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.
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
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