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  1. Ok…this is just amazing my friend! The pics are flawless too!! Great job!xoxo

  2. She is awesome! She looks so, so cute and I’m glad that you could figure out something she could wear comfortably. It’s an amazing costume, as well as the make up, and photos turned out great!

    xo
    Pat

  3. Wow! Amazing job! And she looks thrilled about it! I stress about Halloween costumes every year; it’s such a relief to have them finally finished (especially when they turn out as fabulous as this one did!)

  4. Wow! Love it! Also, she looks so beautiful-scary in a few of those… definitely frame-worthy!

  5. Her modeling is absolutely perfect! My favorite is when she’s looking over her collar. Such a creative costume and execution… especially when preventing the duct tape from sticking to her hair! Off to go pin!

  6. This is amazing! It looks like your daughter is having lots of fun with it. What a fun idea!

  7. WOW! I pinned first before reading at all because I knew the post was going to be awesome 🙂 I’m blown away at how amazing this costume is! And I’m so glad you guys were able to figure out something she could wear – it looks like she is having a blast!

  8. OMG you are winning as best costume mom EVER!!! I love it Julila. This is so perfect! I can’t wait to see this hit the intewebs everywhere. This is epic!!!

  9. Beautiful pictures Julia! It looks like she really loves it.

  10. I love love her costume!! It’s so fun and creative!! DIY costumes are the best! I can’t wait to get started on Avery’s costume!

  11. It´s incredible!!
    the costume resulted fantastic
    You´re a great artist and you daughter looks fantastic!
    Congratulations

  12. Wow…this is fantastic! Your daughter really takes to the camera! She looks terrific! 😉

  13. Caitlin @ Desert Domicile says:

    Julia! This is amazing! I’m so happy she’s happy and has something to wear. You’re such a great mom 🙂

  14. This is incredible Julia! I can’t stop staring at it and the pictures are out of this world! She is a doll!

  15. Julia, this costume is UNBELIEVABLY creative and awesome!!!!!!! Also your daughter is such a cutie, I love her smile, and I wonder if she enjoys this so much maybe she would like acting? She is such a natural!

  16. This is incredible! Great job. And she’s such a little model! I love it.

  17. This is so totally amazing! My daughter wants to be Maleficent for Halloween this year and I’ve been really trying to think how I was going to make those horns. Thanks for the inspiration!

  18. Phone acting ridiculous… Every detail. And your daughter is do previous and beautiful. Her facial expressions are priceless! Great work, mama!

  19. This is so incredible! I was actually at the Disney store the other day and a lady asked if they had any Maleficent costumes. I hope she googles it and finds this tutorial!! I love how quickly your daughter gets into character! Amazing!

  20. Shavonda@AHomeFullOfColor says:

    This costume ROCKS!! My son HATES Halloween, so I have to live vicariously through other peoples children:)

  21. SO AWESOME!!!! She looks so cute and I love how she sketched out a plan for you 🙂

  22. I am not sure if you got my other message or if it deleted it when I logged in, sorry if this is double. We have a Maleficent too this year. We are just wondering what you used for the make-up? It looks great!
    Thanks!

    1. Sorry, no I didn’t get a message from you before. I used Snazaroo and there is a link to the paint up above. I love the paint. Hope that helps.

  23. Thank You! I found some at a local craft store. Everything I had tried was too sheer & didn’t look right. I don’t know how I missed that link before, I thought I read through it 3 times. You might have saved our Halloween!

    1. Hope it works for you as good as it works for me. There is a huge difference between that paint and the store bought face paint. So much better for sure.

  24. Followed your instructions and my daughter’s Maleficent headpiece turned out perfect! Thanks for a cheap, easy custom fit headpiece!

    1. Oh I’m so glad it turned out well and that you are telling me about it too. I don’t get many comments like that!!!

  25. How did you attach the horns?
    Thanks.

    1. With duct tape which was the only tape used for the entire costume.

  26. Thank you!!! Using this tutorial for my daughters Malifecint costume this year!!

    Question- did her head get hot? We are utilizing this costume twice – once for Halloween, but before that we are also using it for a school Haloween ball. I’m nervous right her head will be hot because of the plastic bag.

    Thanks!!

    1. Hi Teresa that’s awesome that you are using my tutorial. Thanks! I just asked her if her head was hot and she said no. That said though we only used it for Halloween night outside and it was cold. So I’m not a big help in answering this question for you. I’m so sorry. Have a great Sunday.

      1. Thank you! We did this one this year and it turned out great! My daughter said it was her favorite costume ever! We couldnt find a crow so we did the crow the same way as the horns-tinfoil and duct tape. It was fabulous. And her head DID get hot, but she let it cool a few minutes and was fine. Thanks so much!

        1. I’m so glad it worked out for you and your daughter. And thanks so much for the update!

  27. I just wanted to thank you for this post! I found it a few weeks ago when I was doing a search on how to make the costume without sewing (honestly, really thinking this would be the year and I would finally break and store buy). We got SO many compliments, and my daughter was just thrilled. I don’t think I can add a photo here, but trust that even though ours wasn’t quite as refined, your method was still a huge hit in my neighborhood, and everyone was impressed we did it ourselves. Happy Halloween!

    1. Oh thanks so much! I’m glad it worked out for you. I love hearing that so much.

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