So my daughter wanted to be Corpse Bride for Halloween. I absolutely HATE store bought costumes and LOVE Corpse Bride so you can imagine my excitement to make this one! Now I am pretty crafty, I know how to sew but I am self taught so whenever I make stuff I kinda wing it and figure … Read more
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. For as long as I can remember I’ve always been intrigued by the spooky and the strange, which is probably why Tim Burton has always been a huge inspiration for me. This past year I decided to create my own version of one of Burton’s most likeable and … Read more
We wanted to dress up as Tim Burton characters, so we decided on Jack Skellington and the corpse bride. I made the head for Jack Skellington out of papier mache. I covered an inflatable ball with cling film, and put 2 or 3 layers of papier mache (using old newspapers) over it. I didn’t want … Read more
My husband and I live in China for 3 years now… on our first Halloween here we were kind of worried that we would not have any Halloween parties to go to and actually we were wrong. There are lots of foreigners living here that try to make the best of it. So for last … Read more
I made there two costumes all by myself. Only the Emily’s blue hair was bought. For the Emily’s dress I bought some old curtains (altogether 5$) and sewed them together. I used my old corset too. Then I drew the curls all over the dress with the clothing colour. I bought white tights and coloured … Read more
Our 5 yr old daughter wanted to be the corpse bride from her favorite movie. We took her baptism dress and used black sidewalk chalk to make it look a little dirtier. We made a veil with netting (tulle) that I sprayed very lightly with black paint just to make it not so bright white … Read more
For this Corpse Bride costume I used my real wedding dress. I made black and white roses and attached them to the dress, and made a bouquet. I used an old net curtain to make a veil which I ripped up. I made the gloves in spider patterned material. I bought a black wig. I … Read more
This Homemade Corpse Bride Halloween Costume was more of a challenge for me than the scary clown was. I wanted to look as accurate as I could; basically, I wanted to look as much like Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride as possible. I bought a white wig and a bouquet of black roses. I went looking … Read more
Most of this Homemade Corpse Bride Halloween Costume was purchased at thrift stores and then modified. I happen to pick a wedding dress up for only $3.50. Then I got some turquoise fabric dye for the top and bottom. The head piece was a wall wreath that I deconstructed into a head wreath and added … Read more
My Homemade Corpse Bride Costume idea was Emily from the Corpse Bride which is a Tim Burton film. The concept would be to make a live version of the cartoon. I wanted something that would be beautiful with a dark overtone. I first started shopping for the dress; the main element to my canvas. I … Read more
I love Tim Burton movies and originally wanted to be Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas but I did not have the time to make the costume due to how intricate her dress is. I decided the Corpse Bride Costume was the next best thing! I wanted to be a “sexy one” so I added a … Read more
I wanted to reproduce Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride as closely as possible and was able to find all the materials I needed at the thrift shop and Dollar store. The cost for everything added up to around $15. The sewing was also really minimal – just a little bit of hand sewing here and there, … Read more