hats.
My daughter is a zombie bride this year. Her first communion dress was stained, so we cut it up and with white makeup she was ready to go…my other daughter did the same theme with cut up footy pajamas – a doll without the head – and she was a hit 😃
I did this exact same thing last year! It was great. I think the entire thing – glitter and all, cost me under $5.
We have twin boys who want to be friendly ghosts for Halloween. Quite as easy costume, as you can just cut eye holes in a white bed sheet.
Omg thanks a bunch. I was looking for ideas for a DIY Jesse costume. My baby is going to be woody, so this comes at the perfect time for me. Also, at 99 cent store there is a red felt cowboy hat. Perfect!!
Great idea! I love it!
That’s awesome 🙂
so talented I have the shopping smarts but not the creative talent good job!
Thanks for sharing. I chose to accessorize with whatever my daughter is. Last year she was a pirate princess so I got a tiara and pirate headband and put it together and this year she was hello kitty so I wore hello kitty hate, scarf and gloves I got at Claire s on clearance last year. $2!
I made a sunny side up egg costume and bacon strip ( for her hair) for my 2 years old this year.
I did the same thing for my daughter this year as Hello Kitty. Dress from Rue La La for $4.99, hair band from JCPenney for $0.35, tights from Wal Mart for $3 and Hello Kitty sneakers my mom bought her. In store, the cheapest costume in her size is like $25.
very creative. that is awesome!
Very creative and cute!
Love the outfit. My daughter just made this outfit for her and the woody outfit did her boyfriend. It turned out wonderful, she’s 15, and I was proud she did it by herself. Too bad I can’t show her picture too.
One of cleverest and simple adult costumes I’ve seen was Flo from Progressive. White outfit, name tag, and headband are the main elements needed-oh, and lipstick!
I was going to be her, but when I told my son’s friend’s mom, she was like,”Who is that? I don’t know who that is?” and I felt stupid, thinking maybe I just watch too much TV and I would have to explain myself all night long. I feel a little better now. Still have time to throw that together.
No, everyone knows who flo is!!! 🙂
I DVR everything and rarely watch commercials and I definitely know who Flo is 😉
Same here. DVR everything, still know to Flo is. Hahahaha
So cute!!!
Two years ago my then 3 year old daughter wanted to be a Dorito (I know, she’s crazy) so we cut out triangle shapes from a big piece of cardboard and painted it. She wore it like a sandwich board. It turned out adorable and was FREE! Haha!
Love it!
Good job! I knew exactly who that was when I saw the photo!
very cute. use on chick-fil-a cow appreciation day, too.
Hello, dying to find this for an outfit – where can I get this shirt?
Jess!
Thank you