Part of the fun of a Halloween party is in the costumes…. and man did everyone go all out! You saw one of the costumes in a
previous post. But, there are so much more!
A Mad Tea Party Pt. 2: Costumes
Halloween 2010
March Hare and Alice
I made a simple blue dress for the party and wrapped a black ribbon around it. I then bought a blond wig and my costume was complete! The March Hare costume was also DIY– check out the instructions on a previous post.
Lewis Carroll and The White Rabbit
The White Rabbit costume was a lot of fun. She sewed fake flowers all over a beautiful jacket and skirt and then created bunny ears out of felt and attached to a small top hat. The final touches included face make up and an adorable little cotton tail!
Bunny Tails!
Cheshire Cat and Lewis Carroll
Playing Cards
I loved these costumes. It is hard to see how awesome they are right now… but, the couple wore tights with boxers and white shirts on top of them. The tights were in the colors of their suit and then they had playing cards strung around their necks and attached to gloves. Lastly, they attached the foam board playing cards with Velcro so that they were easily detached and reattached.
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
This is actually just one guy who posed all night in two different ways so that we could Photoshop his twin in… loved it! He went shopping for EXTRA Large clothing that would work for his tweedle dee costume and wrapped his middle with foam before dressing for the day.
He wore knickers and knee socks.
White Queen
Mad Hatter
Can you say FABULOUS!?! He went all out for this costume. A red velvet top hat, bright blue hair and he even took part of the hair to make those amazing eyebrows.
He made his makeup look very Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonerland-esque.
He even took an old pair of glasses and colored them with an orange marker!
The Knave and The Dodo
These costumes were both made by Natalie (the dodo).
She told me how she made them so that I could pass the information on to you!
The Knave— All of the main Knave costume parts were made with paper. She used posterboard for the front of the card. Notice that she drew the “bottom” part of the Jack of Hearts and made the top of the costume look like the other side of the card! (Brilliant, right!) She cut the middle of the card and wrapped them around his arms and attached them back to the front of the card with tape. They made sleeves for him to put the card on easily. The hat she made of paper, drawing it to match the hat on the Jack. She cut the pieces of hair and curled them around a pencil to make curly hair. She added a feather and a paper axe to it to make it match the bottom of the card.
The Dodo— A hoody, petticoat, yellow tights, several feather boas and a papier-mache mask created this amazing costume. She bought a grey hoody at goodwill and found a short petticoat that she purchased for the base of the costume. She then stitched the boas onto the pieces while leaving some of the back of the petticoat showing to serve as the little white tail end of a dodo bird.
She found long nose mask that she built up with papier-mache and painted yellow. Lastly, she paired the outfit with yellow tights for the dodo’s legs and feet.
(She is entering these costumes in the Entertain Exchange’s Handmade Halloween Contest)
The Red Queen—”Off with her head!”
We’re All Mad Here!
Natalie is entering her costumes in the:
