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Full tutorial for a DIY Minion costume (complete with hard hats, Gru logo, goggles and crazy hair) – great for a fancy dress party or Halloween outfit.
Here is my easy DIY Minion costume tutorial. We were invited to a fancy dress party a couple of weeks ago and the boys knew they wanted to dress up as Minions (they are BIG fans of Despicable Me)!
I love these goggles from Playing with Scissors (found on Pinterest), but I wanted to use hard hats, rather than a beanie (because it’s Summer here and a beanie might be too hot). I also wanted the goggles to be on the hat, not on their faces, as I thought that might irritate them.
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To make a DIY Minion costume, you will need:
- 2x mason jar lids (I couldn’t find these in time for the party, so my Dad cut some discs from a plastic pipe to use instead)
- a yellow plastic toy hard hat
- black elastic
- tape
- scissors/a craft knife
- a printer
- white card
- black pipe cleaners
- a glue gun
- white stickers / paper and double-sided tape
- a yellow Tshirt
- blue dungarees/jeans and braces
COST: a few quid
AGE: toddlers and young kids
TIME: 20-30 minutes
How to make a DIY Minion costume:
- Download the Gru logo and print it out onto your stickers (or onto paper, then use double-sided tape). Stick this onto the front of your hard hat
- Choose which hairstyle your Minion will have (there are 3 to choose from) and glue pipe-cleaners onto the hard hat in the style of your choice
- Print some goggle eyes out onto card and cut them out, keeping them attached in the middle
- Remove the inserts and tape your Mason jar lids together. Tape these to the printed google eyes
- Tie some elastic to one side of your goggles (making a small hole in the card if needed)
- Pass the elastic around the hat and wind it through the plastic support inside, back around to the front and secure to the other side of your goggles
- Position the goggles at a jaunty angle (the Minions are a bit slap-dash after all!) and secure with some double-sided tape or glue
- Dress your kid up in a yellow Tshirt and blue dungarees (or in Pickle’s case, blue trousers and braces, as his dungarees are too small now)
- Add the hard hat
- Now you have the cutest DIY Minion ever – ready to party!
P.S. Chops has my geek glasses here (I went as a Minion too!) – he doesn’t need them, but they were so huge on his little face, I wanted to include the photo as it makes me grin every time I look at it!
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May 22, 2014,10:21 am
Love this!
AHodge Podge
May 22, 2014,11:27 am
Thanks Abi! 🙂
auntie Biz
May 23, 2014,10:36 pm
Priceless! They look totally amazing, excellent costumes. X
AHodge Podge
May 24, 2014,9:16 pm
Thanks Auntie Biz! 😀
May 26, 2014,9:51 am
Really cool idea! My little man is itching to have a go at this. All the best, Bonny
AHodge Podge
May 26, 2014,9:36 pm
Yay, I’m so pleased to hear that Bonny! 🙂
May 26, 2014,9:20 pm
Arrrr they look so cute! Fab idea x
AHodge Podge
May 26, 2014,9:37 pm
Thanks Kirsty! x
May 27, 2014,1:40 am
This is just too cute! Love it x
AHodge Podge
May 27, 2014,9:39 pm
Thanks Sarah! 🙂
May 27, 2014,10:50 pm
They look so adorable. I am featuring this on the Kids Coop thanks for linking up
AHodge Podge
May 28, 2014,10:36 pm
Amazing news, thank you! 😀
June 12, 2014,12:37 pm
Sorry have got a bit behind but am doing this, sorry for the delay
AHodge Podge
June 27, 2014,12:02 pm
Amazing – thank you! 🙂
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June 13, 2014,6:44 pm
Really cute! You make it seem simple and the costume is instantly recognisable! Perfect! You have two great models to make the costumes look even cuter.
AHodge Podge
June 27, 2014,11:57 am
Thank you!
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Caryn
September 21, 2014,7:33 pm
So adorable…reminds me of my two..they are big now..I have a 12 yr old though. Is he nicknamed pickles..because my middle son is Nicholas but we call him pickles
AHodge Podge
September 21, 2014,8:25 pm
Aww, that’s sweet Caryn 🙂
We have a Pickle and a Chops (both nicknames) – Pickle because he was an absolute pickle of a baby and chops because he had chubby chops as a baby and then became a cheeky chops! 😉
September 30, 2014,6:50 am
This is so very cute!
AHodge Podge
October 9, 2014,9:08 pm
Thank you! 🙂
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