No-Sew Coraline Costume DIY: Easy Tutorial for Kids & Adults

DIY Coraline Halloween Costume – Are you looking for a Coraline Costume for Halloween or Cosplay? This year, I didn’t sew a Halloween costume for Sammie; we just hadn’t planned any Halloween ideas. We put together this DIY Coraline Halloween Costume (no-sew). We actually made two last-minute costumes and thought we’d share these easy no-sew Coraline costume ideas. Usually, we have it planned out months in advance, but this year, nope. Stay tuned for her other costumes and all our posts by subscribing. I love that she always picks out such unique costumes; most are easy, and they are always fun costume ideas to make.

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Why This Coraline Costume is Still Iconic

The movie Coraline has had incredible staying power since its 2009 release. The film’s unique, slightly unsettling charm and the artistry of the stop-motion process (you can learn more about the movie’s production on the Coraline (2009) IMDb Page make this character a perennial favorite for Halloween. It’s a fantastic costume choice because it’s instantly recognizable, creepy, and easily adapted for both kids and adults, allowing for great group or family themes like including “The Other Mother.”

Coraline Halloween Costume

Finished no-sew Coraline costume featuring yellow raincoat, striped shirt, blue wig, hat, blue jeans, yellow socks and sandals (instead of the yellow rainboots), and cute makeup freckles. and a style board made from the Coraline movie character

She loves having more than one costume for Halloween, as the high school puts on a Halloween dance. This is the costume she is actually wearing on Halloween night.

DIY Coraline Costume

Most of the pieces you can get for this costume are on Amazon Prime. This means you can get free 2-day shipping, making it perfect for putting together your last-minute costumes.

If you don’t have Prime, you can try it for free for 30 days.

What do you need for a Coraline Costume?

How to make a Coraline Costume

Supplies Checklist For The Costume

You’ll need these pieces for creating the Coraline Halloween Costume

Yellow raincoat
Blue jeans (or use your own blue jeans)
Yellow rain boots
Blue wig
Dragonfly Hair Clip
Red/white top or blue top with stars
Chauffeur hat
Red crossbody bag
Yellow umbrella *optional

We think this is the best Coraline Costume and the easiest Coraline costume we made. Bonus it is super cute! I’m sure you can find many of the items at the thrift shop or in your closets. The makeup recommendations are below. The red/white top comes with options for a red or white collar. Either will work. Optionally you can use a blue top with stars, which Coraline also wears.

The key pieces for the costume are the yellow raincoat, blue wig, and chauffeur hat. Paired together with blue jeans, a striped top, and yellow rain boots.

Coraline Costume Ideas

I updated her photo from this cell pic. But, she’s too busy with tests for a full photoshoot. I caught her fooling around, sharing her costume with friends after getting her blue wig in the mail. It came super quick, and is the perfect blue! I’ll update these photos later.

I know she’s going to be mad at me for sharing this. Oh, well. That isn’t the shirt she’s wearing under the jacket. She has a striped tee, but if it’s cold out she might opt for the striped sweater.

Coraline hair, hat, and makeup for an easy Coraline Costume. See full DIY at DearCreatives.com

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We picked items that she can wear again or had, paired with what we bought. The items that we picked out, and received are affordable and are great quality. We hope that it helps you if you are looking for last-minute Halloween costume ideas. And the Coraline costume can be put together for Cosplay too.

For Coraline Cosplay use the makeup tutorials later in the post, this will help give you the perfect Coraline look.

Coraline Outfit

If you live somewhere sunny you might prefer wearing yellow socks, with these yellow sandals. This is what she is doing. They are items you can use more often after Halloween. Plus, she had to dance in her costume, and thought rubber boots wouldn’t work for dancing. Complete the Coraline outfit with a Coraline necklace and butterfly hairclip.

Coraline no sew costume ideas, see the full outfit, and our picks to make the Best Coraline Costume! DearCreatives.com

You can find all the items for younger kids too, we sourced a few of the items for kids Coraline Costumes, to save you a bit of time. Kids will love this Coraline necklace and black cat.

Another easy Coraline Costume idea is this Coraline Costume Witch set (cape with Coraline on it, and witch hat).

Coraline Makeup

We spotted this cute Coraline makeup idea (below), and others which is how we got the idea for her Coraline makeup.

How to Apply Coraline Makeup

Makeup Supplies Checklist For Coraline

Use and apply your foundation or a lighter foundation
to your skin
Add, a Pressed powder for your base makeup (white pressed powder for all skin tones)
Next, add blush (coral sheen stick) or coral powder blush
Apply coral eye shadow and highlight just under your brows with white or a lighter color and blend (Eye Shadow Palette)
Then use an eye pencil to add in the freckles
Set your makeup with a makeup finishing spray
Finish with a Light coral-pink lipstick for your lips (or coral lipstick)
For a more dramatic look apply mascara
and eyeliner

We also sourced a few great makeup tutorials if you need help applying makeup to complete your Coraline costume.

Coraline Makeup Tutorials

Makeup idea for Coraline Costume via Sherry Bemis Flickr

Coraline Halloween Makeup Video Tutorials

This video Coraline Makeup Tutorial that takes you through how to apply your makeup for the Coraline Costume. It’s a caricature of the Coraline character vs. how we applied the makeup
Or this video Coraline Makeup Tutorial is a bit scarier and shows how to do the makeup with a button eye.
And this Coraline Makeup Tutorial also has a Coraline Hair Clip DIY. (But, we think it’s cheaper and easier just to buy a butterfly hair clip)