Mad Hatter Costume, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Threadbanger

### Making the Mad Hatter Costume: A Step-by-Step Guide

The Mad Hatter is one of the most iconic literary characters of all time, and when combined with Colleen Atwood’s incredible design aesthetics, he becomes the ultimate Halloween costume inspiration. In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to create your very own Mad Hatter outfit, starting with the most important piece: the hat.

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#### Making the Mad Hatter Hat

1. **Materials Needed**:

- A piece of poster board (10 inches tall).

- Thick cardboard.

- Fabric (thick material recommended).

- Wire (thick gauge).

- Hot glue gun and tape.

- Spray paint (dark green, black, metallic gold).

- Optional: Old lace curtains, salmon-colored button-down shirt, ostrich feathers, burnt-edged size card, vintage hat pins, white wig, fabric spray dyes, and thread.

2. **Constructing the Cylinder**:

Start by rolling the poster board into a cylinder that fits around your head with room to wear a wig. Tape the seams securely.

3. **Adding the Base**:

Cut out a circle from thick cardboard with a 6-inch radius. Place the cylinder on top of this circle, centering it perfectly. Tape and glue the two pieces together around the seam using a glue gun.

4. **Covering the Cylinder**:

Wrap a piece of thick fabric around the top of the cylinder, overlapping and gluing the ends together. Stretch the fabric into the inside of the cylinder, pulling it as taut as possible. Cut a circle from the fabric to match the top and glue it in place, trimming any excess.

5. **Adding Details**:

Optional: Add a layer of old lace curtain for extra texture. Use another piece of material, trace around the bottom of the cylinder with tailor’s chalk, cut out the middle, and create slits up to the circle outline.

6. **Creating the Brim**:

Cut a wire circle with a radius 3 inches larger than the base circle. Tape the ends together and place it on top of the cylinder’s bottom. Use hot glue to secure the fabric slits to the inside, then stretch the fabric over the wire, pinning it tightly. Sew around the brim and trim any excess material.

7. **Finishing Touches**:

Spray paint the entire hat with dark green, black, and metallic gold for a striking look. Create a band from an old salmon-colored button-down shirt and glue it around the hat. Add ostrich feathers, a burnt-edged size card, vintage hat pins, and a white wig dyed bright orange for the final touch.

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#### Completing the Mad Hatter Ensemble

1. **The Overcoat**:

Dyed an old tan corduroy blazer green, then added lace to the lapel for texture. Use fabric spray dyes in different colors to create a multicolored effect. Add lace cuffs and trim around the edges for extra detail.

2. **Pinstripe Pants**:

Use old khakis dyed green. Tape thin masking tape in vertical lines on both sides, then spray paint over them with purple. Remove the tape after drying for a sharp pinstripe look.

3. **Fingerless Gloves**:

Trace around your hand on fabric, pin two layers together, cut them out, and sew to create fingerless gloves.

4. **Signature Bow Scarf**:

Cut a wide strip from an old sheet, dye it black with Tulip One-Step Fabric Dye, then use pink and yellow fabric sprays to create a blotchy effect.

5. **Arsenal of Thread**:

Gather 15 spools of thread, remove labels, and weave them together using a long piece of yarn. Tie knots at both ends and attach to an old leather belt with drilled holes. Sew the yarn ends through the holes for a unique accessory.

6. **Final Touches**:

Put on white makeup, cut locks from your wig for eyebrows, and glue them in place. Don’t forget to rock your craziest expression while enjoying your tea!

