October 31, 2011 My granddaughter was dead set on being the White Queen from Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.” You can imagine my dismay…I am a seamstress (I made her an authentic Cinderella dress for a school play) so of course Gramma could accomplish anything. Her mother then decided to be the Mad Hatter and … Read more

For the second year in a row, we have teamed up with our friends to create an entire theme including our kids (last year we went as the Flintstones and Rubbles). With a couple trips to the local thrift store, fabric store, our own closets, the fact that two of us are 7 months pregnant, … Read more

Our group decided to go as the Alice in Wonderland party. We had The Cheshire Cat, The Queen of Hearts, The Mad Hatter (Tim Burton’s version), Alice, The Tea Party Rabbit and, of course, our Late White Rabbit (who is really late, by this we mean pregnant). Our Homemade Alice in Wonderland Group Costume was … Read more

For Alice we purchased a dress online, then bought tights and a wig and I wore my old Mary Janes from high school. I bought some ribbon at a craft store and tied it around my head for the head band. For the Mad Hatter we bought the hat, then went to Goodwill for the … Read more

This is how the Alice in Wonderland group costume was put together: The Mad Hatter-shirt and pants are from the closet and I dyed an old lab coat orange (store-bought shoes and hat, wig and bulb nose). Alice’s dress is from a pattern (store-bought wig and shoes). March Hare pants are from the closet, shirt … Read more

My family got together and decided to do an Alice in Wonderland Group Costume. We really got into the characters even talking and acting like them. The caterpillar was probably the most work. We used spray foam to construct the mushroom then carved a hole for my son’s body to go into and painted it. … Read more