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The Flower Face Costume I wore two years ago to my old company’s Halloween festivities, has to be one of my all time favorite costumes I’ve made. It was fun, dramatic, feminine, & comfortable, yet a very simple concept…a flower ?.
When I finally decided I was going to go for it, I started to think how the heck was I going to make this work, honestly I had no idea how I was gonna pull this off!
In the end, it all came together and I had a fun costume that had all the elements I initially strived for. Below is a short how-to for the flower face part of the costume. For the body, I used all the green I could find…green dress, green long-sleeve shirt, green tights, green platform shoes, and green glittered fingers.
I was really inspired by the flowers in Alice in Wonderland the original animated movie and more so with Tim Burton’s version of the movie. He had all kinds of flowers come to life. I just loved it.❤️
Little Selina wasn’t even a year old…and I’m sure she was already thinking her mom is crazy! ??
Not all the materials are shown in this picture, as this was 2 years ago and I didn’t realize I would have a website back then to share…had I known I would of taken more pictures of my process ?
Gift tissue paper was the main material for this costume. I used different shades of pink to give my flower more depth & dimension. You can pick any color really, I just found that pink tissue paper is easy to find and in different shades, so the easier the better.
Here is a list of the materials I used for this project (flower head only):
• different shades of pink tissue paper (and lots of it)
• pink tulle (optional)
• pink thread
• scissors
• thick pink fabric with some stretch (for head cap)
• 2 or 3 pink buttons
• cord elastic (for loops to wrap around buttons)
• hot glue gun & glue sticks
• paper ache balloon OR foam head form
• green felt (for leaves)
• green novelty trim (for leaf details, optional)
I created a pink cap like this. I used a paper mache balloon I had lying around in my craft room to use as a stand-in head as I made a pattern and subsequently the cap. I’ve since bought a foam head from the craft store to help me with these silly projects of mine.
I made my cap quite fitted and it wrapped around my neck. I used the buttons & elastic loops to fasten it from the front.
1. I started by cutting the tissue paper into large petals, then medium petals and small petals. Each size had its own shade of pink.
2. I then shirred each petal using a sewing machine. It went quite fast once you got the hang of it. Tissue paper is quite strong actually, if handled properly.
3. These are some of the petals shirred and waiting to be attached
4. More petals all stacked up, I can already see the color gradient and I love it.
Here we have about 12 layers or so of petals. I also used shirred tulle petals for around my face. You can probably skip this step if you like. I liked the sheerness around my face and it blended really well with the tissue petals.
Using the paper mache balloon form or a foam head form, put the cap on it. In this picture I’ve marked where you should attach all the shirred tissue petals with the hot glue gun. Be very careful during this process, it can get a bit hot & sticky. Work yourself along the lines to attach the petals. Be careful! Seriously.
Voila! Flower Face!! I did darkest pink on the back of my head to lightest pink for my face. You start to fill in any gaps you see to make your flower as full as you want it.
Finger details. I used kid’s party witches fingers and added some nail polish & green glitter for sparkle.
A front, side, and back view of my Flower Face costume! The green felt was cut to look like the leafy part of the flower. I also cut out some green leafs and attached them around my neck to look like those leafy things around the base of flowers.
That’s a quick look on how to achieve a Flower costume this Halloween season. It took me roughly a full day or so to complete my costume.
Hope you enjoyed it and remember don’t forget to stop and smell the roses! ??
Cheers!
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I’m so trying this costume this year! Thank you!!
? Awesome! Hope you have fun making it, because I’m sure you’ll have fun wearing it! Let me know if you have any questions on how to make it, I’ll be happy to help if I can. Sending you all the best! Tag me if you posted on IG. ❤️
Hi Lily,
Thanks for sharing this!!! Unfortunately, I do not own a sewing machine but will find a way to acquire one!!! It looks pretty complicated with the head gear piece, but I will try and my best to recreate it! Again, thank you for this post!
Best,
Camille
Hi Camille, It would be much easier with a sewing machine. Yeah the head gear part was the trickiest and I was very intimidated by it too. You can also buy something similar and modify it, I just couldn’t find anything like what I had in mind. The key for it, is that it’s fitted and wraps around your neck to help with the weight and height of the petals.
Hope you try it, its really fun to wear. tag me on IG if you decide to make it. I would love to see it. Sending you all the best and good luck! ?
I love your sight and your Instagram page. You are so creative! I don’t know how you do it all with working AND four kids! I have one and can’t do half the stuff you do!
And by the way, you made this flower costume look easy! I would love to make a yellow one (a sunflower… My face is brown!!!) but I can’t manage the head piece.
Thank you so much! Believe, I can barely manage…Instagram and this site is just the glossy version of my life. You should be surprised what you can pull off…when there is a will there is away! Well glad you enjoy the pics and hopefully one of these Halloween seasons you try the flower costume. ?
Love it! ?
Thank you my friend!! ❤️
Your costume is amazing! My 4 year old wants to be the rose from Alice in Wonderland so I’m definitely thankful to find your costume details and inspiration for making a rose costume for my preschooler! 🙂
I love this flower costume and am attempting to make it! I have a couple of questions…1.) The headpiece is unseen right?! I made one but it’s about the ugliest thing I’ve ever pieced together – haha! But it does function and serve its purpose! 2.) How many sheets of tissue did you sew together for a petal? 3.) Does a petal include all three colors (stacked upon each other?) 4.) Where did you add the tulle? I’m so excited to try to recreate this, but yours is a tough act to follow!
Hi lily. Thank you so much for the fabulous idea! I am trying to make this amazing costume. I cannot seem to get the petals to stand up off the head piece. The way I am attaching, by folding and flying is not working. Any suggestions?
WOW! WOW! WOW! You are adorable, and so talented! This is the BEST costume I have ever seen.
I am so impressed. I love how your baby was a flower too.
I am also wondering how you attached the beautiful petals to the hood piece.
How in the world did you find the green dress?
This is great! Thank you! I’m going to try it this year! So much more beautiful than anything sold in stores or on Amazon.
Great costume! Where did you find your dress?
Fabulous! I bought all the materials to make it and have started construction but am struggling with making the back side petals stand up. On the backside where you make the leaves, is there some sort of wire in it to hold it up? What was your trick?
If I can manage to put this all together I will absolutely be sure to give you credit! Beautiful job 🙂
I love your flower costume and i’m going to try it for Mardi Gras this year. I’m making the pedals now and I’m confused as to how you got them to stay up. They seem to want to flop down. Also, for the felt leaves in the back of the flower, did you glue the felt onto the paper? It just seems like it would be too heavy for the paper. I’m afraid of it ripping.
What did you do to cover your arms?