The gentlest creature with the sharpest hands, it’s impossible not to be touched by Edward Scissorhands. It’s amazing how the movie truly stands the test of time. People of all ages love dressing up in Edward Scissorhands costumes. Check out the many DIY costumes below to see why.
In order to make sure you don’t actually hurt anyone with your homemade costume, make sure to read how these scissor hands were created. The tutorials here will put you on the right path for your own DIY costume.
In addition, these homemade costumes are not limited to just guys. You will see many clever ideas, like a dog dressed as Edward ScissorPaws. Also, there are many women in costumes here, such as Edwina Scissorhands.
So, break out the white face makeup and tease your hair for the coolest homemade costume around. Will you create one of these Edward Scissorhands costumes this Halloween?
My son has always been mature for his age. On his 3rd Halloween he kept asking to watch Edward Scissorhands. Finally agreed. Two years later (this Halloween) he asked if I could dress him as Edward. I agreed and here we are. We did a simple black pant and black shirt, added a few studded … Read more
So I decided about a month ago to dress up as Edward Scissorhands for our company costume contest. I began with asking for donations on belts that I could cut up or just borrow. I used black duct tape, Velcro strips, a black jacket, black pants, black boots, white costume make-up, black and brown eye … Read more
I’ve always wanted to do an edward scissorhands costum and this year I broke down and did one. I tried to make the hands as close to the movie ones. Connecting the blades to the hands was the hardest challenge. I used plastic pipe that fit perfectly on my fingers. For the blade part I … Read more
I wanted to create a unique costume that people could instantly recognize, I wanted to be seen as the character I was portraying, and not be mistaken for anyone else – I thought having scissors for hands would be the best option. I had nearly all the supplies for the costume on hand, so with only a moderate … Read more
My 5 year old decided last year (when he was 4) that he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. I consider myself pretty crafty and thought “Awesome, I have a whole year to get this ready”….or NOT! This year brought on many stresses and at the end of August, when I would have been … Read more
I duct taped an old shirt and turned it into a jacket. I used any thing silver around the house and sewed, then taped them to my jacket. Borrowed friends belts and attached them to my legs and waist. I found an old wig and cut, teased, and used Auqa Net hairspray to style the … Read more
I started out wanting to be Edward Scissor Hands for Halloween. As I looked at the varoius store bought costumes, I was really disappointed. Especially with the actual gloves. I knew I could make this myself. The gloves/blades were the hardest item to find because most of the ones that I found, were made of … Read more
The Edward Scissorhands costume was all made of stuff I already had. I downloaded a free pattern for each of the scissors and printed it out. After cutting out each of the 10 blades I pasted them onto cardboard, and then once again cut them all out. Then, I covered each one in tin foil to … Read more
I made this Edward Scissorhands costume for my 9 year old son. I bought black pants and a black turtle neck from a second hand store for $3.00. I also picked up some studded belts from a variety of second hand stores for between 50 cents to $3.00 each. I cut up the belts to … Read more
I got the idea of this Edward Scissorhands costume about 3 years ago from watching the movie. I’m a big fan of Tim Burton and found the costume to be very unique. Bought a whole bunch of belts which I glued to leather pants and the jacket from the thrift store. I just looked online at the pictures … Read more
People are bored of me wearing this same costume every year, but I can’t help it, I just love it! It started in 2005, I was gonna dress up as “The Crow” but a friend of mine suggested me to do it as Edward Sscissorshands and he gave me some ideas. Unfortunately I don’t have the first … Read more
Halloween is my son’s favorite “Holiday”. At some point I should probably worry about his obsession with skeletons and graveyards, but for now we look forward with much anticipation, to the time of year in which these eerie things are a little more common place. It was no surprise that when my son first saw … Read more
My 6 year old son decided in July this year that he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. Once he told me this I knew I had to get my creative mind working for this costume! We started with the base of a black shirt that has Velcro on the front secure it and black pants … Read more
I made a great Edward Scissorhands costume.The wig was made from a Gothic/EMO style black wig. I added some longer hair with hair extensions black bond. (Edward’s hair is not very even). The inner leather jacket, was made with a black leather purse. It was cut in pieces that I sewed on a long sleeves … Read more
This year I wanted to put my creativeness to work and make a custom costume. Edward Scissorhands is one of my favorite movies! The scissors were created using foam, brats, spray paint and red paint. The costume was made with many belts around my body. Some of the belts I had already owned and the … Read more
This Edward Scissorhands costume was the hardest costume there probably is to make. We made his body suite with pleather material. We wanted the costume to be as accurate to the real thing so we tried to find beads and belts to match it as much as we could. We sewed the belts on and … Read more
My name is Hadar ,I am 28 years old and I am from Israel. Since I was a little girl I loved that movie Edward Scissors Hand and always wanted to make my own costume and didn’t know how. This is how you can make this costume very easily: one black turtle neck shirt (which … Read more
Every year Halloween just sneaks up on me. I plan and plan and plan, and somehow I am always scrambling to finish my costume..”just in time”. Three years ago, I was dating someone who I felt would make the perfect Edward Scissorhands, he agreed to the costume and the planning began. I wanted to make … Read more
I first started with my Edward Scissorhands Costume. I found it on eBay for $30 bucks…only problem is it was an XXL and a men’s. I’m 5″5″ and 130 so I had to take it in a lot! Second was my makeup. I watched tutorials after tutorials to get rid of my eyebrows. After … Read more
My then 6 year old decided he wanted an Edward Scissorhands costume for this past Halloween. After hours of searching online for a costume in his size, I realized I would have to take on the task of making it myself. I started by going to the fabric store and purchasing a few yards of … Read more
This is my daughter Jonna dressed as Edward Scissorhands in 2010. She loves all things Tim Burton so this DIY Edward Scissorhands Halloween costume was an easy choice. The base of the costume is simple stretch pants that look like leather and a black shirt. All of the belts and “hardware” on her costume are … Read more
To make this Homemade Edward Scissorhands Costume for my 9 year old son I headed to a couple of local thrift stores to purchase a leather jacket & several belts and to Home Depot for some furniture nails, rings and washers. First I cut the jacket’s sides, arms and wrists and sewed them with an … Read more
For this Coolest Edward Scissorhands Costume I got fake leather material from the fabric store along with a shirt pattern and a leggings pattern and sewed a plain pleather shirt and pants. I attached the shiny collar and sleeves from a rain jacket I got from the thrift store, I just cut them off and … Read more
I dressed up as Mrs. Scissorhands this year and my husband was Edward Scissorhands. I found a pleathery dress at Forever 21 with gold grommets on the upper back which worked perfectly. I got some gold colored steel rings from Hobby Lobby and used black electrical tape to attach them sporadically on the dress like … Read more