I concocted this costume with a series of different thrift store items as well as a couple of home depot things that I plan on returning later this week lol. All except for the mask that I bought from a Halloween store, the jack o’lantern mask that quickly convinced me that I would be a … Read more
I had this idea of being the Wicked Witch of the West, which would’ve been fine, but, I figured why not take it a step further. This year, I decided to be the Wicked Witch of the East. Since no one knows what she looks like (other than her iconic ruby slippers), I decided to … Read more
We Booked our tickets to Mickeys Halloween Party in California. I knew our costumes had to be awesome! So finally we all agreed on the Wizard of Oz. I Searched Pinterest like crazy and finally figured that Tin Man would have his chest piece made of foam. I Started with 4 pieces of foam and … Read more
I made this pumpkin patch scarecrow costume for my five year old son Reid Garcia. My husband has a scarecrow costume from a previous year, and he plans to wear it again this year. Reid is so passionate about Halloween that we decided we would all be scarecrows. To create my son’s costume I began … Read more
Wizard of Oz!! who doesn’t love that movie?!?! Kids wanted to be Dorothy and the Monkey- Made them on a Saturday, just intime for the haunted house costume party in town :-) I can sew, but don’t do it often (not enough time in the day) but I did make a promise when my children … Read more
This Wizard of Oz group costume was one of the most fun to make! Except for the scarecrow, it was extremely easy. The lion head we actually already had on hand from some previous Halloween costume. We added red hair bows to it. The shirt was made buy gluing a different shade yellow shirt on … Read more
Twenty-three years ago my father made me a one of a kind tin man costume out of spare parts in his shop. I won 1st place as a kid at a mall contest with this costume. We packed the costume away good for 23 years and used the costume again for my daughter. Just had … Read more
This scarecrow costume was made last minute. We took fall colored tulle and made a long style tutu. We used a brown shirt and hot glued on some fall decor to it.we used a brown hat and hot glued some straw around the edges. This costume was a hit! She won first place at our … Read more
I sewed this scarecrow costume. It is in 4 pieces. There are the pants, shirt, hat and the head piece to make it look like an actual scarecrow. The twine around his waist is just wrapped around and tied so it can be easily removed. The pants have elastic, the shirt has a zipper in … Read more
The characters from MGM’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz always captivated me, and one of my many childhood dreams–along with being a ballerina–was to be Glinda the Good Witch from Oz. Although I excelled at dance class, it soon became apparent that there were very few successful 5’9” ballerinas, so my next thought was … Read more
I decided I loved Elphaba’s dress in the Broadway production of “Wicked.” I started collecting pictures and thought, “Meh – I can totally do that.” We made a duct-tape dress form of myself, which was thoroughly entertaining, and went from there. Each color of fabric had to be cut into strips, sewn together, rooled hem … Read more
One of my favorite films as a child was MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, and I remember dressing up in my mom’s cocktail gowns and twirling around the house pretending to be Glinda. The film continued to be a favorite throughout my life and it prompted me to design a Glinda costume for Halloween one … Read more