Presenting The Wizard of Oz Office Cast

Once again I was able to convince my team to dress up to go along with the office Halloween theme (See my previous post).

Since my desk was in Munchkin City, I decided to represent the Lollipop Guild. This is a store bought costume, however, I made the munchkin wig.

Materials:  bald cap, human hair extensions, super glue, scissors, hair curlers or flatirons, super extra hold hair spray, hair pin, spirit gum, and foundation makeup.

The step are simple really.

1. Put on the cap and cut around the ears & neck.
2. Put the cap on a mannequin head. 
3. Glue the hair extensions around it.
4. Cut a hole  in the center to pull your hair through.
5. Use the hair curlers and hair spray so the curls hold.
6. Put the cap on and pull portion of your hair through the hole with a hair pin.
7. Use spirit gum to secure the cap on your head.
8. Use hair spray, then curl your hair straight up.
9. Use makeup to blend bald area with your face skin tone.
10. DONE!

Lesson learned - buy an extra bald cap.  cut too much off the first one.

The Wizard of Oz Office Transformation

This year my partner in crime at work and I decided to go away from our usual scary décor traditions for Halloween in the office. We wanted to do something cute that everyone could enjoy, so we transformed our department into The Wizard of Oz.

 
The tornado was made with cardboard and black yarn. Pictures of the house, cow, and other things from the movie was added.

 

 Cardboard, spray paint, craft paint, and fake flowers were used to create Munchkinland. We found several big boxes in the mailroom that were going to be thrown away....lucky us!  For the yellow brick road, I bought a plastic tablecloth runner from Amazon. It took many, many hours for me to draw the lines for the bricks, but it turned out great.

 

                

 

This is my supervisor's door that we used as the house that fell on the Wicked Witch of the East.  She was a great sport about it. I used crepe paper that I found in one of the boxes. I balled it up to give it that old rundown look. The legs were purchased from Amazon.

 

 The fence and arrows are made from a poster board. (Shout out to my co-worker's husband, Steve, for drawing the fence for us).

 

The poppies for the poppy field were very fun to make although it took a few hours.

 

 

  

We're off to see the wizard!

 

 

Emerald City - I draped green fabric cover a privately screen. We had a little fun making another co-worker the "wizard".

 



 

 The rainbow is made from streamer.

 



70's Extravaganza

Well another costume event has passed and I was able to pull out another great idea for my husband's costume. (Always for my husband...never for myself). Anyway,  we attended a 70's costume party to raise money for a charity. I wanted to do something different from the pimps, hippies, and disco dancers. I decided to show tribute to a great TV show during that time, What's Happening, I dressed my him up as Rerun. He received so many compliments and laughs that I lost count. 



This was a simple costume to put together.  Since he already had a plaid shirt and sneakers, so I just bought the red beret, the rainbow suspenders, and plain red medical scrubs pants. All from Amazon for less than $20.

And of course he won first prize...again!

 

 

 

 

My costume is store bought - not my ideal move, but I was short on time.  I showed my tribute to Saturday Night Fever. How can you not love John Travolta?!?!? I feel I made it my own.

 



What Big Teeth You Have Grandma....

This year I decided to make an illusion costume which I found to be more challenging than I expected. There was a couple of days that I just wanted to abort the entire project and just go to Party City. However, I stuck it out and finished it. 

**Thank you YouTube for the tutorial!!!**

 

I am not going to explain how I make it because honestly, I am not sure how to explain it since I combined three different methods together.

As my husband was passing out candy, I was walking up and down the driveway looking for my arm. The kids were afraid and parents were amazed so it was a win-win for me!

King Jaffe Joffer Costume

As my Halloween party approached quickly, I had a great idea for my husband's homemade costume. Just about everyone has seen the classic movie Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy. My hubby would make a great King Jaffe Joffer! I must say that creating this costume was so much fun and inexpensive.

 

He went home with first prize!

Home-made Vending Machine Costume

This year I decided to make a homemade Halloween costume for my daughter. She wanted to be something different from the common princess. After much research, we agreed that a vending machine costume was very unique.  Although this was somewhat time consuming, it was very easy to make. 

 

I cut two arm holes, a hole at the top for her head, a hole in front of the box for the display window, and three sides for the candy slot (save the cutout pieces).  Then I covered a cardboard box with black duct tape. I covered the candy slot with gray duct tape. I then used black duct tape to secure the clear plastic sheet over the hole in the front of the box.

I took the large leftover cutout piece and folded the top 1 inch. I then covered the entire piece with gray duct tape. (Don’t forget to make ledges). I then made circles with the pipe cleaner and secured to the ledges then I added the candy. Once that was completed, I taped it to the inside front of the box by the folded flap.

 

I added all the finishing touches to the outside of the box to transform this into a vending machine.

It turned out great. My daughter was a huge it at her costume party. I even was able to use it for the Halloween party I attend. Great hit there too!