A couple of weeks before our neighborhood Halloween Party I had been trying to come up with a really good couple’s costume. One day, my 5yr old daughter was watching TV while I was cleaning and I happened to look up and I saw that she was watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and it hit … Read more
My daughter is a huge Alice in Wonderland fan. Last year, she had her heart set on being the Mad Hatter for Halloween. Most of the costumes she liked were a little too grown up, and the others were just too commercial. Instead we found this pattern and she helped make it, along with her … Read more
This Violet Beauregard Blueberry costume from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was the talk of the town! Exercise ball, newspaper, flour and water coated 3 times, let it dry and coated it 2 more times. I duct taped where it tore. I cut a hole in the bottom so I could let the air out of … Read more
Our Wonderland Costumes…Don’t call me crazy, just call me “Mad”. Disclaimer: Just know that I am NOT a super seamstress…creative, maybe…but I cannot sew more then a straight line! It may also be added that my hubby is NOT a “dress up and go out” for Halloween kind of guy! BUT, he thoroughly enjoyed this years … Read more
The Mad Hatter Girl: Jasmine wanted to be the Mad Hatter but all the costumes at the store didn’t look anything like the real Mad Hatter, so I decided to do my own research on the internet and made her a one of a kind Mad Hatter Girl. Hat made using a Dollar store hat … Read more
I got the idea from the movie Edward Scissorhands and love to make Jonny Depp characters. I found a youtuber who made a couple different how to videos. First I made the hands out of popsicle sticks poster board and craft foam. Once I did that I coated the scissors in resin casting then spray … 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
In 2010 my girlfriend and me saw in the cinema a trailer of Alice in Wonderland. For a few seconds we also saw Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter in this trailer. Quite fascinated and in the climax of the carnival season we started to re-build this costume based on the few seconds in the trailers. … Read more
Kirby is the Red Queen and Gary is the Mad Hatter from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I (Kirby) love Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s spooky spin on these classic movies he’s directed. I’ve been begging my fiance to do a couple’s costume with me for years now with no prevail – until this year! … Read more
Anybody can be Johnny Depp’s version of The Mad Hatter, but I decided to take the Hatter’s madness to its (il)logical extreme. In my vision, the poor Hatter was so confused as to which hat to wear to the Queen’s Tea, that he decided to wear EVERY hat he owned at once. Now, of course, … Read more
My daughter loves the newer Alice in Wonderland movies, especially Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. I’ve always been a costume hacker for the kids, looking at photos and figuring out what we have around the house that could be altered or tricked out to make the costume (actually for adult costumes too)! For this … Read more
Here’s my handmade Mad Hatter Costume. The only thing store bought was the wig. I love any character that Johnny Depp plays! I made the hat out of a cardboard box and sewed fabric on the interior and exterior. The jacket I bought at a thrift shop and added the sleeve ruffles and the bird … Read more