Silver, shiny and in need of a heart, the Tin Man is a beloved classic character. This collection of DIY Tin Man costumes highlights all the different ways you can bring him to life this Halloween.
Create a homemade single costume or join a group of Dorothy and her friends to make a stow-stopping presentation. Can’t decide which Wizard of Oz character to dress up as? Split yourself in half like one of the costumes here and go as a half tin man and half scarecrow.
The Tin Women costumes are also tons of fun. Change it up by wearing a sparkly silver dress with your tin cap.
In addition, there is an awesome toddler wearing a costume made from dryer vents that is ridiculously adorable.
So grab some metallic face paint and check out the awesome tips and tricks to create your best homemade costume this Halloween.
The Wizard of Oz movie has always been a favorite of mine and I didn’t want to do the typical Dorothy costume so I went with the Tinman because I mean, c’mon its a man made out of TIN!! This costume actually turned out easier than I thought and the reactions to detail were the … Read more
Every year my group at work participates in the company costume contest. The competition is growing fiercer with each passing year and we are the reigning champions for the last three years. This year we decided on the Wizard of Oz for our theme and I took the tin man. I did some internet research … Read more
Twenty-three years ago my father made me a one of a kind tin man costume out of spare parts in his shop. I won 1st place as a kid at a mall contest with this costume. We packed the costume away good for 23 years and used the costume again for my daughter. Just had … Read more
One of my favorite films as a child was MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, and I remember dressing up in my mom’s cocktail gowns and twirling around the house pretending to be Glinda. The film continued to be a favorite throughout my life and it prompted me to design a Glinda costume for Halloween one … Read more
Made all the bolts with hot glue painted them glued with eyelash glue to face silver paint for face the empty heart made out of paper towel painted with black and red paint with some vasaline for the Tin Man, Scarecrow was made with straw and moss with a bird on the arm half Scarecrow … 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
What to be for Halloween this year? That was the question that spurred a marathon 20 hour pursuit for the perfect recognizable costume. It was four days before our annual Halloween party and I still had no idea what I was going to do. My wife finally decided to do characters from the Wizard of … Read more
For the body of this homemade Tin Man costume I used a cardboard envelope (used for shipping), hot glued embroidery rings (cut in half) on the inside of the costume to make it more structurally sound. I then glued fabric to the entire outside and made sleeves out of the fabric. I created a clock … Read more
13 Months ago when I came up with the brilliant idea to go to Disney in Florida for Halloween, the stipulations were all people going had to dress up. I came up with the idea of going as the Wizard of Oz cast. We had 6 adults and 5 children. Perfect. All childrens costumes had … Read more
Our group decided to go out dressed as characters from the Wizard of Oz. I decided to be the Tin man. I made the main parts of my Homemade Tin Man Costume with tag board and brads and painted them with silver spray-paint. I found long silver skirt that I cut and sewed into pants … Read more
I chose to make the Tin Man for my 2011 costume since he is truly one of the most recognizable of characters for people of all ages. I mean, who has NOT seen the Wizard of Oz? My Tin Man “Tinny” stands 9 feet tall, has LED lights which I later changed out for Neon … Read more
Each year since my son was born I try to think about a great costume for him at Halloween. Last year he was a Oompa Loompa. He was awesome. This year I let him choose and he chose a Homemade Tin Man Halloween. I remember that, when I was a kid, my brother had been … Read more