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### Conclusion

The Mad Hatter costume is more than just an outfit—it’s a labor of love that brings together creativity, attention to detail, and a touch of whimsy. By following these steps, you can recreate the iconic look yourself and bring the character to life this Halloween. Whether you’re crafting the hat, sewing the overcoat, or creating the thread arsenal, every step contributes to making this costume unforgettable. So gather your materials, watch the video again if needed, and let your inner Mad Hatter shine!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhere is that Alice always late never early late late late I specifically told him to be on time him yeah Al Alice Cooper am I late that's not the Alice you meant no there goes Wonderland Alice you're terribly late you know naughty edate the Mad Hatter is one of my favorite literary characters of all time combine him with Colleen Atwood's amazing design Aesthetics and the most requested Halloween costume this year is born Colleen's Hatter has a ton of little details that make it great but the hat is probably the most important part start out by using a piece of poster board that's 10 in tall and when rolled into a cylinder fits around your head with room to wear a wig tape the seams of the cylinder down then take out a thicker piece of cardboard and make a circle on it that has a 6in radius cut out the circle and place the cylinder on top of it directly in the center tape it together in a couple spots and use a glue gun to glue the two pieces together all around the seam now take out a piece of thick material and hot glue it all the way around the top of the Hat when you reached the beginning of where you started gluing overlap the fabric a bit and glue it together next stretch the fabric down into the inside of the cylinder and glue stretch and glue stretch and glue pulling it as taut as you can cut a circle out of the fabric that's the same size as the top and glue it on cut off any excess I also added a layer of Old Lace curtain in the same manner but that's optional now use another piece of material and Trace around the bottom of the cylinder with Tailor's chalk cut the middle out of that Circle and cut slits up to the circle outline then take out a piece of thick wire and make a circle that has a radius that is about 3 in bigger than the circle outline tape the ends of the wire together cut a rough circle shape around your circle outline big enough to extend over the wire Circle place the piece on top of the bottom of the cylinder and hot glue the slits to the inside now lay that part over the wire Circle and pin the fabric over the wire stretching it super taut sew completely around the brim and cut off any excess material from the bottom next I spray painted the entire hat with different colors dark green black and metallic gold while K sprayed the Hat I made a band to go around it out of an old salmon colored button down after I made the ever so important signature size card with burnt edges then I spray painted a white wig bright orange for the matters crazy hairo after the Hat was all dry I added the salmon band some ostrich feathers the size card and some mock vintage hat pins and you have the Mad Hatter Top Hat when we return we'll show you how to make the rest of the outfit on $99 music videos we challenge filmmakers to create original music videos for hot new bands on a budget of no more than $99 every Tuesday and Thursday at $99 musicvideos have a home decor dilemma we'll help you solve it on Decor it-yourself new every Wednesday right here on threadbanger welcome back to complete the madter Ensemble you need an Overcoat pinstripe pants fingerless gloves the signature bow scarf an arsenal of thread a vest and a collared button down for the Overcoat I dyed an old tan corduroy blazer green then sewed some lace to the lapel for added texture next I used different colors of tulip fabric spray to create a multicolored effect then I sewed lace to the cuffs and added trim around the edges for the pants we used old khakis also dyed green and taped thin masking tape in vertical lines on both sides of the pants then I took over and spray painted them with purple paint let them dry and remove the tape and just like that pinstrip Pants next up I created the fingerless gloves simply by tracing around my hand and pinning both of the two layers of fabric together then cut them out sew them together and you got some fingerless gloves for the hatter signature scarf I used a wide strip of an old sheet and tulip one step black Dy to create a blotching effect then I used pink and yellow fabric spray to fill in most of the white spots to create the Arsenal of thread gather about 15 spools of thread remove the labels from each side and use a long piece of yarn to weave them together like so tie a knot at the end and add another piece of yarn at the other end then take out an old leather belt cut it in half and drill holes in both sides of the cut ends use a big needle to sew the ends of the yarn through the holes and Your Arsenal is complete now you just have to put some white makeup on cut