I wanted to do something unique for my son before he gets old enough to pick out his own costumes. Almost everyone has seen Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and it is one of our favorite movies. I thought the homemade Oompa Loompa costume would be fun and cute. We also did not see … Read more
Well earlier this year myself and a few friends went to go see Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I loved how they did the Red Queen Iracebeth. I knew after I saw the movie I wanted to be her for Halloween! So I definitely wanted to do a HUGE head, like she had in the … Read more
The homemade queen of hearts costume involved a red dress with glued hearts on it and a corset over it. The corset had glued gold trimmings. The stockings were purchased online and were the same as in the movie. The wig was from a discount store. I sewed the hair using clear thread into an … Read more
Our family choose a Homemade Alice in Wonderland Group Costume as our Trunk’R’Treat Theme. We planned it around the UnBirthday Party so we used our china and others china. We made a homemade UnBirthday cake plus we had a small eat me cake. We decided to do something that NO ONE would have expected which … Read more
We both love Halloween but it was our first one together so we went all out and made these Homemade Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts Costumes. . For Mad Hatter I got his jacket, vest, and pants and a second hand store. His hat I bought a really cheap Mad Hatter version and then … Read more
I decided to be the Red Queen this year, but wasn’t satisfied with the costumes available for rent or purchase, so I chose to make my own Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland adult Halloween costume. I studied pictures of the Red Queen from Tim Burton’s movie and broke down what I would need for … Read more
For this Coolest Edward Scissorhands Costume I got fake leather material from the fabric store along with a shirt pattern and a leggings pattern and sewed a plain pleather shirt and pants. I attached the shiny collar and sleeves from a rain jacket I got from the thrift store, I just cut them off and … Read more
My husband and I live in China for 3 years now… on our first Halloween here we were kind of worried that we would not have any Halloween parties to go to and actually we were wrong. There are lots of foreigners living here that try to make the best of it. So for last … Read more
My name Is Jamie and my co worker Monica are just about the same size. We always enjoy making people laugh and thought little dancing Oompa Loompa’s would be pretty funny. To start off we took a shoulder length blond wig and put rollers in it and sprayed it green. For a nice shade of … Read more
Our group decided to go as the Alice in Wonderland party. We had The Cheshire Cat, The Queen of Hearts, The Mad Hatter (Tim Burton’s version), Alice, The Tea Party Rabbit and, of course, our Late White Rabbit (who is really late, by this we mean pregnant). Our Homemade Alice in Wonderland Group Costume was … Read more
The idea for the Homemade Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts Costumes came from Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”, starring Johnny Depp, and premiering in March 2010. We happened to see the trailer for the movie and pictures from it online and based our costumes on them. Both costumes were completely homemade by us. A … Read more
My girlfriend and I saw the movie trailer for the new Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland movie. We saw Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in the movie and decided we had to dress up as the new Alice and Mad Hatter from the movie for Halloween. This Homemade Tim Burton’s Mad Hatter Costume took … Read more