My sons'(age 2 & 4 at the time) favorite movie is “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, so as early as summer they told me they wanted to be Oompa Loompas for Halloween. I wanted to make these little Oompa Loompas costumes myself, but I am not much of a sewer so I knew I … Read more
My husband and I are very tall and skinny so we thought it would be great to dress up as Oompa Loompas. I started checking out Oompa Loompa Costumes and came up with my pattern. We then decided that we would make out two kids costumes as well. My husband and I bought white women’s … Read more
well, I wasn’t sure on what would be my costume for Halloween, but I decided to be Edward Scissorhands because a lot of people told me I look like him, even if I don’t think so. Anyways, I made my Homemade Edward Scissorhands Costume and here is how it looks, I’m not totally satisfied, but … Read more
Our Homemade Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett Couple Costume was formulated the day before Halloween and could not have come out better! Ransacking various local Goodwill Superstores we were able to locate the pieces we needed in addition to pieces we implemented from home. For Sweeney Todd: From the Goodwill Superstore we located a woman’s … Read more
Every year I search for the perfect costume and last year it was Oompa Loompa from he original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Execution of the costume was simple. I picked up a long-sleeved shirt from the Salvation Army. I cut out overall shaped pants and quickly sewed them together (not even anything fancy or … Read more
The inspiration for my Homemade Oompa Loompa Halloween Costume came from when I grew out my hair in college. A girl told me, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but when your hair gets long it flips out, and it would make for an AWESOME Oopma-Loompa costume!” The seed was planted, and I took the … Read more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) is one of my all time favorite movies. I told my 4 year old if he would be an Oompa Loompa, I’d get him a huge lollipop. After purchasing the lollipop, I got a few yards of white felt, a few yards of a purple paisley pattern, sage … Read more
Homemade Oompa Loompa and Willy Wonkette Costumes. Except for the brown shirt and white glvoes, entire Oompa costume was made from scratch. Cuffs and collar brown felt with white fabric paint. White pants were completely from scratch. Orange face makeup white grease pencil, blond wig spray painted green, home made pom-poms are balls of yarn.
I made this Homemade Female Edward Scissorhands Costume myself. For the vest I bought a bunch of old belts from the thrift store which I cut up and glued on overlapping. For the hands, I purchased Freddy Kreuger claws from the dollar store, which I deconstructed, and glued onto some black gloves. For the scissor … Read more
Last year I went all out searching every where to get the exact clothing that Johnny Depp wore for the movie Sweeney Todd. It took me 2 months to complete this Evil Sweeney Todd Homemade Costume. The vest was a vintage 18th century from Singapore, the razor is the same replica used in the movie … Read more
I was in nursing school and attended Halloween of 2004. I remember being the only student out of my nursing class of close to 40 students, who dressed up. If that was not the most embarrassing, imagine having your entire face painted orange, white doll hair glued to my eyebrows and about 6 cans of … Read more
My husband and I were looking for something affordable and unique for our son at Halloween. We made him this Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. As I am inexperienced at sewing, I just outlined a pair of pants that fit him perfectly (giving them and extra inch on each side). And used a large cup for … Read more