Make your own Minion costume for young and old: Simple instructions and craft tips

The Minions and the cartoon “Despicable Me” delight not only children, but also their parents and adults worldwide. The cute creatures are very popular with every age group and are often worn as an appliqué on T-shirts and other clothing in everyday life. They also serve as true inspiration for Halloween and carnival. This time is a great opportunity to dress up as a yellow creature with big eyes and slip into the magical world of animated characters. Regardless of whether you are a child or an adult, everyone can become a Minion for a few hours. The best thing about it is that you can design a Minion costume yourself without much effort.

Minion costume for parents and children

Regardless of whetherBig or small, a Minion costume includes the same basic components. The accessories actually make the look. In addition, you have the choice to dress up as a yellow minion or as a purple monster, a crazy minion. The main difference lies in the body color or yellow or purple. Everything else can be interpreted according to your preferences and with a lot of imagination. One option is to paint the body or face with makeup paint or wear a long-sleeved top and leggings in the appropriate color.

Very easy to do yourself

Whether yellow or purple, every minion is therea blue overalldressed. If you have a pair of jeans overalls in your wardrobe, everything is just perfect. If not, you can design one yourself, for example temporarily sewing a pocket and straps onto a pair of jeans. The basic components of the Minions also include black shoes and black work gloves. These are relatively easy to find or possibly imitate. It's much more difficult with the Minions' hair. The monster has curly purple hair and the yellow minion only has a few stubbles of hair that almost look like a bald head.

As always, the Minions' most important accessory comes lastwithout this detailthe look is not complete. It's about the huge googly eyes and huge glasses. Welding goggles are particularly suitable for this if one is available. As an alternative, and especially for children's delicate eyes, you can make false glasses out of screw-on glass lids. The symbol or logo of the Minions comes last. This can be easily applied to the top or overalls or optionally made from black adhesive tape and stuck onto it.

Below we present detailed instructions in pictures on how you can make a Minion costume yourself for children or adults. The procedure is very similar and the main difference is the size. We also offer some inspiration for youpurple monstersLook for young and old.