I wanted to create a unique costume that people could instantly recognize, I wanted to be seen as the character I was portraying, and not be mistaken for anyone else – I thought having scissors for hands would be the best option. I had nearly all the supplies for the costume on hand, so with only a moderate … Read more
My 5 year old decided last year (when he was 4) that he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. I consider myself pretty crafty and thought “Awesome, I have a whole year to get this ready”….or NOT! This year brought on many stresses and at the end of August, when I would have been … Read more
Shop at St. Patricks Day for wigs, Shop at Easter for a Giant Egg, Shop at Goodwill or Salvation Army for the perfect brown shirt, Shop at Summer Clearance for white cropped pants. Buy Grosgrain ribbon at Fabric Store, perfect brown color, 6 rolls, 1 yard of stretch fabric. Sew ribbon about 1 inch apart … Read more
I duct taped an old shirt and turned it into a jacket. I used any thing silver around the house and sewed, then taped them to my jacket. Borrowed friends belts and attached them to my legs and waist. I found an old wig and cut, teased, and used Auqa Net hairspray to style the … Read more
I started out wanting to be Edward Scissor Hands for Halloween. As I looked at the varoius store bought costumes, I was really disappointed. Especially with the actual gloves. I knew I could make this myself. The gloves/blades were the hardest item to find because most of the ones that I found, were made of … Read more
The Edward Scissorhands costume was all made of stuff I already had. I downloaded a free pattern for each of the scissors and printed it out. After cutting out each of the 10 blades I pasted them onto cardboard, and then once again cut them all out. Then, I covered each one in tin foil to … Read more
I wanted to make a theme with all 4 of my kids and thank GOD they loved my idea! My eldest daughter was the Mad Hatter, my other daughter was a huge tea cup, my son was the white rabbit, and my youngest daughter was a lavender tea bag. I got the Mad Hatter felt … Read more
I made this Edward Scissorhands costume for my 9 year old son. I bought black pants and a black turtle neck from a second hand store for $3.00. I also picked up some studded belts from a variety of second hand stores for between 50 cents to $3.00 each. I cut up the belts to … Read more
Very fun for a group to do together! Super easy! It was so much fun to do! And who doesn’t love wearing a wig!! Everybody loved the costumes! And Willy Wonka was such a trooper!! We won 2nd place in a costume contest! Very easy and super super fun!
It all started with a love for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Pure Imagination. Standing at just 4’11 and 3/4″, I often turn to short things for Halloween costumes. Of these have been a gnome, leprechaun, smurf, and of course and Oompa Loompa. I had my costume all ready to go for my … Read more
We made these costumes over a matter of weeks (we always get really excited for Halloween). We got a lot of interesting reactions! We especially stood out because we managed to only go to the places that no one dressed up at (i.e., the bar with all of the young professionals in their suits, drinking … Read more
The three Oompa Loompa Costumes on the right of the picture were made by this momma!! Every year in my small town we have Halloween around our Courthouse square where all the stores down town give out candy; well, I got tired of seeing the same costumes from WalMart over and over and over. So … Read more