50+ Coolest Homemade 101 Dalmatians Costumes (2024)

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How to make a Dalmatian costume for adults? ›

Paint dots on white shirt with black paint, cut circles out of the black construction paper and tape them to the tutu, put your hair in 2 pony tails, and add the ribbons if you want! Really easy and adorable!

All you need is a white shirt, tutu, black leggings, black paint, black construction paper, black shoes, and if wanted, white and black polka dot ribbon!

Classic Cruella De Vil Costume

If you're looking to go the traditional route, take a page from the Disney classic: Black dress, white faux fur coat, red satin gloves and cigarette holder.

The gene responsible for giving a Dalmatian longer hair is a naturally occurring recessive trait in the Dalmatian breed. Longcoat Dalmatians are purebred Dalmatians, not the result of outcrossing or mixed breeding. One of the first well known longcoat Dalmatians was named Sally.

However, One Hundred and One Dalmatians contains references to animal cruelty, slapstick violence, and one of Disney's scariest and most iconic villains. It's therefore not suitable for children under 4 years and we recommend parental guidance for children aged 4-5 and/or a sensitive audience.

Glenn Close portrays Cruella de Vil in the 1996 film 101 Dalmatians and its 2000 sequel 102 Dalmatians. The film reinvents Cruella as the vindictive, snobbish and very glamorous magnate of an haute couture fashion house, "House of De Vil", which specializes in fur couture.

Rolly is an obese Dalmatian puppy, who first appeared in the 1961 animated film 101 Dalmatians. Rolly is named for his "rolly-polly" physique.

For the body of your Dalmatian, all you need is a white shirt, white pants, a dress, overalls that you can put black spots onto. So there's really 2 ways you can make your spots, but you can do it with matte black fabric paint.

Invite your child to paint spots all over the clothing in a Dalmatian-like fashion. After the paint dries, attach two of the tube socks to the headband. Cut slits at the opening of the sock to slip the headband through. These will be your child's dog ears!

The origins of this breed can be traced back to present-day Croatia and its historical region of Dalmatia. It is thought that early ancestors of the breed were certain breeds of pointers and a spotted Great Dane. Today, it is a popular pet and many enthusiasts enter Dalmatians into kennel club competitions.

What color eyeshadow does Cruella wear? ›

Creating the Cruella makeup look was simple: a dark green smokey eye with winged liner, heavy contouring, and a deep red lip.

As one of her pranks, Cruella sews a beautiful dress covered in sparkly trinkets that turn out to be moth cocoons, and when they hatch, they destroy the dress and all the other dresses stored with it. Full-grown moths don't eat fabric; moth caterpillars do. These moths were explicitly past the larval stage.

According to Nadia Stacey, who headed up hair and makeup on “Cruella,” it was all wig work. And that presented its own challenges. “From a practical sense, it was actually pretty hard because to get wigs made, black and white wigs made, the white hair is really hard to come by,” Stacey told TheWrap.

Invite your child to paint spots all over the clothing in a Dalmatian-like fashion. After the paint dries, attach two of the tube socks to the headband. Cut slits at the opening of the sock to slip the headband through. These will be your child's dog ears!