I dressed my boys up for world book day this year as the film was just being released – I decided to create the Johnny Depp mad hatters homemade costumes. I got some old shirts and a waist coat for my oldest. On the waist coat I decided to sew a white rabbit (in the … Read more
This is Isabelle, and she grins just as cute as the Cheshire Cat in the movie. Her sister was Alice, so we figured this was only fitting for her to be the Cheshire Cat. She loved it, her little tail was dragging on the ground. This Homemade Cheshire Cat Halloween Toddler Costume was my first … Read more
My Homemade Mad Hatter Halloween Costume was inspired by Tim Burton’s new movie “Alice in Wonderland” due for release in 2010. I love the twist that Burton puts on all his characters in his films, which is one of the reasons I chose to model my costume on his version of the Mad Hatter. My … Read more
Homemade Cheshire Cat Halloween costume – I didn’t like the store-bought costumes and wanted to come up with something fun! JUMPER: couldn’t find striped fabric, so I chose one yard each of purple and pink fleece fabric, cut them into 2” strips, and sewed them together for Cheshire cat fabric (used fleece so that I … Read more
My family decided to be the characters from Alice in Wonderland. I chose the Cheshire Cat Costume. I bought the dress since I didn’t have the time to make it. I looked for a pink and purple striped dress and found one at wet seal. I then made the tail (which is my favorite part … 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
I made this whole Mad Hatter homemade costume and make up by myself here in Chile, with contacts and all the stuff. Here in Chile it’s very difficult to buy a wig or scarwax, for example. There are no professional costume stores, so you can’t get spirit gum or scar wax. I’m studying (sorry for … Read more
Once upon a time, there was a 47-year-old man who wanted to have some fun for Halloween. So, on a whim and a prayer, he decided to dress up as Alice in Wonderland. He had some help from his mother and because the poor sewing machine broke down, she had to hand sew this blue … Read more
I decided on a Homemade Pink Mad Hatter Halloween Costume out of a last minute costume evolution from being another character taken from my favorite comic book. I purchased the stockings online, the vest was a STEAL from a thrift store ($2), I purchased the jacket at a cheap local shop, my friend just happened … 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
Hello! We had a Halloween costume contest at the office, and I made my homemade Mad Hatter costume just the day before with a foam hat, the top of the hat is made of carton and some lace painted in green that I found home. I put everything together with staples (yes, just staples!) I … 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