I found the perfect pattern to make a beautiful DIY Minnie Mouse Costume for little girls!
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Growing up, my Mom always made Halloween costumes for my two sisters and I. They were never anything terribly fancy, but we loved having unique costumes and knowing we wouldn’t be dressed like anyone else! I blame her for spoiling me against store bought costumes :-) Last year, my mother-in-law helped me (a LOT) with my daughter’s toddler tinkerbell costume. I sewed a few pieces of it, but she did the hard parts. Following a store bought pattern was really overwhelming to me and I’ve always been slightly afraid of sewing! So this year, to help conquer my fear, I decided I wanted to try to tackle something all by myself…and when Addy told me she wanted to be Minnie Mouse, I set about finding a simple pattern to attempt alone!
I came across this post by That’s Sew Kari, detailing modifications she made to the Princess Dress from Candy Castle Patterns to make the perfect DIY Minnie Mouse Costume for her little girl. It seemed maybe a teensy ambitious for a beginner like me, but I decided to give it a try anyway!
I cannot say enough good things about the Princess Dress pattern. It is over 60 pages long – full of detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs! If you know how to operate your sewing machine, you can follow this pattern. Seriously. I have never sewed a dress before IN MY LIFE, and not only was I able to follow the pattern, the dress turned out pretty darn well, if I do say so myself!!
I decided to go “classic” Minnie Mouse with the red and white polka dots, rather than the updated pink Minnie dress. The black and white polka dot trim along with a yellow sash were perfect for the look! It was easy to follow Kari’s modifications to create the peter pan collar (though I left out the mouse head cut-out on the back of the dress that she included – it seemed a bit too ambitious for my purposes!).
I did shorten the dress by about two inches, so if you decide to make one be aware that the skirt is pretty long (it would have come to mid-calf on my daughter). The dress needed a little extra poof, so I followed Kari’s recommendation and made a simple crinoline using this pattern.
Of course, she needed a trick-or-treat bag! I followed this simple tote bag pattern, and used my Silhouette to cut out a mouse head from extra fabric. Then I added a glitter heat transfer vinyl offset border around the fabric, because who doesn’t love a little extra sparkle?
The Princess Dress pattern comes with 4 different sleeve options, and I’ve seen photos of people customizing it to look like Cinderella, Snow White, Sofia the First, and others! Perfect for Halloween, or maybe even a trip to Disney. I have a feeling I’ll be using this pattern many more times as my little princess gets bigger :-)
UPDATE: Take a walk down memory lane with me to browse through all of my daughter’s DIY Halloween Costumes!
Age 1 – Little Black Cat
Age 2 – Toddler Tinkerbell
Age 3 – The Perfect Minnie Mouse Dress
Age 4 – Little Mermaid + Flounder Costumes
Age 5 – Elena of Avalor
Age 6 – Unicorn Hoodie + Rainbow Tutu
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This looks amazing!! I was just wondering… How many hours would you estimate it took you to make the dress, start to finish?
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Hi! I was wondering if you could give a rough estimate of how much money & time this took. Just trying to figure out if it’s feasible for me to attempt.
I made this 8 years ago, so I honestly don’t really remember! The fabric was all regular cotton/broadcloth so it’s inexpensive, especially if you get it on sale or with a coupon. The pattern and step-by-step tutorial that comes with it was SUPER helpful, and I was a brand new beginner when I attempted this so I was pretty slow, but I was able to follow it without much trouble. Sorry I can’t give you more specifics, since it was so long ago!
Hello Meredith!
I have a question about your beautiful Minnie Mouse princess dress that you created.
I bought from the pattern from Candy Castle via Etsy.
I put the pattern pieces together and do not seem to have a pattern piece for the underskirt (white) that goes beneath the red polka dot curvy pieces with the black ruffle.
There appear to be NO skirt pieces, just 2 sets of pieces (thin and regular) for the bodice. Where is the piece for the polka dot skirt and the white underskirt. There seems to just be a small rectangular piece labeled “skirt placket” and a small curvy piece piece to be used to cut the scallops at the bottom of the red polka dot skirt (or make this is the patter for 6 small curvy pieces to be sewn together (not leaving much fabric above the curve to form a skirt across the stomach and backside.
There is a white skirt under the red polka dot but no where does it indicate how to create the white underskirt (with a lace trim at the hem). What do I do? I think this dress is super adorable and want to make it for my 3 year old granddaughter, but I am stuck with piles of fabric and can’t begin to cut out and then assemble this creation.
Please help me to figure this out. I wrote to Candy Castle to ask then but the response is to go onto facebook to check their chat room. I do not use Facebook so that idea did not help!!
Thanks.
Have you read through all of the directions for the pattern? It has been quite a long time since I made this dress so I don’t remember the specifics of how it is all assembled. The photo instructions will take you through each step, including how to assemble and cut out the printed pattern. I’d recommend reading through all the instructions for the whole dress before you start.
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