Let the wild rumpus start with DIY costumes! Maurice Sendak’s beloved tale comes to life in this awesome collection of Where the Wild Things Are costumes. You’ll love these homemade costumes so much, you will want to eat them.
Check out DIY costumes of the fierce protagonist, Max. Discover how to make his wolf suit and crown from the tutorials here.
Most of all, the Wild Things look incredible as homemade costumes. The detail on these impressive costumes makes them look like they jumped out of the pages of the book.
In addition, this is a fun idea for a group costume. You will see many examples of DIY family costumes here.
So craft a ship and sail away for weeks until it’s time for Halloween. Then make your best homemade Where the Wild Things Are costumes for your best DIY costume ever!
This is our Homemade Max and Where the Wild Things Are Monster Costume. The Max costume started with McCalls pattern M5956. I used soft stretchable fleece material and followed the pattern with a few modifications. The ears were made with a homemade pattern and had pipecleaners sewn to the inside to make them stand up. … Read more
I haven’t paper mâchéd since I was probably 6 years old. But this Halloween I had a little more time in my 4th year of medical school (yes I am usually VERY left brained) and decided to put my mind to it and make our costumes inspired by the BOOK (movie was too dark and … Read more
This Wild Thing Halloween costume was no small task. The first thing I did was get a Simplicity pattern for a Raggedy Andy costume. I needed something that would have a different top and bottom. I bought orange and yellow fabric and cut it into strips. I then sewed the strips together to make orange … Read more
This year’s Halloween costume was Carol from the book “Where The Wild Things Are”. I started it kind of last minute, about 8 days before Halloween. I started out with a couple sheets of 1-1/4″ foam and formed a rough torso, hands and legs. Then I tried to manipulate a cardboard box into a head. … Read more