To make the homemade Queen of Hearts costume, I used playing cards, red and black tulle, black elastic, a white tank top, hot glue, red glitter, red ribbon, black tape, clear tape, a black headband, red scrapbook paper, and glittery foam! I used about 9 decks of cards, but since I only used one suit … Read more
One of my costumes this year was The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. I bought a makeup pallet from Party City and painted my face. The colors I used: pink black, and white. A better makeup to use next time would be Mehron costume makeup; the consistency is better and wont fade through the … Read more
Where to begin telling you about my Mad Hatter costume? Well, I found the green velvet trench coat years ago in 2000 on eBay, but wasn’t sure what to do with it or how to make it something I could enjoy. Then, the new Johnny Depp Alice In Wonderland movie came out, so I finally … Read more
This is How I Made the Cool Family Alice in Wonderland Costumes: Wow! Almost didn’t get these pulled together. The tutu dresses started out as just the body and the tutu. But they looked so plain that I ended up adding the sleeves at the last minute. The white rabbit was the easiest, but getting … Read more
This costume was a ton of work. It started out with the mask, which has a paper mache base that I created literally on my daughter’s face, making sure to add upholstery foam where Cheshire’s face differed from hers. She had to take two showers to get all the glue out of her hair after that! Then, I … Read more
Hi! My name is Deanna Meehan and here is my story about my son Hayden’s 2014 Halloween costume, The Mad Hatter. My 8 year old son Hayden borrowed the movie Alice in Wonderland (Johnny Depp version) from a friend last month. Our family had never seen the movie. He loved the Mad Hatter character, everything … Read more
You ever have an idea so good that you don’t have time to write it down you just do it? Well that is what happened to me lol. My daughter originally wanted to be a chess piece then she wanted to be a peacock, and then finally the queen of hearts. Being a stay at … Read more
Queen of hearts is my favorite Alice in Wonderland character. This costume was completely made by hand from a female vampire costume from years past. I cut the old costume down the front and added in the white panel down the front that I had previously sewn hearts too. On the back a row of … Read more
This is the best female Steampunk Mad Hatter costume ever! I was given the steampunk hat and the knee high boots for Christmas and everything else was home made. We went thrift store shopping, found a brown dress and a men’s black suit jacket. We altered the suit jacket by attaching safety pins in two … Read more
Ok my son (JJ) loves for me to always make his costumes. This year I decided to make him one of my favorite Disney character into A costume, Mad Hater! The Costume Pieces: I am big on thrift stores, soooooo, I went to the thrift store and purchased pants and tailored them to length, the … Read more
Here’s how to make a Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum costume – the right way! Every year my best friend and I dress up in matching Halloween costumes. This was our last Halloween together in college, so it had to be the best. Because we were on a student budget we decided to make our … Read more
My sister is member of the varsity song squad at her high high school. She doesn’t fit in with them very well so when the squad decided they were going to all dress up as characters from Alice in Wonderland they picked without her and told her she had to be one the singing flowers. … Read more