Whimsical and weird, these Mad Hatter costumes are fantastic ways to disguise yourself this Halloween.
There is truly a variety in how you can top off your costume. This is probably the most crucial part of this homemade costume. Consequently, if you are blessed with a good hat head, it is imperative you put it to good use with these Mad Hatter toppers. The size of the hats are entirely up to you.
Especially relevant are the extremely helpful tips to guide you in creating your own magnificent headpiece. Hint: get some foam and wire hangers ready!
Probably the greatest feature of these costumes, is that there is no cap on the crazy you are allowed to bring. Let your inner madness out. The more crazed you look, the better.
In conclusion, get inspired by the coolest costumers on the planet who have shared their ideas and techniques here. So, join in and share your homemade costumes with us here, you’ll be in great company!
I wore this Homemade Mad Hatter Costume for my daughter’s Sweet Sixteen Party, themed a Mad Sweet Sixteen! The girls dressed in blue dresses like Alice, the dads wore Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum shirts I made by taping off white t-shirts and spraying with black spray paint and then red suspenders. I bought the … Read more
I started creating my Tim Burton’s mad hatter costume in October 2009 to take on my trip to Disney World. I spent over 40 hours on the hat alone. I used 3 soldering irons to burn the hole pattern in the hat. I then used gold, brown & copper paints as accents and made patterns … Read more
This Mad Hatter Costume was made from striped trousers, waistcoat and blazer which were all bought at the Thrift store. White shirt worn underneath. Plain top hat was bought and spare fabric, peacock feather and the 10/6 sign were added with a glue gun. Crochet doilies were bought, cut in half and sewn into the … Read more
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
This year my boyfriend decided he wanted to make his Halloween costume. He decided to dress up in a Homemade Mad Hatter Costume which seems like something fun and original to be. First we started by looking through his closet to see which items we could use for the pants we just cut a pair … Read more
I fitted and painted the jacket and added frayed cording around the lapels and fancy trim around the cuff. All the buttons are mismatched. I added dragonfly applique and silver pendants on left breast of jacket. Tied ribbons to extra large safety pin an pinned by left pocket and pleated and sewed on purple satin … 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
My five year old daughter has crazy, curly, red hair. After taking her to see the new Alice in Wonderland movie she made her hair all messy and pulled it out to the sides saying “Mommy! I’m the Mad Hatter!”. Her sister had already decided she was going to be Alice for Halloween so it … Read more
For Hanna’s Mad Hatter costume I bought the hat from a costume store and made the hat pins from charms and wire I got from the craft store. I got lucky and was able to find scissor and sewing machine charms so these turned out really neat. Her hair we just teased out until it … Read more
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
I’m a huge Johnny Depp fan and once I heard he’d be starring in Disney’s new version of “Alice in Wonderland” opening in March 2010, I had to pay homage to it! Here’s my Homemade Mad Hatter Halloween Costume breakdown (if you’d like more detailed instructions, I’d be happy to oblige!): Hat: I made a … Read more
My Mad Hatter DIY costume is inspired by Tim Burton’s version of the Mad Hatter. I did not have time to take pictures in the process of my making the costume due to time constraints, but it was made completely from scratch. I started by making the infamous hat which was made from poster board, … Read more