Our Japanese exchange student wanted to be the “Mad Hatter” ala Johnny Depp. We started out at the thrift store. We found a black dinner jacket, a vest, a pink shirt, pinstriped pants, and a cool floral skirt to cut up for the bowtie. We also found a plaid knit men’s shirt to cut up … Read more
My daughters were in an “Alice in Wonderland” themed dance last summer. We decided to go for the Disney version of Alice and the White Rabbit Costume. My oldest was the White Rabbit with pieces put together from thrift shop finds and alterations done by me: – bunny hat from a bunny costume; – black … Read more
This is Violet Beauregarde (the blueberry girl from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory). It’s one of my favorite costumes I’ve ever worn and one of the easiest to do! The dress was a lucky thrift store find. I’m not much of a seamstress, so I decided to check around for a suitable dress. On … Read more
This Mad Hatter Halloween Costume was homemade. The only things purchased were the leather jacket and the hair. The lace on the sleeves was sewn onto the jacket, as well as the ribbons and hankie hanging from the jacket pocket. The hat was made from poster board, two layers of fabric hot glued on and … Read more
Every year the Hospital I work at has a Halloween Costume Contest. So this year 2009 we decided to do Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, even though the movie hadn’t came out yet. So by looking at the pictures on the internet we assigned each character to each person that worked in the Lab. So … Read more
well, I wasn’t sure on what would be my costume for Halloween, but I decided to be Edward Scissorhands because a lot of people told me I look like him, even if I don’t think so. Anyways, I made my Homemade Edward Scissorhands Costume and here is how it looks, I’m not totally satisfied, but … Read more
Last year I went all out searching every where to get the exact clothing that Johnny Depp wore for the movie Sweeney Todd. It took me 2 months to complete this Evil Sweeney Todd Homemade Costume. The vest was a vintage 18th century from Singapore, the razor is the same replica used in the movie … Read more
I wanted to reproduce Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride as closely as possible and was able to find all the materials I needed at the thrift shop and Dollar store. The cost for everything added up to around $15. The sewing was also really minimal – just a little bit of hand sewing here and there, … Read more
Hello Everyone, My name is Joshua I am 6″10. Yes, that’s right – 6 foot 10 inches. I am 375 pounds and I live in Nebraska. Every year I find myself trying to figure out what to be for the funnest day of the year – Halloween. Well, after months of pondering, I thought to … Read more
Items needed for my cool homemade Oompa Loompa costume: 1. A blonde schoolgirl’s wig,(Joanne’s Fabric), spray-painted with both fluorescent green hair paint and plastic-based forest green paint. (60% off, $3.99, $6.99, $5.99). 2. Brown Ralph Lauren Polo (TJ Max), designer Oompa Loompa (would you expect anything less?) Women’s size medium, $12.99. I painted the white … Read more
I decided to do a Tim Burton’s DIY Mad Hatter Halloween costume. I knew it would be something fun & creative. I found most of my items at Goodwill. The coat, shirt, vest, pants, bowtie scarf and cuffs around the sleeves. I did not have to make any changes to the coat or shirt. I … Read more
My sons'(age 2 & 4 at the time) favorite movie is “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, so as early as summer they told me they wanted to be Oompa Loompas for Halloween. I wanted to make these little Oompa Loompas costumes myself, but I am not much of a sewer so I knew I … Read more