Oh E Oh E O OH! Everyone remember’s that chant from the Wizard of Oz! After my son was selected to be a Winkie Guard in his school play, I took it upon myself to help with the 19 guard costumes needed for the play. I started by researching exactly what the guards in the movie looked like … Read more
For several years I’ve wanted to make a munchkin costume for a toddler. Unfortunately, there haven’t been any small children in my circle of family and friends for the past 20 years. Finally, I have a granddaughter to make costumes for. She even has a munchkin face and hair. I watched the movie Wizard of … Read more
We attended MNSSHP at Disney World and wanted to have a family themed costume. See the Wizard of Oz was celebrating 75 years this year, we thought that would be a good inspiration for our costumes. All of your costumes were homemade except for the Dorothy costume which did have a homemade accessory which was … Read more
This Flying Monkey costume was for the Halloween parade in my town. I am a silk in the band and our squad was the flying monkeys and wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz. So I basically started off by looking for supplies. I got a gray sweat suit a red vest some paint and red … Read more
I have always made my own costumes. When I was growing up we never bought costumes we always made them. I was inspired when walking through a craft store looking at Halloween decorations. I was immediately struck by this cute boy and girl set of Scarecrows. This was the first year that I was with … Read more
My mother made all costumes for the family. We just added the extras. I made my daughter’s dress of the good witch Glenda by buying from the second hand store a puffy dress. I added a special thing that went under the dress to make it even puffier. Then I got some lace and added … Read more
I first saw Wicked when I was 14. Ever since then I always wanted Elphaba’s main dress from act 2. But sadly then I had just started to sew and knew it would be sometime before I could even attempt to recreate the tony award winning dress. As time went on I made more costumes … Read more
I wanted to come up with something original and had never seen a tin woman so I went for it. I found the boots at a yard sale and spray painted them. Found the dress and silver leggings at a hoochie shop in the mall and the wig at a Halloween store. I hot glued … Read more
This all started when I was invited to a villain party, and all of the “typical/original” ideas were taken,. I was in a jam and even considered not going! I was then given the idea from the host of the party to be the Wicked Witch of the East, but no instructions on how I … Read more
This baby Scarecrow costume was an extremely last minute costume! In total I think it took me about 45 minutes to make. And I made it Halloween morning! I already had a pair of overalls. I cut out some different colored pieces of felt in square and triangle patterns and sewed them onto the overalls … Read more
Emilia, age 2 chose Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz as her Halloween costume. Pulling her in a wagon was the perfect set up for her house prop. It’s just as if we were standing in Munchkin Land where the house landed on the witch, getting ready for the great journey to Oz. Dorothy and … Read more
My 15 month old daughter, Mara, is dressed as the Wicked Witch of the East – complete with ruby slippers and a homemade dress and cape (she wouldn’t keep the hat on or hold onto the broom, and I figured I’d be a bad mom if I painted her face green). I planned on accompanying … Read more