A {Simple} Mickey Mouse Costume

 

Still looking for a Halloween costume for your little one? Here’s a relatively simple costume you can put together in a few hours (maybe even faster if you buy pants instead of sewing them).

Last year my little guy was all into big semi trucks (and still is actually), so I figured it only made sense for him to dress up as a truck driver. My dad actually works for a trucking company, so it worked out great!

If you follow me on Instgram you saw that my dad even won a photo contest at work with a picture of my little guy in his uniform. Pretty cool!

On to this year...

With all the Disneyland excitement this year, I figured it only made sense for him to go with that theme, so he’s going to be Mickey Mouse! He LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so it’s perfect for that too. On top of that, I’m planning a Mickey Mouse Birthday for him in January, so we may get the costume back out and modify it a bit for that. Waste not and all that, ya know?

I tried and tried for a “happy Mickey” picture, but it just wasn't meant to be. Bribes of toy dinosaurs didn't even work (don’t judge-you know you bribe your kids too). He’s still super cute if I do say so myself.

To throw this costume together:

Top: I just bought a black t-shirt. Simple.

Pants: You could try to buy some, but I didn't even look. I thought it would be easier to make them. I followed Dana from Made’s tutorial for the Kid Pants and added large white buttons. It’s a really, really simple pattern. This is the 3^rd time I've used it and it only gets easier.

Shoes: I found some plain white canvas shoes and painted them yellow with fabric paint. I looked and looked and looked and the cheapest I found were at Kmart. I’m a Target girl and never shop there, but by chance stumbled across them in a web search. Perfect!

Ears: My lovely sister ordered my little guy Disneyland Mickey Mouse ears (and even got his name embroidered on them). You could also make your own, though, following this tutorial.

Gloves: Some costumes I've seen add the gloves. Super cute, but I knew my little guy wouldn't keep them on, so I went without them. To keep it simple, you could buy white gloves. If you have a little more time, you could make them, so they're shaped a little more like Mickey's hands.

Here in Colorado we have a joke about planning our Halloween costumes around our coats. It almost always gets cold on Halloween here, so I also bought a black jacket to kind of keep the color scheme going.

All in all, it's a pretty easy costume to put together. I hope you all have a wonderful Halloween!

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