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How to make the cutest DIY Minion costume

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.

DIY Minion costume tutorial

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To make a DIY Minion costume, you will need:

COST: a few quid
AGE: toddlers and young kids
TIME: 20-30 minutes

DIY Minion construction hat

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!

Assemble zee Minions

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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  2. auntie Biz
    May 23, 2014,

    Priceless! They look totally amazing, excellent costumes. X

  3. Bonny Bonafilla
    May 26, 2014,

    Really cool idea! My little man is itching to have a go at this. All the best, Bonny

  6. Pinkoddy
    May 27, 2014,

    They look so adorable. I am featuring this on the Kids Coop thanks for linking up

  8. Minion Costume Lover
    June 13, 2014,

    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.

  13. Caryn
    September 21, 2014,

    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

    • Hodge Podge
      September 21, 2014,

      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! 😉

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