‘Wearable’ Halloween Costumes: Mickey and Minnie Mouse

It’s finally getting to be that time of year in Minnesota: jacket weather, football games, falling leaves and trips to the Pumpkin Patch. It all leads up to my favorite holiday: Halloween. As if I haven’t mentioned enough already, I will be visiting Disney World this Fall and experiencing my very first Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.To get into the Halloween spirit, I’ve taken inspiration from classic Disney characters and shared a few costume ideas with you fine readers!

Now, if you share the same sentiments as a few of my relatives, you may not jump at the chance to walk around in a hot and itchy costume for several hours. Therefore, my goal is to make the costumes you see here more ‘wearable’ and comfortable!

Let’s Begin with our Favorite Couple – Mickey and Minnie Mouse

Babies and Toddlers

Baby costumes nowadays are just the greatest. They’re well made and easy to find. Disney is doing a great job making their clothing and other products easily accessible to the general public. This baby outfit was found at Target for less than $10.00! I have also found Princess outfits as well as various Disney onesies….which I may or may not have bought. (They were on sale!) The hair band was found on the Disney store website during a sale and is comfortable and not too tight. I was delighted to see little Mickey outfits at the store as well, so make sure you scurry! (Was the mouse joke too much? Yes? Okay sorry…moving on)

Kids: Boys

Halloween costumes these days seem to be getting more and more expensive. It’s not uncommon to see kid costumes north of $40.00. If you’re looking to save a few bucks, use what you have! A black t-shirt or turtle neck with red or black pants would work great for Mickey. Cut out two ovals and tape them near the waistband to serve as Mickey’s buttons. If you can find some white mittens, draw lines on the knuckles with a black marker and BAM! You’ve got yourself a Mickey Mouse clone.

Kids: Girls

Like the boys costume, a black turtleneck or t-shirt makes an easy Minnie Mouse top. However, if you can find a black or red tutu left over from a dance recital, that would make your little Minnie more distinguishable. If not, a black skirt or pair of pants work. Consider black tights or leggings underneath the skirt and black Mary Janes or flats on her little mouse toes. Add a red bow in her hair to perfect the look.

If your young one wishes to kick it up a notch, nail polish is always a great way to amp things up. Here are the ‘Mousekatools’ you’ll need for my Mickey & Minnie Mouse nail look:

• Red nail polish
• White nail polish
• Tooth picks

Note: I know some people aren’t feet people, so I apologize for the picture. There was no way I could paint both hands perfectly, so I settled for my toes!

Mouse Nails Tutorial

1. Paint nails red and allow time to dry

2. To create bow, dip a tooth pick into white paint and make an X on nail.

3. Close the gap on right and left side of X, making two triangles

4. Fill triangles in with white polish and tap the brush in the center, making the knot

5. For remaining nails, dot on polka dots using tooth pick and white paint

Tadaaah! Beautiful nails!

Grown Ups: Men

My wonderful husband put on a brave face and agreed to be the Mickey to my Minnie. He wasn’t too crazy about dressing up in a costume, so I felt this could be a happy medium. As it’s still summer, he rocked the black tee and red shorts. Another idea would be to add black or white suspenders. Since he didn’t have clunky yellow loafers, we topped the outfit off with white tennis shoes. He went for a more basic look but if you want to get a little crazy, add some Mickey ears!

Grown Ups: Women

Dressing up like Minnie was probably the highlight of my entire week…I had SO much fun with this! You know that little black dress every woman has? Pull it out and wear it with pride! For accessories, I wore a bow necklace and earrings I had bought several years ago. The headband was given to me as a gift and made for a super easy hair-do.

If you want to put a tad more energy into your costume, here are a few make up tips that you can use on the whole family…that is, if they let you.

• Black eyeliner is perfect for creating a mouse nose. You can use that or black eyeshadow to make the whiskers
• To make your eyes look bigger, line underneath your eyes with a white eyeliner
• For all the Minnie’s out there, fake eyelashes will give you Minnie’s doll-eyed (or is it mouse-eyed?) look
• This is totally optional, but I added some glitter to the whiskers to make it look more magical. Call Tinkerbell and maybe she’ll let you borrow some pixie dust.

Well, there you have it! That’s my wearable spin on Mickey and Minnie Mouse Halloween costumes. If you have any other costume ideas and tips, share them in the comments!