There are so many wonderfully eclectic characters in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. One of the most memorable and unsettling of them is the famous pink and purple cat up in a tree. He provides tons of fantastic homemade costume inspiration. To that end, you need to check out this collection of the coolest Cheshire Cat costumes for Halloween.
One of his most distinguishing characteristics is his smug, self-satisfied smile. It is designed to put someone off guard rather than making them feel comfortable. Especially as he tends to disappear!
The DIY costumes here pay homage to his iconic grin and striped body. However, no two homemade costumes here look the same. They range from adorable to sexy. The possibilities are truly endless.
So discover the DIY secrets of creating these awesome Cheshire Cat costumes. Please share your own fabulous costume creations with us here!
For a whole year I had planned to create my own version of Alice in Wonderland’s Cheshire Cat costume for Halloween 2012. After two days of creation, my vision CAME TO LIFE, and turned out even better than I expected. My goal was to create the human-like version of the Cheshire Cat. Here are the … Read more
My costume is an Alice In Wonderland and Cheshire Cat mash-up costume (I’m the one wearing the costume and I made it). I was inspired by a dance I’d seen with one person as the Cheshire cat and the other as Alice, and it inspired me to get creative and create a costume no one … Read more
This costume was a ton of work. It started out with the mask, which has a paper mache base that I created literally on my daughter’s face, making sure to add upholstery foam where Cheshire’s face differed from hers. She had to take two showers to get all the glue out of her hair after that! Then, I … Read more
Every year my husband (Mad Hatter) and I (Queen of Hearts) host a Halloween party for our friends and neighbors. I have always loved Halloween growing up and had some really awesome homemade costumes, plus my parents used to build and host a haunted house every year for a local organization. You could say that … Read more
My daughter wanted a Cheshire Cat costume from The Disney cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland. The costumes you could purchase online were either too babyish or too grown-up sexy for a tween-ager. So I jumped into action! I found it a challenge to create an age-appropriate costume that was really cool. I started searching on … Read more
My family participates in All Hallows Fantasy Faire every year as the court of the Dark Fairy Queen (who I portray). This year my daughter wanted a Cheshire Cat costume, as we had planned on a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for the children at the event. So, I began to search for striped fabric to … Read more
I had fun making this Cheshire Cat costume. I have always loved Alice in Wonderland, the Disney Version! I picked up furry boot covers at a Halloween store, then I cut and glued them together to create the striped look. I did that for the tail as well, then stuffed it full of cotton, added an … Read more
This was my first year of doing a group costume theme. I always handmade my previous costumes, so this near would be no different ! Our group of four picked Alice in Wonderland (or maybe my best friend and I picked, and the husbands had to follow) heehee. Anyway, Alice in Wonderland is one of … Read more
During this year I did a little experience with a costume maker, it was the best thing I ever did. So I decided this year it was about time to make a full on proper Halloween costume because Halloween has always been such a big passion of mine. My favorite musical ever was “Cats” so I did some research … Read more
I’m from Brazil, so here we don’t have halloween. But we have those costumes parties and I was tired of those typical costumes like cop, nurse, and others. One day I was watching the original Alice on Wonderland and I always loved the Cheshire cat and his face and I already had a pink dress, so I … Read more
Gothic Queen of Hearts, Alice in Wonderland, and Cheshire Cat. We ended up having most of this in our closets between the three of us. Cat ears and cat tutu were bought, everything else was a last minute piece together between us three girls. Hair was ratted and makeup overdone, and fishnets all around. We wanted … Read more
My daughter wanted to be the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland in the worst way, but the costumes were not what I would want my daughter to wear, some were a little too racey for a young girl. I decided to create my own costume, and this is the beautiful result of my efforts … Read more