I wanted an original costume that I couldn’t buy from any costume store and that I wouldn’t expect to see on the street. After a lot of thought I decided to make my 2 year old an OOMPA LOOMPA!!! I need to add, never in my life have I made any type of costume, clothing … Read more
I got this idea for a Oompa Loompa Halloween costume, because I’m very short and I love to make people laugh. I started out with a shirt from Target that cost me (6 dollars). I bought some white fabric paint (2.00 dollars) and painted the lines on at the top of my shirt and the … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween and I love having creative costumes. I thought I would give the Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume a try. It came out pretty good. The shoes are just brown shoes with white balloons. I colored the swirl on the balloon. The socks were white and I colored the stripes on … 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
My husband and I are very tall and skinny so we thought it would be great to dress up as Oompa Loompas. I started checking out Oompa Loompa Costumes and came up with my pattern. We then decided that we would make out two kids costumes as well. My husband and I bought white women’s … 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
The inspiration for my Homemade Oompa Loompa Halloween Costume came from when I grew out my hair in college. A girl told me, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but when your hair gets long it flips out, and it would make for an AWESOME Oopma-Loompa costume!” The seed was planted, and I took the … Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) is one of my all time favorite movies. I told my 4 year old if he would be an Oompa Loompa, I’d get him a huge lollipop. After purchasing the lollipop, I got a few yards of white felt, a few yards of a purple paisley pattern, sage … Read more
Homemade Oompa Loompa and Willy Wonkette Costumes. Except for the brown shirt and white glvoes, entire Oompa costume was made from scratch. Cuffs and collar brown felt with white fabric paint. White pants were completely from scratch. Orange face makeup white grease pencil, blond wig spray painted green, home made pom-poms are balls of yarn.
I was in nursing school and attended Halloween of 2004. I remember being the only student out of my nursing class of close to 40 students, who dressed up. If that was not the most embarrassing, imagine having your entire face painted orange, white doll hair glued to my eyebrows and about 6 cans of … Read more
My husband and I were looking for something affordable and unique for our son at Halloween. We made him this Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. As I am inexperienced at sewing, I just outlined a pair of pants that fit him perfectly (giving them and extra inch on each side). And used a large cup for … Read more
I wanted to do something unique for my son before he gets old enough to pick out his own costumes. Almost everyone has seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and it is one of our favorite movies. I thought the homemade Oompa Loompa costume would be fun and cute. We also did not see … Read more