When looking for DIY costume inspiration from movies, 101 Dalmatians costumes are an iconic choice. Not only are the spotted pups adorable, but for a terrifyingly evil costume, Cruella De Vil is a true winner.
I’m not sure why movies targeted at children need to be quite so chilling, but that’s for another discussion. On the positive side, villains do provide with excellent costume details. Perhaps that is why they are so much fun when it comes to homemade costumes.
Take Cruella’s hair. The black and white sides are done fantastically well in this section. Her cigarette holder is the perfect prop for a scathing Cruella look.. I can see the appeal of acting like evil incarnate for one day.
The title characters themselves are found here as babies in adorable little get ups. This costume is also great adult for group costumes. The larger the better!
Have fun looking through this section and creating your own good or evil 101 Dalmatians costume.
My friend threw a 101 Dalmatian party. Only those dressed as a Dalmatian were let in. With over 200 confirmed guests on Facebook, this party had dozens upon dozens of Dalmatians running around throughout the night. This event occurred in the town of Isla Vista, home to the most notorious Halloween celebration, west of the … Read more
This was SUCH a fun costume to make! I bought the black dress from Urban Planet ($20) and the fake fur trim from Fabric Land at $6/meter. I bought 2 1/2 meters but didn’t use it all. You’d be safe with just 2m. It was pretty thick so I cut it in half to sew … Read more
We wanted to be something very obvious but did not want to buy our costumes or borrow someone else’s. We thought of doing Disney villains but figured it might be too common. We liked Cruella so we decided to to a Cruella and her Dalmatians Group Costume because we have not seen that combination together. … Read more
All of our Cruella and Dalmatians Group Costume was homemade. For the Dalmatians we bought white dresses from American apparel, bought black velvet fabric that we cut into thousands of circles and used double sided fabric tape to adhere them to the plain white dresses. The ears were old headbands, pipecleaners and excess fabric we … Read more
I wanted my daughter to be something different this year so, after thinking about it, my sister and I came up with a Homemade Cruella DeVille Halloween Costume. My sister made the tutu and added black felt polk-a-dots to the white side. I already had black leotards and we turned one of my old red … Read more
I loved portraying Cruella Deville. She was a super fun and feisty character. I had people asking to take pictures with me all night. I watched the 101 Dalmatians cartoon lots of times to get Cruella’s voice and mannerisms down. I knew the white fur coat would be the hardest to find but I was … Read more
My daughter loves 101 Dalmatians, so this year she asked if she could have a Homemade Cruella DeVille Halloween Costume. I went to the store and bought a cape pattern and all the material to make the cape in a Dalmatian print. The cape had a red satin lining and black fur trim on the … Read more
We came up with the idea for this Cruella devil costume after watching the 101 Dalmatian movies. I bought at a local costume store a wig, two yards of the Dalmatian material, two long pieces of the red fur and two of the white fur and red tights. At the second hand store I found … Read more
The Skinned Dalmation was all made by Terry Meeneghan. I hand sewed the white furry fabric, after I painted spots on it. The only thing I purchased was the long underwear I dyed the muscle tone of a dog. I hand drew on the long underwear the muscle structure of a dog so it would … Read more
Pretty sure you can guess where the idea came from. My daughter loved the movie so much we decided to create a Cruella DeVille costume. I am not the best when it comes to sewing, but I love Halloween and I hate those store bought costumes. For the costume I bought about 1 1/2 yards … Read more
I am currently enrolled with an internship at Disney World in Florida, so I thought that for this year’s Halloween I’d stick with a Disney theme! After deciding to be Cruella, I had to figure out a way to make her come to life. The wig was originally an Einstein wig that I teased and … Read more
It all started on Allie’s 1st birthday on September 4th… Grandmom Joan gave her a black & white Dalmatian spotted coat as one of her gifts. Right away, I thought, “Allie will look like Cruella from 101 Dalmatians when she wears this!” A few weeks later, I was looking to buy a cute costume online … Read more