I’m not the Dorothy type, and that’s been overdone… people forget why the Wicked Witch of the West was after Dorothy and her little dog… it’s because she killed her sister by landing her house on her head!! I made the shoes by first spray painting them red, and then added red gliier a bit … Read more
Halloween is about ghost and goblins, and this gave me the idea to go to a classic movie for inspiration. I watched the original Wizard of Oz and decided that the costume I would make would be the blue flying monkey who scares everyone to this day. Finding my creative original costume idea: I started … Read more
My 6-yr old son had to dress up as his favorite book character for the School Book Day and his all time favorite book is Wizard of Oz. Initially he wanted to be the Tin Soldier, but I convinced him that the Scarecrow will be easier to wear through the day. I bought a new … Read more
My roomates and I have always considered Halloween one of our favorite holidays. For Halloween 2011, we went with the theme ”The Wizard of Oz.” We had a fun party to attend later on that night, and wanted the costumes to look awesome! Everyone loved our costumes and we were a hit! Since we couldn’t find any cute costumes, we decided … Read more
I decided to dress my baby up for Halloween last minute. We had most of the items to make this baby Scarecrow costume, so it probably cost less than $5. It’s pretty self-explanatory, but to create this costume, you need a flannel shirt, overalls, hat, tape, raffia, red lipstick, and a black eyeliner pencil. I … Read more
For a fun Halloween costume run (race), a group of us decided to be Wizard of Oz. I made my entire Glinda costume and got TONS of compliments, and was asked at least 25 times to stop and take pictures. Unfortunately the picture I have doesn’t do it justice, but I’ll explain and hopefully that … Read more
I had to make a costume that was game or anime related that hadn’t been done before, so I decided to go with one of my favorite card games, Munchkin from Steve Jackson Games. The best part was the axe that took the most of my time, effort, and money. How much? I don’t even … Read more
This homemade child scarecrow costume from The Wizard of Oz was my son’s request for a costume. I started by making a hat from black felt. I simply cut a large circle and then made it into a cone. I pushed in the top part to blunt it of and then cut a brim from … Read more
The Dorothy, Scarecrow, and Glenda were rented costumes. For the tinman I used a metallic fabric and used my son’s shirt and pants as a pattern to sew the costume. I then used silver spray paint for plastic for his ax which I purchased at our local dollar tree from a fireman set. The cowards … Read more
Half Good witch half Bad witch costume from The Wizard of Oz, or some people also referred to me as the Broadway Show Wicked. It was easier than I had thought. I had purchased a witch costume and also Glinda, the good witch costume on an after Halloween clearance sale for about $10.00 each. I cut the bad witch … Read more
I became obsessed with The Wizard of Oz movie for a while, so when the time came, I planted the seed into my little daughter’s head about being Dorothy for Halloween. She loved the idea. I am not an expert seamstress, but ran to the store and bought the pattern. I wanted the Dorothy child … Read more
Book Week dress up day is a big event at my school. The staff and children dress up as their favorite book character and have a chance to win prizes on the day. I always make a new costume each year and my inspiration was some material with the characters from Wizard of Oz printed … Read more