Every year for the past 4 years our group dresses up for trick r treating with our kiddos. Over the last 3 years we have been an 80’s group, the Globe Trotters and Refs and Care Bears. This year we picked Willy Wonka & Oompa Loompas group Halloween costume. We prefer to make our own costumes rather … Read more
Our Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompa costumes have been the most fun, not only to wear but to make so far! I Googled some pictures of Oompa Loompa’s as well as the ORIGINAL Willy Wonka and based my design off of that. The Willy costume was the fastest to assemble so I will start with that: … Read more
My son had a rough October last year. His sister was due to arrive in a matter of weeks, he was going through a horrible experience with some unkind daycare workers and he was sick all the time. There were many life changes coming his way with the arrival of his baby sister and he … Read more
For our Oompa Loompa Couple costume we went to Goodwill to get pants and shirts, gloves, colored hairspray and face paint from Walmart, suspenders I had to get online (couldn’t find them anywhere in town). The socks, we just bought brown socks and brown shirts and painted on the stripes. My husband even downloaded the … Read more
This is my Oompa Loompa costume. It was made entirely by me in 1 day. The pants are a textured white material heavy enough to poof out on their own at the knees. I made it adjustable so that others could wear it in future years, even if they are larger than I. The waist … Read more
Willy Wonka – We bought the pattern and sewed the jacket and vest. Used purple cotton fabric instead of velvet. Found shiny patterned fabric for the vest. Used Christmas ribbon with wired edges for the bowtie and used elastic to tie it on. Bought a plain white felt top hat and spray painted it brown. … Read more
Here I am in an Oompa Loompa Costume from Charlie and the chocolate factory. White short dungarees which I got from a car boot sale for around £6.00, black and brown tights from eBay, a brown jumper, green wig and I had green shoes with pom poms on.) Really enjoyed this costume as I LOVE … Read more
My sister and I have always wanted to be Oompa Loompas for Halloween, so this year we finally did it! We are both short which made this Homemade Oompa Loompa Costumes even more perfect. To make this costume we went to a variety of stores and bought brown turtlenecks and socks, white capri pants, thick … Read more
This is my Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. For the hair: I bought a blond wig, cut it, rolled it up, bobby pinned it, and sprayed it with hair spray and green “hair” paint. I bought a brown turtle neck, bought some white fabric paint to paint the stripes on. I purchased white gloves, brown socks … Read more
This is Violet Beauregarde (the blueberry girl from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory). It’s one of my favorite costumes I’ve ever worn and one of the easiest to do! The dress was a lucky thrift store find. I’m not much of a seamstress, so I decided to check around for a suitable dress. On … Read more
I was a big hit at the party in my Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. I got the idea from this website and thought I could pull it off. I don’t sew but I thought I could manage straight stitches on my machine. I started with a very large pair of women’s white cotton capris that … Read more
I took inspiration from the Giant Homemade Oompah Loompah Adult Halloween Costume submitted on this website. I’m 6’6″ so I thought it would ironic. Ok, starting from the top. Blond wig spray painted green. I had to style and cut wig to look similar to Oompah Loompah. Orange facepaint, searched everywhere in Montreal, but luckily … Read more