Willy Wonka Halloween Costume
This Halloween, in honor of Gene Wilder, my husband went dressed as Willy Wonka. I thought his costume would be difficult to buy for cheap and I was right! The least expensive Willy Wonka costume online
was still $90! So I decided to source the pieces of the outfit myself. I wanted a Willy Wonka Halloween costume for Stephen that was just like Gene Wilder in the movie.
The khaki pants and brown shoes would be easy, my husband already had those. The purple coat was going to be hard to find and the top hat I figured I could try to make myself. I went to a local thrift store and after searching in the men’s clothing, I had no luck (not surprisingly). I wandered to the women’s blazers and found a deep purple coat there that looked about perfect for $7! The only difference is that it isn’t as long, but it was still a lucky find. The floral shirt underneath was also sourced from the women’s section for $4. My poor husband.
The thrift store finds cost me a total of $11, but the hat didn’t cost me anything. I created a top hat from corrugated cardboard I had already at my home and fabric my mom had leftover in her sewing supplies. Here’s the tutorial if you’d like to make one yourself!
For my getup, I borrowed a brilliant costume my friend had made last Halloween. She put together a “Cotton Candy” costume using colored batting for a tutu, painting high heels blue, buying a blue wig, and wearing a light pink leotard. Here we are:
Stephen’s Willy Wonka Halloween costume turned out wonderfully.
You could say I’m Willy Wonka’s arm candy. Ha!
Willy Wonka Halloween Costume
There you have it folks, I hope you enjoyed our DIY Halloween costumes this year! Tell me what you were for Halloween! Did you make any costumes this year?
I love the costumes, too cute! You wrote “color batting” for the tutu, what exactly is that? I tried searching for it but nothing came up except for tulle.
So it was batting that she dyed (I think with food coloring?) and then ripped up and hot glued onto the skirt!