Edward Scissorhands is a sweet, gentle soul and an iconic movie character that my family loves. My son is soft-spoken and wonderfully sweet so we thought that an Edward Scissorhands costume was a perfect fit for him for Halloween! I started out with just a white button down shirt and blue pants, pretty simple there. … Read more
To begin with, as the title suggests, I am the least crafty guy there is. I checked many websites, including this one, and took ideas from all over the internet to make this costume. Clearly, I’m a researching type of guy. I actually learned a lot from making this costume and it really was a … Read more
My son decided the Tuesday before Halloween that he wanted an Edward Scissorhands costume. Prior to this, he was going to go without a costume because the kids at school told him homemade costumes suck. I have never been one to buy costumes, so we found ourselves at a standoff. Once he came to me … Read more
My wife and I made this Edward Scissorhands costume from scratch, except for the wig. Procedure for Making the Edward Scissorhands Costume: We made the individual scissors out of clay, poured a silicone resin over to make a mold and then poured a plastic resin in the mold to make the Scissorhands. The outfit was … Read more
I’m a big Tim Burton fan, (and lover of all things Johnny Depp), so I talked my 3 year old, Sophie, into being Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. I had to get her to watch the movie to fully convince her. Her costume was very easy and inexpensive to make. I started with a black turtleneck … Read more
Inspired by the Johnny Depp Mad Hatter. This costume took several weeks to put together. I live in the middle of nowhere Alaska with few shopping options, so almost all of the items to make this costume were ordered online (thread, buttons, lace, hat, paint, beads, tulle etc). Mad Hatter costume Skirt: I loved the … Read more
I really didn’t want to follow the popular trend and be a sexy superhero or villain, so Edward Scissorhands it was. The Costume I bought a black corset that had buckles, and a black wig and liquid skin (for the scars). I made my own Scissorhands out of foam cardboard and a pair of black … Read more
The concept Miss Mad Hatter, portrayed by my daughter Nadia, all started with with a hat. Nadia saw the hat she is wearing at a party store. Our next stop was the craft store. She picked out colors and fabrics she wanted. I got a pattern, which really just ended out being inspiration, because I … Read more
Hi my name is Wandy and my mother and I wanted to create something different for Halloween. Our neighbor sent us a link to different costumes. There were so many to choose from. I liked the idea of a homemade Oompa Loompa costume for my son. My son is 1 year old. I asked my mother … Read more
Along with most teenage girls in the early 90’s, I fell in love with Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands. I have always loved Halloween and the chance to dress up and be someone else even if only for one night. This year, I decided to take on the challenge of dressing as one of my … Read more
My girlfriend Faith and I were thinking of a good costume to be this Halloween. The past two years we’ve done pretty creative couple costumes (Annie and Daddy Warbucks one year and Life of Pi the other, one of us the tiger, the other dressed as Pi), so this year we knew we had to … Read more
My son Thomas, this year wanted to be Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of fleet street! Firstly we used a wig we already had and painted a section of it white, the easiest way we found to do this was with Ti-pex. We then re-used a shirt he’d used before and covered the sleeve in … Read more