DIY Costume Archives - The Chirping Moms

Easy DIY Toy Story Costumes

October 25, 2019

Each year with our DIY costumes, I like to make one full group costume. Last year was The Addams Family and the year before that Cruella and Dalmations. This year, we were inspired by a family favorite movie: Toy Story. We had so much fun with these DIY Toy Story costumes. They were easy, colorful and made us happy to… Read More

Harry Potter Costumes with a DIY Dobby Costume

October 2, 2019

We’ve got some big Harry Potter fans in the house. We also a wild little house elf…. hence the creation of a DIY Dobby costume this year! We ordered the big kids their Hermione and Harry Potter costumes from Chasing Fireflies. Then for our little elf, I made an easy DIY Dobby costume in minutes… Easy DIY Dobby Costume… Read More

DIY Costumes: There’s a Costume in Their Closet

September 25, 2019

By: Courtney Byrne We love a good DIY costume. One of my favorite things about quick, easy DIY costumes is you can almost always re-use the clothes after Halloween. I made a DIY super hero costume with Primary.com pajamas a couple years ago and after we were done with it, minus the cape, mask and superhero sign (added with sticky… Read More

Easy DIY Costumes: Snow White

October 24, 2018

One of my daughters loves princess dresses. She has for years. She would wear a princess dress everywhere and as she grows she still loves to dress up. One thing she has never liked about dressing up: if the costumes aren’t “soft”. Even when we do to Disney World, she loves all the gowns but has to wear soft clothes… Read More

DIY Group Costume: The Little Mermaid

October 20, 2018

Disclosure: We partnered with Primary.com for this post. All ideas, costume designs and opinions are my own. Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we devotin’ Full time to floatin’ Under the sea Here’s a fun group costume for friends or a family: the cast of The Little Mermaid! These DIY… Read More

DIY Classic Halloween Costumes

October 19, 2018

We love making costumes in our house. This year my oldest was really into helping me with all the costumes and had a lot of her own ideas. We started talking about making some Halloween classics: ghost, vampire, Frankenstein, etc. She had a lot of good ideas and we thought it would be really fun to let her and her… Read More

DIY Alice in Wonderland and The Queen of Hearts

October 1, 2018

I think this is the most fun yet we’ve had working together to make a DIY Halloween costume. The girls are getting old enough to help with ideas and love working on these with me. The best part of these 2 costumes: you probably have a lot of the supplies already. We made this DIY Alice in Wonderland costume and… Read More

Easy DIY Costume: The Parent Trap

September 22, 2018

Here’s a fun costume for a set of sisters or friends: DIY Parent Trap Costume! My girls watched The Parent Trap for the first time this summer and loved it. After watching it a few times, I over heard them “playing” that they were Hallie and Annie. It got me thinking: this would be a cute Halloween costume! This turned… Read More

DIY Halloween Costumes: A Lion Tamer and Lion

October 3, 2017

Next up in our DIY sibling costumes …. a DIY Lion Tamer and Lion costume! I love creating costumes for siblings and families. My crew doesn’t end up going along with it all the time but these are my favorite costumes to create. I’ve always wanted to do a whole circus theme and this year I am getting closer with… Read More