Let the wild rumpus start with DIY costumes! Maurice Sendak’s beloved tale comes to life in this awesome collection of Where the Wild Things Are costumes. You’ll love these homemade costumes so much, you will want to eat them.
Check out DIY costumes of the fierce protagonist, Max. Discover how to make his wolf suit and crown from the tutorials here.
Most of all, the Wild Things look incredible as homemade costumes. The detail on these impressive costumes makes them look like they jumped out of the pages of the book.
In addition, this is a fun idea for a group costume. You will see many examples of DIY family costumes here.
So craft a ship and sail away for weeks until it’s time for Halloween. Then make your best homemade Where the Wild Things Are costumes for your best DIY costume ever!
My two year old son, Hunter, is a huge fan of the book “Where The Wild Things Are” so when the movie came out, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to take him to his first movie. He absolutely loved his Homemade King Of The Wild Things Halloween Costume and since then, is hooked … Read more
This Homemade Carol from Where the Wild Things Are Costume is 100% made from scratch. First, the head was formed with paper mache around a 65cm workout ball. The details on the head were then created with paper mache pulp. The eyes were just painted on. All the fur and fabric was ordered online. Then … Read more
I’ve always been a fan of WTWTA, but when I saw the trailer with one of my favorite Arcade Fire song’s playing I was enchanted! So months ago I started planning how to make the Homemade Where the Wild things Are Max and Carol Costumes. I searched all over the internet for photos and ideas. … Read more
My husband always love the book, “Where the Wild Things Are”. Since the movie came out just before Halloween, we thought it would be cool to make this Homemade Where the Wild Things Are Halloween Costume. He sketched out his own version of a Wild Thing. I constructed it, and invented the pattern. It’s sewn … Read more
Fall was in the air, which meant it was time to start thinking of what or who to be for Halloween. As I was starting to come up with costume ideas I was flipping through the channels. I came across the movie, “Where The Wild Things Are”, which is based off an older children’s book. … Read more
My son loves “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak so we decided to make a Max costume for him for Halloween last year. Searching on-line, I found a fleece one piece suit body suit. I bought oversized buttons and sewed them down the front of the body suit. I found a real wolf … Read more
Throughout nursery and early grade school, my favorite book had always been Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak. Many years later, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first saw a preview for Spike Jonze’s theatrical version this past summer, and it was at that point that I started thinking of a way … Read more
I made this Little Wild Thing Baby costume for my son Liam for his 1st birthday party. I have never sewn anything in my life, so this entire costume was made with glue, safety pins, and velvet ribbon strings to attach pieces of fabric together. Really, I’m not joking!
This is our Homemade Max and Where the Wild Things Are Monster Costume. The Max costume started with McCalls pattern M5956. I used soft stretchable fleece material and followed the pattern with a few modifications. The ears were made with a homemade pattern and had pipecleaners sewn to the inside to make them stand up. … Read more
I haven’t paper mâchéd since I was probably 6 years old. But this Halloween I had a little more time in my 4th year of medical school (yes I am usually VERY left brained) and decided to put my mind to it and make our costumes inspired by the BOOK (movie was too dark and … Read more
This Wild Thing Halloween costume was no small task. The first thing I did was get a Simplicity pattern for a Raggedy Andy costume. I needed something that would have a different top and bottom. I bought orange and yellow fabric and cut it into strips. I then sewed the strips together to make orange … Read more
This year’s Halloween costume was Carol from the book “Where The Wild Things Are”. I started it kind of last minute, about 8 days before Halloween. I started out with a couple sheets of 1-1/4″ foam and formed a rough torso, hands and legs. Then I tried to manipulate a cardboard box into a head. … Read more