OMG I love costumes! So far I have mainly gone down the Disneybound/inspired by route as well, but this time I'm getting more creative. Loving everyone's ideas and costumes so far!
My first costumes were for last year's Disneyland 5k. Mum and I went as Piglet and Tigger. I had the tops made on customisedgirl.com. The back of the Piglet one says 'You are braver than you believe', and the back of the Tigger one says 'You are stronger than you seem'. I just wore a pink sparkle skirt, and Mum painted orange stripes on her black tri shorts. Her visor was actually a blue sparkle visor, but I covered it in black material for the 5k and made the Tigger ears which I attached with pin backs. I made my Piglet ears too, but they fell off halfway around.
For the 10k, we went as Alice characters. Our shirts all say 'We're all mad down under', with a picture of the character over a map of Australia. Mum and I wore sparkle skirts. I added the little apron part to Mum's, and for mine I attached purple streamers over the top of my pink sparkle skirt. The boys just wore whatever. I made Mum's Alice bow and attached it with a pin back, my Cheshire Cat ears from fur, and Dad's rabbit ears which I attached to his hat with pin backs. For DH's Mad Hatter hat, I used an existing baseball cap he had and basically built onto it using cardboard and felt.
Next was a local 10k at the Cadbury factory in Tasmania. Not sure how familiar you are with Cadbury in the US, but everyone in Australia calls that colour 'Cadbury purple'. I also made a hairbow out of some chocolate wrappers.
For another local 10k out in the bush, I went as a koala - just a grey top and sparkle skirt, and a pair of koala ears I already had.
For this year's Disneyland 5k, I'm going as Jessica Rabbit. I just finished making this dress from scratch, using a cut up running top as a pattern. I will also make some purple wristlets, and I've got some red hair chalk coming which I'll use to add a couple of streaks to my plait.
For the half, I'm going as Mulan in her battle outfit. I've got a grey base (top and sparkle skirt), and will add bits of black sequin material for 'armour' and green lycra using google image pictures as a guide. I haven't started on this yet, so no pictures.
I also love Disneybounding, and have my Boo outfit ready to go!