Slinky dog from Toy Story might just be our best Halloween costume yet. It’s funny, it’s cute, and it was actually very easy and inexpensive to put together. Getting the twins to walk together in the same direction however, might be another story. I am thinking it will be part fiasco and part a good time! But at least we will have a good laugh trying.
To create this costume you can easily just purchase two pre-made dog costumes. However I found most of the ones available in stores and online look more like labradors or golden retrievers. Slinky Dog is actually a Daschund and in an effort to be as realistic as possible, I decided to create the costumes from scratch. And here’s how you can do it too:
Supplies Needed:
- two Sherpa suits or any fluffy brown suit. These “bear” suits are also an option.
- puppy ears and a tail
- a jumbo size plastic slinky
- two sets of dark brown pajamas
- scissors
- gray or silver pray paint
- green turtle neck
- safety pins
- optional: mascara or black paint for the nose
Next, cut the arms and legs off the bear suit. I then followed behind with my sewing machines and finished off my seams but if you don’t have a sewing machine you can leave off this step and still be fine. Hand sew the tail to the back of one of the bear suits. The suit that has a tail will need a small hole cut right around where the belly button would be in front to insert one end of the slinky. The other bear suit (the one WITHOUT the tail) will get the hole cut out right at the same level but on the backside of the suit.
Get your kids dressed in the pajamas and suit first and then feed in the slinky and attach with a safety pin if needed, although we did a practice run without the pins and the slinky stayed in place. Whoever is in the front will also have a green turtle neck and that will be Slink’s “collar.” I cut just the neck part off of an old turtle neck (not pictured here) but you could also get a green turtle neck onesie and layer it under the pajamas.
And that’s it!
