Readers, I’ve obvs dropped the ball on Halloween. Thankfully, you haven’t. Some of you are even concocting your own costumes in lieu of being slutty pirates/vampires/cats/witches/et. al, and to that I say HECK YEAH.
Today’s post is dedicated to Jody, clad as Jessie from Toy Story 2 below. The ensemble below isn’t just homemade – it’s no-sew DIY awesomeness. Hot glue, people, hot glue. Here’s how she did it:
I read your site all the time and your creative use with the hot glue gun inspired me to glue my little heart out this year for Halloween in what may be my favorite Halloween costume ever. See, I hate all the crap for women in the stores for Halloween. Too slutty and not creative at all. Seriously, 2 years ago I saw 3 slutty Rainbow Brites. Ugh. So I like to keep things a little more covered and be creative at the same time.
Here’s my breakdown to the perfect Jessie costume from Toy Story 2:
- Long sleeve white shirt from Goodwill – $3
- Sleeveless Yellow Liz Claiborne shirt from Goodwill – $3 (extra fabric used to make bow and bad ass cuffs)
- Cow fabric from Wal-Mart – $3.50
- Variety of Red trims from Wal-Mart – $7
- Hat from Disney store online – $10 (I had no luck finding a hat locally and it was marked down to $6.95 but shipping and sales tax took it up to an annoying $10)
- 1 sheet white felt from Joann Fabric – $0.25
Jeans, boots, belt and belt buckle all came out of my closet.
Total Cost for super fun non-slutty Halloween costume = $26.75
Laughing at all the girls in the over-priced, ass hanging out, slutty costumes = Effin’ Priceless
Nothings here was sewed, it’s all hot glue. Only 1 blister to show from it. Ouch. Oh yeah and the husband is Woody. His costume cost just about $10 but I’m still working on gluing all that together. Thanks for the inspiration and being so effing awesome.
-Jody, but you can call me Jessie this weekend.
Jessie,
You are the SHIZNAT! Thank YOU for the Sharesies, and for getting me into the spirit of Halloween. I might just dress up after all 
.
Mwah!
Cheap JAP
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I just went to a costume party and there was a couple who had made costumes just like this. They also made these amazing giant masks, if you are interested you can see a photo on my recent blog post. It was pretty neat and elaborate! It’s such a cute idea!!
here is a link
http://prettyprettypirate.blogspot.com/2009/10/pre-halloween-birthday-and-costume.html
Wow, that is awesomely amazing!
Just stumbled over here and I LOVE your blog! (And the cheap Halloween goodness!) Putting it in my favorites.
THIS IS SSOOOOOO GOOOD!!! i’m going to the thoy story 3-D premiere this weekend and we are all dressing up as the characters and i’m jessie!! yay! i’m definitely going to use this idea to make my costume and my boyfriends because he is woody!
thank you so much!