Cheap Disney Costumes

Cheap Disney costumes can be made easily with a bit of time, creative thinking, and imagination.

Creating Disney character Halloween costumes is a wonderful idea if you want to have a truly unique costume that's easy on the budget.

An elaborate Disney character costume will require more time and supplies, but the amount of effort required depends on what kind of costume you want.

For example, if you're a wonderful seamstress, you can sew up a little girl's Disney Belle costume for as little as $10.

Below we'll share some ideas for creating cheap Disney costumes for children and adults. Once you've created your costume, come back here and share your story!

Before you begin...

Do you have a picture or sketch of your costume?

Having a picture of exactly what you want (or as close as you can get) will help you when you're shopping for supplies for your Disney character costumes.

New Sew Costumes

You don't have to sew to make great costumes. For example...

You could recreate a Disney Tinkerbell costume with:

Some pretty green toile for the skirt, which can be found at any fabric store.
A matching leotard. If you can find one that matches, you can purchase some Rit dye and dye it to match.
Green slip on shoes or slippers. (Don't for get the pom poms on the toes!)
Fairy wings.

As you can see, no sewing would be required!

For the boys, check out the men's section at thrift stores for a coat that could be the basis of Captain Hook. Or pick up some oversized-but-mismatched togs and create a unique Mad Hatter!

The key is being creative!

And if you're starting with a simple base for your costume, make sure you come up with some great accesssories!

Make a Game of Creating Cheap Disney Costumes

This should be fun!

See how many found items you can use (Tinkerbell and pals would call them "lost things!) for your costume.

If you can't find the perfect accessories, you can buy them for a few dollars from party stores or online stores like BuyCostumes.com or the Disney Outlet - the official Disney Store online!. Halloween costumes need the finishing touch.