No-Sew Despicable Me Minion Halloween Costume

The first thing I did was wash all of my fabrics: the overalls, t-shirt, hat. Then, following the instructions on the dye bottle, I dyed the t-shirt and hat. To achieve the yellow color I was looking for, I used Rit in Lemon Yellow, and soaked the fabrics for an hour.

While the shirt and hat were going through the washer and dryer, I worked on the other costume elements. To make the goggles, I cut two slices of a toilet paper roll (approximately 1/2? thick), wrapped them in aluminum foil, and hot glued them together.

Next, wrap the black elastic around your child’s head to get an idea of what size you’ll need for the goggles. When you’ve figured out the correct measurements, hot glue the ends of the elastic to the toilet paper goggles you made in the last step.
*Hint: don’t use the hat as a sizing guide…it has a lot more stretch than the elastic so you’ll most likely end up with goggles that are too small for your child’s head.

For the Minion hair, you’ll need to cut short pieces of pipe cleaner. I only used one pipe cleaner, and I didn’t use exact measurements because I wanted the hairs to be a bit crazy and all-over-the-place. Using hot glue, attach the “hairs” to the top of the hat.

I used a few dabs of hot glue to keep the goggles in place on the hat. But, feel free to leave them loose so your little Minion can actually wear them if they want.

I had a very difficult time finding overalls that were big enough to fit my son. Most of the ones I found maxed out at 24 months (which is way too small for him now!). I ended up having to purchase a pair from Osh Kosh B’Gosh…which is fine, and I did end up getting them on sale, but they still came out to just under $20. So I’ll be darned if he can’t wear them again because I painted a huge “G” logo on them!

My biggest goal, other than being able to re-use the overalls, was to cover up the Osh Kosh logo on the front. So, I drew a Gru logo on some matte black vinyl and cut it out. The vinyl doesn’t completely cover up the label, but it does a pretty good job. And – surprisingly – the vinyl sticks really well to the denim!

Throw on some black shoes – black gloves if you want – and you have a super simple, and incredibly adorable Minion!