Vanellope Von Schweetz Cosplay Halloween Costume DIY!

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Vanellope Von Schweetz inspired from Disney's Wreck it Ralph Cosplay or Halloween Costume DIY! How to make the perfect last minute costume!

Vanellope Von Schweetz Cosplay or Halloween Costume DIY!

One of my favorite Disney shows ever is Wreck-it Ralph! "Who doesn't love a brat with dirty hair?" Vanellope Von Schweetz...the Glitch, is such a loveable character!

Even years after the return of Vanellope to the big screens in Ralph Breaks the Internet, this costume is still a crowd pleaser. Perfect for a tween Halloween costume or a fun Disney inspired cosplay.

This fun Vanellope Von Schweetz Costume tutorial has been updated from a 2014 post...my daughter was just a 10 year old.

Supplies Needed for Vanellope Costume DIY:

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Aqua Hoodie
Brown Gathered Skirt
Aqua Tights
Pink Paracord
Giant Needle
Lighter/Match
Pliers
Acrylic Craft Paint
Painters Tape
Cardboard Scraps
Red Felt
Wire
Red Dimensional Paint
Black Plastic Netting
Polymer Clay
Boots

My daughter decided to be Vanellope for Halloween 2014. Complete with messy Hair candy!
This was such a fun DIY costume.

It's easy to make and adapt pieces to make the perfect cosplay or costume, Disney Bounding outfit or if you are going to runDisney races.

It would be fun to make a Wreck-it Ralph Costume too...with overalls and a red shirt for the perfect couples costume--maybe the baby could be a little Fix-it Felix in a Felix costume--blue shirt, blue pants and a magic hammer!

It's a pretty simple costume and easy to DIY if you haven't planned that far ahead!

Step 1: Costume Base

Gather the aqua hoodie, brown skirt and aqua leggings/tights.

We found the hoodie on Ebay, the skirt at a thrift store (you could make one with brown cotton fabric) and the tights of Amazon.

Add some black shoes, we picked combat boots but any black shoes will be great.

Step 1: Costume Base Gather the aqua hoodie, brown skirt and aqua leggings/tights. We found the hoodie on Ebay, the skirt at a thrift store (you could make one with brown cotton fabric) and the tights of Amazon. Add some black shoes, we picked combat boots but any black shoes will be great.

Step 2: Licorice Stitches

Next, use the HOT PINK paracord and a giant darning needle and thread it right through the hoodie.

In the pocket...through the shirt, back through the shirt and then finished up going back through the pocket.

These strands look like pink licorice stitching her sweatshirt together.

If you just make the hoodie, you'd have a great costume piece too!

Great for Disney Bounding if you wore some brown leggings and a red ribbon in your hair.

Step 2: Licorice Stitches Next, use the HOT PINK paracord and a giant darning needle and thread it right through the hoodie. In the pocket...through the shirt, back through the shirt and then finished up going back through the pocket. These strands look like pink licorice stitching her sweatshirt together. If you just make the hoodie, you'd have a great costume piece too! Great for Disney Bounding if you wore some brown leggings and a red ribbon in your hair.

It's pretty intense threading the paracord through the hoodie...easy does it so it doesn't tear the hoodie.

After stitching the "X", use a lighter and melt the paracord ends together.

Use the pliers to press the melted ends together firmly until the nylon has melted together.

Both stitches are melted together inside the kangaroo front pocket. One just has the X showing...the other has the 2 lines showing.

If you don't want to thread cord through the hoodie, you can use pieces of paracord and some fabric glue and adhere it in place.

Both stitches are melted together inside the kangaroo pocket. One just has the X showing...the other has the 2 lines showing. If you don't want to thread cord through the hoodie, you can use pieces of paracord and some fabric glue and adhere it in place.

Step 3: Painting Vanellope's Leggings!

Get a pair of leggings or tights in a light minty teal.

Start by cutting 6 inch strips of cardboard and insert them into the leggings or tights.

This will keep the paint from bleeding through the tights and sticking to the other side.

Step 3: Painting Vanellope's Leggings! Get a pair of leggings or tights in a light minty teal. Start by cutting 6 inch strips of cardboard and insert them into the leggings or tights. This will keep the paint from bleeding through the tights and sticking to the other side.

Then use painters tape and tape off diagonal stripes on the left side and straight across stripes on the right leg.

Next paint in between the painters tape white with a multi-surface acrylic paint.

Let it dry, then come back and paint a thin stripe of purple on the wide stripes. Simple readjust the tape lines and paint again.

Let the tights dry completely, then turn them over and repeat the process for the other side, making the lines match up.

Step 4: DIY Hair Candy!

Use polymer clay to make all the little hair accessories pieces of candy.

These mints are fun to make!

Take 2 balls of clay and smoosh them in the shape of mints.

Then cut each piece into 8 sections, like you are cutting a pie or a pizza.

Repeat the cutting for the other color too.

Then put the "pie" back together alternating the colors.

Make confetti or sprinkle pieces, gummy bears, stars, mints and hearts... then bake according to package...about 15 minutes at 275*

Instead of trying to put all the candy on individual clips and OVERLOADING her head with bobby pins...I devised a genius solution!

I used some plastic netting...the kind that comes with marbles or glass gems.

Just place net on a silicone mat...and hot glue all the pieces right onto the net!

Then, you just need to bobby pin the net in a few places on her head and it's good to go!

You can't even notice the netting--especially if you have black hair!

Next, the licorice twist!

Cut 2 pieces of red felt...1 by 6". Cut a slightly shorter than 6" piece of thicker gauge wire and two 6" pieces of floral wire.

Just place net on a silicone mat...and hot glue all the pieces right onto the net! Then, you just need to bobby pin the net in a few places on her head and it's good to go! You can't even notice the netting--especially if you have black hair! Next, the licorice twist! Cut 2 pieces of red felt...1 by 6". Cut a slightly shorter than 6" piece of thicker gauge wire and two 6" pieces of floral wire.

Hot glue the wires on one piece of felt.

Run some hot glue around the edges and center and press the other piece of felt on top! Easy! This will make it able to twist tight around the pony tail!