My friends and I did a Wizard of Oz theme for Halloween a few years ago. We even have a yellow brick road!!! The Tin Man is the only purchased costume:( All Others were hand made. I myself made the Dorothy and Lion costumes with no patterns….I just winged it! The shoes were a cheap … Read more
Dryer vents worked great for this Tin Man costume. The hat and turtleneck were spray painted with a metallic paint and the hat is a funnel also spray painted.
We are the official characters of the Chesterton Wizard of Oz Festival, which is the world’s largest Oz-themed event. All of our Wizard of Oz group costume designs are handmade by the members of our group and their families. Yes, Dorothy even hand-sequined and rhinestoned her slippers. Every effort was made to ensure that the … Read more
My baby boy was born on Halloween and his first birthday theme was “pumpkin patch”. I wanted his costume to relate to his first birthday theme, so I decided to make him a Homemade Scarecrow Costume. I simply used a pair of pants he already had with patches and bought a long sleeve red T-shirt. … Read more
I was originally going to be the Scarecrow from the Batman movie. But a suit with a piece of burlap over my head didn’t seem like an exciting costume. So I kinda went with a traditional Scary Scarecrow Halloween Costume. The head’s a piece of burlap, that I used some polyurethane on to keep the … Read more
Tin Man was made from a Bally fitness suit purchased from Goodwill for $2.50 I backed it with poster board and made the heart from a pocket watch and an old red folder. His old shoes were painted with chrome paint. Lion was previously a stuffed animal from Goodwill and totally ripped apart at the … Read more
I went in a Tin Woman Halloween costume. I modified a silver dress to make it strapless, covered thigh high boots I had with glitter and silver paint, painted a red funnel silver and covered it in glitter too, and attached ribbon to keep the hat on. It was very cute!
Every year I try to beat the prior years’ original costume! This year I decided on one of the munchkins for my 4 year old son, who not better then the famous “Lollipop Guild”! So easy, inexpensive and to see people laughing just made my day! Red jogging pants were from Walmart for $3.00 cut … Read more
This year for Halloween our son choose a Wizard of Oz theme. His costume was not purchased it was handmade by his Aunt Megan, who went as Dorothy. Our son could not pronounce scarecrow, although he knew very well what his costume was. He would pronounce himself as a “square crow”. It was so adorable, … Read more
This DIY Scarecrow Halloween costume idea came to me when I saw Halloween decorations. I thought it would be different from regular costumes. This costume was very easy and fun to make. First I found a hat at a garage sale for $2. Then I took fake hay from another scarecrow and cut it off. … Read more
The Wizard of Oz is one of many popular themes done during Halloween, so I knew I had to make it as original as possible, also considering topping each year before, so I took a trip to the nearest home depot, grabbed a cart and searched the isles. I ended up going through every piece … Read more
This Tin Man costume was made for my office Halloween party. My group decided to do the theme of The Wizard of Oz. I wanted to be the Tin Man since he is the coolest-looking character from the movie. I made the entire costume out of posterboard (except for the funnel and ax). I spray-painted … Read more