After seeing Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland I knew I wanted to be the crazy Mad Hatter for Halloween. I started off by taping off vertical stripes on an old green dress. I painted the skirt of the dress purple, so that when the tape was removed there would be green and purple stripes. I … 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
In our house we love the Nightmare before Christmas. This inspired me to create new characters for Halloween last year. I looked up pictures of Sally and let my imagination go. First I created my husband’s costume. I took an old suit and hat and my bag of bits and I went to work making … Read more
We bought the red queen costume. But made his mad hatter costume from scratch except for his hat. We bought everything at goodwill and i hot glued thread spools to 2 belts that he wore across himself. short pants. 2 different socks. a plaid vest butterfly scarf and brown corduroy jacket. Then i took some … Read more
I made this original Queen of Hearts dress made out of cards for a carnival party in Rome, where I was living at the time. I had done something like this before, but not as complicated. The nice thing is that it looks impressive but is very easy to make with easy to find material. … Read more
My daughter wanted to be the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland in the worst way, but the costumes were not what I would want my daughter to wear, some were a little too racey for a young girl. I decided to create my own costume, and this is the beautiful result of my efforts … Read more
This Disney’s Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum Women’s couple costume was actually from 2009. We went to our local Goodwill and bought red skirts, yellow shirts, red baseball caps, white felt and blue felt. We both happened to already have red tights and the same black shoes so that worked out perfectly! The only other thing … Read more
I made this clubby Cheshire Cat costume head-to-toe! I handmade the corset using a simple pattern from Joann Fabrics – it laces in the back with alternating pink and purple ribbon long enough to drape down to my knees. I then made a patch worked round skirt that tied with ribbon, and laid it over … Read more
I found a couple of packs of playing cards at the thrift store about a month and a half before Halloween. I decided to go for a queen of hearts theme. I found about 20-30 more decks of playing cards at the Dollar store and picked out all of the heart cards. Then I carefully … Read more
Started out with the head. Classic paper mache with a mix of DIY products to harden the mold (plaster, cornice cement and aquadere) (also had to be scary to have the effect with the young kiddies at the party.. Ha ha ha…). Bought a suit from second hand shop and then pin striped with a … Read more
Materials used for this Queen of Hearts Costume from Alice in Wonderland: gold and red curtains, gold/white corset, black button-up, short-sleeve dress, black thigh-highs with lace, red ribbon, elastic, crinoline under skirt, white button-up shirt (collar), purchased “Queen of Hearts” wig, costume makeup. Our group wanted to do characters from “Alice in Wonderland” which had … Read more