a couple locks of hair from your wig for eyebrows I attached them with eyelash glue and rock your craziest expression enjoying the tea I see what is this it's tea BS didn't you bite the head off of bat once no no that was Aussie I uh I ate the rabbit on stage that's very rude my father was eaten by a Glam rockerwhere is that Alice always late never early late late late I specifically told him to be on time him yeah Al Alice Cooper am I late that's not the Alice you meant no there goes Wonderland Alice you're terribly late you know naughty edate the Mad Hatter is one of my favorite literary characters of all time combine him with Colleen Atwood's amazing design Aesthetics and the most requested Halloween costume this year is born Colleen's Hatter has a ton of little details that make it great but the hat is probably the most important part start out by using a piece of poster board that's 10 in tall and when rolled into a cylinder fits around your head with room to wear a wig tape the seams of the cylinder down then take out a thicker piece of cardboard and make a circle on it that has a 6in radius cut out the circle and place the cylinder on top of it directly in the center tape it together in a couple spots and use a glue gun to glue the two pieces together all around the seam now take out a piece of thick material and hot glue it all the way around the top of the Hat when you reached the beginning of where you started gluing overlap the fabric a bit and glue it together next stretch the fabric down into the inside of the cylinder and glue stretch and glue stretch and glue pulling it as taut as you can cut a circle out of the fabric that's the same size as the top and glue it on cut off any excess I also added a layer of Old Lace curtain in the same manner but that's optional now use another piece of material and Trace around the bottom of the cylinder with Tailor's chalk cut the middle out of that Circle and cut slits up to the circle outline then take out a piece of thick wire and make a circle that has a radius that is about 3 in bigger than the circle outline tape the ends of the wire together cut a rough circle shape around your circle outline big enough to extend over the wire Circle place the piece on top of the bottom of the cylinder and hot glue the slits to the inside now lay that part over the wire Circle and pin the fabric over the wire stretching it super taut sew completely around the brim and cut off any excess material from the bottom next I spray painted the entire hat with different colors dark green black and metallic gold while K sprayed the Hat I made a band to go around it out of an old salmon colored button down after I made the ever so important signature size card with burnt edges then I spray painted a white wig bright orange for the matters crazy hairo after the Hat was all dry I added the salmon band some ostrich feathers the size card and some mock vintage hat pins and you have the Mad Hatter Top Hat when we return we'll show you how to make the rest of the outfit on $99 music videos we challenge filmmakers to create original music videos for hot new bands on a budget of no more than $99 every Tuesday and Thursday at $99 musicvideos have a home decor dilemma we'll help you solve it on Decor it-yourself new every Wednesday right here on threadbanger welcome back to complete the madter Ensemble you need an Overcoat pinstripe pants fingerless gloves the signature bow scarf an arsenal of thread a vest and a collared button down for the Overcoat I dyed an old tan corduroy blazer green then sewed some lace to the lapel for added texture next I used different colors of tulip fabric spray to create a multicolored effect then I sewed lace to the cuffs and added trim around the edges for the pants we used old khakis also dyed green and taped thin masking tape in vertical lines on both sides of the pants then I took over and spray painted them with purple paint let them dry and remove the tape and just like that pinstrip Pants next up I created the fingerless gloves simply by tracing around my hand and pinning both of the two layers of fabric together then cut them out sew them together and you got some fingerless gloves for the hatter signature scarf I used a wide strip of an old sheet and tulip one step black Dy to create a blotching effect then I used pink and yellow fabric spray to fill in most of the white spots to create the Arsenal of thread gather about 15 spools of thread remove the labels from each side and use a long piece of yarn to weave them together like so tie a knot at the end and add another piece of yarn at the other end then take out an old leather belt cut it in half and drill holes in both sides of the cut ends use a big needle to sew the ends of the yarn through the holes and Your Arsenal is complete now you just have to put some white makeup on cut a couple locks of hair from your wig for eyebrows I attached them with eyelash glue and rock your craziest expression enjoying the tea I see what is this it's tea BS didn't you bite the head off of bat once no no that was Aussie I uh I ate the rabbit on stage that's very rude my father was eaten by a Glam rocker\n"