I started off my Maleficent costume with 3 yards of black fabric to make a long black dress with drape like sleeves. Everything was measured to my height. For the horns I took a wire hanger, cut in half (one half for each horn) and shaped them like that of Maleficent using a picture for … Read more
This is my daughter Laila as Maleficent. I was very happy to find out my 5 year old gave me a fun and not horribly popular costume choice this year. I had to google a lot of images to really figure out how to put this one together. The body was pretty easy, I used … Read more
My daughter’s Halloween school party is fast approaching, she wanted to be beastly Maleficent, we’ve looked in every shop near us, amazon, ebay, american website NONE! Either sold out or not in her size. My wife said “we will make her one” not to mention none of us have any sewing experience. To cut story … Read more
My daughter has incredible eyes and after Maleficent came our, she was set on being the younger version for Halloween. I started with a cream lace dress at Goodwill, and dyed it brown with Rit dye. Then, I bought a TON of feathers (goose and turkey) and dyed them 2 shades of brown. I used … Read more
This is my first time attempting to make a Maleficent Costume. I have been very eager to do this for a long time. I was very excited that I finally get to dress up as her, as she is one of my favourite Disney villains. I recall it was last year I saw Maleficent’s costume … Read more
After watching sleeping beauty with my daughter I was inspired to create her costume for Halloween. She is truly evil and has a very unique look. I started with the head piece…I ended up finding the base of it in Las Vegas at the Zarkana show gift shop!! I was thrilled because it had the … Read more
I got my inspiration for this Malecifent costume from a purple dress at a local thrift shop. From there I added a men’s silk robe and then proceeded to cut the sleeves and hem in a jagged fashion. I then glued purple material to be longer than the black sleeves and hem to make it … Read more
I worked on the Maleficent costume for about a week on and off, everyday. The biggest challenge for me was doing the collar, since I had to figure out a way for the collar to be huge and stand up at all times. The exaggeration on the horns was deliberate, I wanted them to pop … Read more
My son, 3 years old, insisted on being Maleficent from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty for Halloween this year. As I was searching for ideas, I came across the Maleficent costume that somebody had already submitted to your website. Once he discovered that that Maleficent was also a boy, there was no turning back! We also transformed … Read more
I’ve always loved the character Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. She’s so dramatic, and I loved her headdress! The scene at the end where she turned into a dragon near the end really imprinted on my brain at an early age. That’s why I decided to make her my costume. Making the headdress of the Maleficent … Read more
My son is a villain fan and he wanted to have a Maleficent costume from Sleeping Beauty. We used a cape my sister had made for a Harry Potter costume. We used purple felt and made a dress. Then we took a black snow face mask and sewed horns onto it for her horns and … Read more