Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz: Group Halloween Costume

This year for Halloween, The Harris Sisters are paying tribute to Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. If you remember this year's Girls' Weekend trip to Boone, NC, we visited The Land of Oz and posted a detailed write-up of our visit to the abandoned theme park. If you were paying close attention to that post, you might have noticed at that time that we didn't post a single photo of ourselves while we were there. Well, that's because we were saving those photos for our super-big, Halloween costume extravaganza! (Hey, when you've got a chance to see some of THE most recognizable witches out there - you've got to save that for Halloween, right?!?)

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

One of the most memorable images from The Wizard of Oz is the iconic Yellow Brick Road. Of course, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to take photos in our Dorothy costumes while skipping down this path! Did you know that the way they skipped down the Yellow Brick Road in the movie is an actual dance called the Wizard Step or the Dorothy Step? You can learn how to do the Wizard Step with this YouTube tutorial!

The Devil's in the Details

Any Dorothy costume is going to have three major components: a blue dress, red shoes, and hair crafted into pigtails, but we chose to put our own spin on these costumes.

• Shop your closet for a the main pieces of the costume. You may already have a blue dress or red shoes that might fit the bill. Notice the variety in the dresses and shoes that we are wearing. From flats to heels to glitter Converse, we found that a pair of red shoes from your closet instantly transforms into ruby slippers when worn with a blue dress and pigtails!
• If you really want to stand out in a crowd of Dorothys, don't forget to accessorize:
• Deanna is wearing a poppy pin on her lapel as a nod to the famous poppy scene in the movie.
• Donna is wearing rainbow sunglasses to represent "somewhere over the rainbow."
• Deanna is wearing ruby earrings, and Donna is wearing emerald earrings.
• All three of us are wearing a piece of Mama's jewelry, since her name was Dorothy. In fact, we left you a clue about our costumes on Facebook and Instagram before the big reveal today, and that was also a piece of jewelry with Mama's handwriting engraved on it! If you look closely at that photograph, you can also see the Yellow Brick Road in the background of that photo.

Here's a closer look at our costumes:

Where Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops

There were lots of fun photo ops in The Land of Oz and we took advantage. Here Deanna poses in Munchkinland, Donna poses with an apple from The Angry Apple Tree, and Misty has fallen asleep among the poppies.

 

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

The Harris Sisters definitely had lots of fun recreating the look of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. Over the years, we've dressed up as bad witches for Halloween (The Sanderson Sisters and Disney Villains), so it was high time that we had the opportunity to dress up as Good Witches (as our good friend Glinda would say).

If you're looking for group costume ideas about a more traditional Dorothy Halloween costume styled with Alice in Wonderland and Red Riding Hood, check out one of our very first fairy tale photo shoots: Over the Rainbow and Through the Looking Glass to Grandmother's House We Go.

Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz Group Halloween Costumes

Don't forget that sometimes when you're creating group Halloween costumes it can be fun to all dress as different variations of the same person. We've done this several times:

• Star Wars Halloween Costumes (two Han Solos - Han Duo)
• Marilyn Monroe Halloween Costumes (three Marilyn Monroes - which we turned into an Andy Warhol triptych)
• Clark Kent/Superman Christmas Card Idea (four Supermans)
• Elvis Halloween Costumes (three Elvises plus two Elvis pups)

Happy Halloween from The Harris Sisters!

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