This year I had a Homemade Mad Hatter Halloween Costume Idea. The hat is made from wire, poster board, and foam core wrapped in fabric. The coat was dyed, the pants trimmed. The lace was sewn onto the sleeves. The shoes bought at a thrift store. The ribbons and handkerchiefs and bow tie were cut … Read more
I asked my 3 year old what he was going to be for Halloween. He told me an “Oompa Loompa!” I immediately said “Oh yeah?” like where am I going to get a costume like this? After learning you can’t buy a pattern for this I had drew (with a sharpie) on the fabric the … Read more
Hello! We had a Halloween costume contest at the office, and I made my homemade Mad Hatter costume just the day before with a foam hat, the top of the hat is made of carton and some lace painted in green that I found home. I put everything together with staples (yes, just staples!) I … Read more
Halloween is the greatest holiday EVER! My friends and I decided to have a Wonderland themed party for Halloween and boy was it a success! An unanimous decision was made that I would be the Mad Hatter. Having recently seen Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland I was inspired by the look of Johnny Depp’s Mad … Read more
A friend at work has been calling me Oompa Loompa for the part year. I decided to try an Oompa Loompa Costume for Halloween this year after my daughter was watching “Charlie and the Chocolate factory” on TV. The pants were the hardest part. I found a pair of white pants at a local store … Read more
I made this whole Mad Hatter homemade costume and make up by myself here in Chile, with contacts and all the stuff. Here in Chile it’s very difficult to buy a wig or scarwax, for example. There are no professional costume stores, so you can’t get spirit gum or scar wax. I’m studying (sorry for … Read more
This is a Homemade Edward Scissorhands Halloween Costume I made for my Ex when we lived in LA. I started with a zip up leather jacket that I got at the thrift store. I turned the jacket around so it actually zipped up the back. I bought any and all leather belts from the thrift … Read more
For our Corpse Bride and Groom costumes we bought the dress, veil, tux shirt and pants at a thrift store. We made a wig out of 1 blue and 1 purple roll of yarn. We then bought the white hair color to spray our faces. (It doesn’t get on everything and dries superfast – heaven). … Read more
Every year I search for the perfect costume and last year it was Oompa Loompa from he original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Execution of the costume was simple. I picked up a long-sleeved shirt from the Salvation Army. I cut out overall shaped pants and quickly sewed them together (not even anything fancy or … Read more
My sister and I have always wanted to be Oompa Loompas for Halloween, so this year we finally did it! We are both short which made this Homemade Oompa Loompa Costumes even more perfect. To make this costume we went to a variety of stores and bought brown turtlenecks and socks, white capri pants, thick … Read more
My 4 year old son got to choose what he wanted to be for Halloween this year. He chose an Homemade Oompa Loompa Halloween Costume! Unfortunately it’s a costume that has to be homemade. I had to dye a white turtleneck brown and paint the stripes on. My grandma was kind enough to sew the … Read more
This is my Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. For the hair: I bought a blond wig, cut it, rolled it up, bobby pinned it, and sprayed it with hair spray and green “hair” paint. I bought a brown turtle neck, bought some white fabric paint to paint the stripes on. I purchased white gloves, brown socks … Read more