This Homemade Wednesday Addams and Thing Costume was my daughter’s idea. She has always had a ‘dark’ sense of humour! My mother made a simple pilgrim dress out of black cotton, with the white color and cuffs. We had the belt already as it came with a purchased skirt. We used black tights (over a … Read more
This Wednesday Addams Costume was made for about $15…My 8 year old daughter wanted to be Wednesday Addams. We got the dress at Goodwill $4. I had to shorten it because the dress was floor length and I sewed a white collar onto it (white fabric found for $1.99 in the clearance bin at JoAnn … Read more
This Morticia and Pubert Addams costume is a very simple costumes! Morticia: I colored my hair black and copied Morticia’s hairstyle. I wore my grandmother’s long black sleeveless dress and over it an old blouse I had with sleeves that resembled Morticia’s. Of course, I also wore black high heels. Pubert: I parted my 1 … Read more
For this Wednesday Addams costume, I braided a black wig for her hair. I bought a black dress with puffyish sleeves. The dress was short sleeved so I had my daughter wear a long sleeve black shirt under. For the collar and the cuffs, I cut up an old t-shirt and pinned to the dress … Read more
Lurch, Gomez with Thing on his shoulder, Morticia, Grandma Addams, Wednesday, Cousin Itt, Pugsley, Uncle Fester. Everyone’s costumes were put together/ made. Everything was selected by myself or my sister specifically for each person. We work very hard on making our group costumes look as authentic as possible including this Homemade Addams Familly Costume.
I made this Uncle Fester costume for my brother after he caught wind that I was making my daughter Wednesday Addams. For his costume I just sewed a simple brown shift with a fake fur colar and bought the light up light bulb at a joke shop. My daughter’s Wednesday dress was a black velvet … Read more
Making the Gomez and Morticia Adams costume was fairly easy. For Gomez, we went to a thrift shop and bought a dark suit, and found a thin dark tie. We colored his hair black with spray, and attached a fake mustache that we cut to be like Gomez’s. And of course…we bought a cheap cigar. … Read more
My daughter thought of the idea at the beginning of the year. Could not find a costume so we had to make one. We bought two 5 foot long wigs and one 3 foot long wig. I fitted it to her head and sewed the wigs together. Then you add a black derby hat and … Read more
My dress was purchased at the local thrift store. It was a witch and I added the bottom. The necklace from Wal-Mart kids Halloween items. Morticia took a bouquet of rose stems for the party host. Gomez’s suit is also from the thrift store. His hair was craft fur, a little sewing and a lot … Read more
The idea for this Homemade Cousin Itt Halloween Costume actually came to me after last year’s Halloween. When I was 14, I made a wig for a Halloween costume using the same technique. Not that I’m 14 any longer, not have been for many years. It is made using Sisal Baler Twine available from a … Read more
While searching for easy to make costumes, we decided that my son Joshua would make a good Uncle Fester. I bought several yards of brown burlap and my sister sewed the robe together. We salvaged a fur collar from an old coat and attached it to the top. The final step was shaving Josh’s head. … Read more
This is a Cousin Itt Costume that I had the idea for that my mom helped me make. First we got some hair colored discount fabric and a tan knit hat from the dollar store. Then we got some yarn that was close to the fabric color. It took four 8 ounce skeins for a … Read more