I had no idea what to have my children be and I had limited funds. So every year I try to come up with homemade costume ideas. My son was a pirate one year from a homemade costume in 2007 and I was amazed because his costume looked better than all the kids wearing store … Read more
This Madhatters Halloween costume was a last-minute stroke of genius achieved by my boyfriend, Nick Kiser. I had planned my Queen of Hearts get-up for weeks, but as Halloween night rolled around Nick finally decided to plan a costume out of what he could find around the house. He found the Mad Hatter hat that … Read more
I made these DIY Shrunken Alice and the Mad Hatter couple Halloween costume out of mostly thrift store finds and household objects. I got the idea for the costumes from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I enjoy making detailed costumes for Halloween and figured that these characters would me challenging enough. And I had not … Read more
I made this Homemade Child’s Queen of Hearts Gown for my baby sister. She wanted a “poofy” gown with “TONS OF SPARKLES.” A typical description from an eight year old girl. When I was her age, I had a store bought Queen of Hearts costume that I wore until I couldn’t get the zipper up … Read more
This is the coolest homemade Red queen costume! It was very time consuming! This is my version of the actual Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland suitable for a little girl. I first made the top of the dress, it is made from Blue and Gold satin material, then I sewed red ribbon for the … Read more
I wore this Homemade Mad Hatter Costume for my daughter’s Sweet Sixteen Party, themed a Mad Sweet Sixteen! The girls dressed in blue dresses like Alice, the dads wore Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum shirts I made by taping off white t-shirts and spraying with black spray paint and then red suspenders. I bought the … Read more
I dressed my boys up for world book day this year as the film was just being released – I decided to create the Johnny Depp mad hatters homemade costumes. I got some old shirts and a waist coat for my oldest. On the waist coat I decided to sew a white rabbit (in the … Read more
To make Beetlejuice’s costume, we bought a dark over sized suit from a thrift store and put pinstripes on it using white tape. We stuffed a white t-shirt to make the belly. We used a photo from the movie to pattern the make-up, and reworked a grey wig to make the hair. For Lydia’s costume, … Read more
We decided to go as a Homemade Beetlejuice and Lydia Couple Costume one year- which I was very excited about. At that time, there were no Beetlejuice pre-packaged outfits or wigs which is fine with me because I love to make my own! For Beetlejuice, we bought a black suite from Goodwill, taped off lines … Read more
I love Beetlejuice and have always wanted to do a costume, but I never felt like I related to Lydia… I relate more so to the mom, however – nobody would know who she is without having a Beetlejuice character. And I’ve always loved Miss Argentina and her attitude so I decided to create a … Read more
Our homemade Beetlejuice Halloween costumes were made from old clothes in our closet. Beetlejuice wig was found from a garage sale in my neighborhood and I had to paint it with some dark color to get the right Beetlejuice hair color. My wife had this shirt from a party in her job. Our faces were … 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