After watching the new Alice in Wonderland my daughter decided she HAD to be the character Alice played “Um from Umbridge”. I watched the movie and scoured the internet for photos and ended up putting a camera on a tri-pod and pausing the movie to see the different views and then making this Homemade Um … Read more
Tim Burton inspired Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter… a DIY Alice in Wonderland couple Halloween costume.. Mad Hatter Halloween costume: We went to the thrift store and found a suit jacket and shoes. We spray painted it several colors and spray painted the shoes gold and attached old large earrings which were also spray-painted. … Read more
My (now) 6 year old nephew has a real talent for picking complicated costumes. But, he usually picks it right away and doesn’t change his mind. He lives 150 miles away from me, so it was tricky getting him and the costume in the same room at the same time to finish it. It was … 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
The idea for the Homemade Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts Costumes came from Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”, starring Johnny Depp, and premiering in March 2010. We happened to see the trailer for the movie and pictures from it online and based our costumes on them. Both costumes were completely homemade by us. A … Read more
The Queen of Hearts has always been one of my favorite villains, so this year I decided to use her as my costume inspiration. Since Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was released this year, I knew there would be a lot of Queen of Hearts roaming around on Halloween, so I tried to make sure … Read more
For Halloween this year, I had a Red Queen from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Girl’s Costume Idea to do as a family theme. I was the White Queen and my 3 year old daughter was the Red Queen of Hearts. It looked so good since she is small, we were able to get the … Read more
Each year we try to make our costumes even better than the last. We wanted something edgy that would test the boundaries of our creative minds. After scouring the internet for hours on end, between the four of us, we decided on Tim Burton’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. We chose the White Rabbit, the … 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
I love the story of Alice In Wonderland so, for our work Halloween costumes, a friend and I dressed up in Homemade Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum Costumes. We went to a used bargain store and found red sweat pants for under $5. Then we bought cheap, extra large yellow T-shirts. The collars/bibs were easily … Read more
We like to go as a family theme for Halloween. This year, everyone agreed on Alice in Wonderland. From oldest to youngest, my children dressed as the Red Queen, Alice, the Cheshire Cat, and the White Rabbit. I dressed as the March Hare and my husband was the Mad Hatter. To make the White Rabbit … Read more
After seeing Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland this year, I was determined to make the White Queen costume, played by Anne Hathaway. I always make my costumes, and swear against using any “off-the-store-shelf” costumes. This White Queen costume was definitely the hardest I have ever made, and took over 50 hours of work. Difficulty: Moderate Time … Read more