Homemade Halloween – Wizard of Oz

We like to have themes for Halloween at our house. In past years, we have done Veggie Tales and Peter Pan. This year we decided to do the Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy
I used McCalls pattern 4948 to make Dorothy’s costume. For the shoes, I spray painted some old shoes red and then sprayed a coat of glitter paint over the red. We found a basket purse at a garage sale to carry Toto in.

Glinda
We got two dresses at the thrift store for Glinda’s costume. They were both similar in color, but neither one was quite right. One was straight with lace over it and the other one had a full skirt, but was plain. My mother was visiting us, and she combined the two dresses to create one Glinda costume. We made the crown out of poster board.

Tin Man
We got some grey pants and a hooded sweatshirt at the thrift store for the tin man. We sprayed on some metallic fabric paint. We bought an oil funnel and painted it silver. I sewed it onto the hood of the sweatshirt with yarn, leaving enough yarn to tie it under the neck for added security. The funnel already had a hole in one side, we had to drill a hole in the other side in order to sew it onto the hood. We cut an ax out of cardboard and painted it.

Cowardly Lion
To create the cowardly lion, I traced around a hooded sweatshirt for a pattern for the hood. I cut it out of some tan fabric I already had. After sewing the right sides together and turning, I sewed some brown bias tape onto the bottom to encase the raw edges, leaving enough to tie the hood under the neck. Then, I looped some brown yarn around my fingers to use for the mane. I had to do the mane in small sections. I took the looped yarn and sewed the center to the edge of the hood. To make the ears, I cut out rounded triangles (2 for each ear), sewed them right sides together, leaving the bottom open for turning. I cut out of brown felt slightly smaller rounded triangles to glue to the inside of the ears. Then, I cut holes in the hood where I wanted the ears and sewed them in.

To make the tail, I cut 2 1/2″ x 24″ rectangle out of the same fabric. I sewed it up lengthwise, right sides together and turned. I used the same looping method to create the end of the tail.

The lion will also wear a tan shirt and tan pants.