DIY Beast Pattern | Beauty and the Beast Halloween Costume
Several years ago, I decided to make my kids into Beauty and the Beast and came up with this fun DIY Beast costume! We love Halloween around here, and you’ll find that we have many different patterns and tutorials HERE.
We also have some excellent costume sewing patterns for Halloween Sewing. Our favorite is the Ultimate Costume Creator. It is a base that you can use for hundreds of costumes. But today….we’re sewing the Beast from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Check out this DIY Beast Costume Tutorial and PDF Sewing Pattern to Make Your Little Man Into a Little Beast!
I’ve provided a free tutorial for the Beast coat or jacket costume. I’ll also show you how I made the hat and mittens using some Peek-a-Boo Patterns.
Also, just as a reminder, we also have the free tutorial for Belle HERE. The Belle Costume – also inspired by Beauty and the Beast – shows you how to make Belle’s yellow dress from the Ball. To make the costume, I used satin and sway fabric. The tutorial will give you step-by-step instructions on how to make the costume, and you can make sure to have a Beauty to go with your Beast.
Homemade Beast Pattern and Instructions
Alright, now that Belle’s out of the way, let’s focus on the Beast costume from Beauty and the Beast. Watch out; the Beast has a bit of a temper…at least at our house 🙂
Beast Coat or Jacket Materials and Pattern
Ready to make your own little Beast to go along with Beauty?! Beast’s costume has a lot of elements, so we’ll take it one step at a time… The coat is the most involved element, so we’ll start there.
The Beast pattern is free when you Subscribe to our Newsletter or Join our Facebook Group. The Coupon Code is found in the New Subscriber E-mail and the first post in our Facebook Group. Download and print your free pattern here. I used 1/2″ seam allowances
The costumes jacket has fun gold trim, the classic shawl collar, and cute as can be coat tails 🙂
DIY Beast Costumes Instructions
Beast Costume Step 1: For the sleeve trim, I cut a strip of yellow, folded the edges under, and topstitched about 2″ up from the sleeve hem.
Beast Costume Step 2: Sew the front and back of the jacket together at the shoulder seams with the right sides together (RST).
Beast Costume Step 3: With RST, sew the sleeves into the arm openings.
Beast Costume Step 4: With RST, sew up the costume sleeve inseam and side seam in one continuous seam.
Beast Costume Step 5: With RST, sew the two costume collar pieces together along the outer curved edge.
Beast Costume Step 6: Turn the collar right side out and topstitch along the outside edge.
Beast Costume Step 7:
- Baste the costume collar to the neckline (it will extend down the front edges).
- If you’d like trim, baste it in place around the remaining outside edge.
- Ensure it overlaps with the collar and the raw edges curve off the edge.
Beast Costume Step 8: With RST, sew the facing pieces together at the shoulder seams and side seams (sorry, no photo).
Beast Costume Step 9: With RST, sew the facing to the jacket along the outside edge. Clip the corners and along the costume neckline.
Beast Costume Step 10: Flip the facing inside the costume jacket and topstitch around the entire outside edge. And that’s it! Not too bad, right? 🙂
The Beast also wears a yellow vest, but I didn’t find that too essential to the costume and left it out. If you’d like to sew one, the Little Gentleman Vest would work well. It includes pants too if you need those to finish up the costume 🙂
Sewing the Cravate (Neck Ruffle) for the Beast
Instructions for Sewing the Beast Furry Head
For the little furry Beast head, I used the Snow Day Hat and Mittens Pattern with the ear flap option. I added the ears/horns before sewing the two halves of the hat together. If you need help with the ears, the Big, Bad, Wolf tutorial from last year might be helpful 🙂
Beast’s Mittens & Tail
The costume slippers are just basic slippers but made of fur and with little toenails. I think they might be my favorite part 🙂 If you’ve never made slippers and need help with the basic process, the Duck Slippers might be a good starting point.
What Pants I Used for the Beast
The Beast pants are black, so you might already have some, or you could grab a pair at the store. Will needed new church duds anyway, so I sewed up some Classic Chinos for him in black corduroy.
17 Responses
How do I get the pattern I bought for 3.00 dollars
I am making this for my 18-month old son and am following your modified pattern. Thank you so much for this! I know this is an old post, but hoping you will get a little notification and can answer my question.
Is the 1/2″ seam allowance included in the pattern?
When cutting out the pieces last night, I left 1/2″ more, just in case it was not included. I figured I could put together quickly and try it on and adjust smaller, if needed. No easy way to make it larger though.
Of course, if an answer to my question is provided, then I wont have to worry about adjusting (I hope!).
Thank you!!!
Yes, the seam allowance is included in the pattern. 🙂
Thank you so much for this! I’m so in love with my little Beast and he looks so cute with his sister in her Belle dress. 🙂
That is adorable! Did you make the Belle dress as well?
Woops. I had not seen the Belle post. Please disregard.
Hi Amy my son is 18 months old, I didn’t know if you or any of your friends could make this for me. I’m horrible at sewing and this is sooo cute!!!!
How did you do the gold piping around the front of the jacket and around the bottoms of the tails?
Hi – this beast coat is adorable!! i want to do the same thing for halloween this year. I see that you made it a size 18 months – that is what i will need for my son. are you interested in selling yours at all or would you consider making another for me to purchase? I have no sewing experience whatsoever and thought I would ask you. ;Thanks.
My costume is not for sale and I don’t make items to sell but if you’d like you can join the Peek-a-Boo Pattern Shop facebook group and try asking there. Many of our group members take custom orders: https://www.facebook.com/groups/peekaboopatternshop/
This is absolute adorable!! You did a fantastic job!
Linda
http://www.nightowlcorner.com
Squeeeee! Cutest little beast…EVER!
Wow Amy, these are awesome! He is the cutest little Beast I’ve ever seen!
I love, love, LOVE this! I made a Belle dress for my little girl as well and am now trying to convince my 7 year old boy to let me make him a Beast costume! 🙂
Wow! You’re an awesome mommy to them. Would love to try this out on my kiddos. Looks so fun! Is there a Luminaire and Mrs. Pot to go along w/the story?
Oh my gosh. WHAT?!?! This cutesness just kills me!!! You are so talented!