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!
I made this clubby Cheshire Cat costume head-to-toe! I handmade the corset using a simple pattern from Joann Fabrics – it laces in the back with alternating pink and purple ribbon long enough to drape down to my knees. I then made a patch worked round skirt that tied with ribbon, and laid it over … Read more
For this Cheshire Cat costume I started with making the face as wide and big as the character in the movie. Materials used are: fabrics (purple and pink), foam roll, pillow stuffing for the tail, pretty much everything was sewed and put together with my designing and cutting and my mom’s sewing skills! We cut … Read more
This is Isabelle, and she grins just as cute as the Cheshire Cat in the movie. Her sister was Alice, so we figured this was only fitting for her to be the Cheshire Cat. She loved it, her little tail was dragging on the ground. This Homemade Cheshire Cat Halloween Toddler Costume was my first … Read more
Homemade Cheshire Cat Halloween costume – I didn’t like the store-bought costumes and wanted to come up with something fun! JUMPER: couldn’t find striped fabric, so I chose one yard each of purple and pink fleece fabric, cut them into 2” strips, and sewed them together for Cheshire cat fabric (used fleece so that I … Read more
My family decided to be the characters from Alice in Wonderland. I chose the Cheshire Cat Costume. I bought the dress since I didn’t have the time to make it. I looked for a pink and purple striped dress and found one at wet seal. I then made the tail (which is my favorite part … Read more
I made a Cheshire Cat costume for the event we have once a year here in Germany. It is called AnimagiC. It is a cosplay festival. My friends and I wanted to create a cosplay for us all together so we decided to do the characters out of Alice in Wonderland. Everyone of us has … Read more
The Cheshire cat costume took about one week to make. I got the idea from another cat costume which I found while searching for an Alice in Wonderland costume! I started by sewing strips of pink and purple fuzzy material together. Then I cut a small adult animal body pattern out of the striped material … Read more