Simple (yet effective) Edward Scissorhands costume for kiddos

When my son told me that he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween, I knew that we were going to have a blast making the costume for him. Everyone in the family had something to add - my son of course offering the piece de resistance by literally *becoming* Edward that Halloween night :)

Many people have asked us over the last year, so here it is - how to make a (mostly!) simple Edward Scissorhands costume for your kids. Tone it down or add to it as you like.

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Comments

[torreyakatoe]

about how much cash did you spend on this costume?

[erlabjork]

best costume ever! i love it!

[hydr0ph0en1x]

Aww! That last picture is so cute!

[amandaggogo]

This is themost adorable Edward Scissorhands I have ever seen! Love how he's got is expression down pat. What a cutie! :0)
Awesome job on the costume by the way!

[mary candy]

totally agree :D
he's sooo cute!

[TalitaPeres]

I was afraid! =D... loved it!

[cenzi]

oh my god!!! I hadn't seen this instructable until now!! congrats on winning!!!! this is absolutely awesome and I just can't believe your son WANTED to be Edward!!! I love it!

[caraslifka]

thank you thank you! i love your lego guys as well, so awesome and well-constructed! we're winners, wooo! ;)

[jgil6]

He looks amazing and what a cutie! I tried doing the make-up thing on my son and he hated it. We had to wash it all off! What a little trooper! I think I want to try this next year! Great job!!!

[kristylynn84]

that is the cutest damn thing EVER lol. very nice!!

[kaylaangelkisses]

I think that your son is probley the best posible person for the"role".If my brother suted up in that he would look weird

[lironess]

Wow that is just about the cutest thing I have seen for a kid in a LONG time :) I totally LOVE it!

[cdawisconsin]

Amazing =)

[zomfibame]

by far one of the cooler things I've seen on Instructables.

[Kryptonite]

Amazing, the title of the Instructable covers it perfectly, it's so simple and SO effective! I'm genuinely impressed, I hadn't seen past how truly simple the costume was until you pointed it out, great work!

[caraslifka]

thank you so much for the nice comment...it's true that i think this costume looks much more involved than it actually was. when people started making a big to-do about it on flickr, i remember my response being "but all i did was glue a bunch of belts onto some pleather." i guess it's proof that overthinking it doesn't always make for the best end result. thanks again!

[Kryptonite]

Your pictures are especially spectacular, did you take them yourself?

[caraslifka]

i did, yes. thank you :)

[nnygamer]

Awesome!

[caraslifka]

ty! :)

[jessyratfink]

So many great ideas in here! I love how you made his hands.

[caraslifka]

thank you - i gave my husband the basics of how i envisioned the hands looking, and then set him free to make it happen...i think he did a nice job making something simple that also functioned like Edward's hands - I should have added the picture of him giving me a haircut with them, ha!

[valhallas_end]

Quite good - I especially like the hair at the end. Kudos!

[caraslifka]

aww, thank you! my husband used to wear his hair very tall and spikey, so he had some experience in making it happen for our kiddo :)

[NoFiller]

Great costume. I love your creative use of belts and plastic knives. He is Edward Scissorhands!

[caraslifka]

thanks much! i have seen other costumes where the scissors were cut and painted from styrofoam, but i felt like this was a much easier method, but it's cute and funny and adds to the "costume" feel of it. :)

[Penolopy Bulnick]

He is the most adorable Edward Scissorhands I have ever seen!

[caraslifka]

thank you :) he really turned it up a notch when he put the suit on, which i think adds a lot to the overall costume.

[golddigger1559]

adorable and totally scary

[Carleyy]

Thats exactly what I was going to say!

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Yes, his presentation of the costume really pushes it over the edge!