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Halloween Tie Dye Fruit Costumes

Written by Kimberly Coffin · This post may contain affiliate links · 43 Comments

Halloween is just around the corner and this year I teamed up with JOANN Fabric and Craft Stores to bring you three fresh ideas that you can easily make from home. The best part is that these Tie Dye costumes are totally budget-friendly! You can make each of these costumes using Tulip Tie Dye and Tulips paints and less than $20.

This is a sponsored post on behalf of JOANN. All thoughts and opinions are my own.  

Showing Three Folded Halloween Diy Tie Dye Fruit Costumes (Pineapple, Strawberry, and Watermelon) with fruit plant headpieces.

Are you ready to get started? You can choose from the strawberry costume, pineapple or watermelon. These costume ideas would be perfect for a fun group costume!

Strawberry Halloween Tie Dye Fruit Costume

Let's make a strawberry Halloween costume with this simple step-by-step tutorial!

A Finished, Folded Strawberry Halloween Diy Tie Dye Fruit Costume with a Strawberry Flower Headpiece On Top

To create this strawberry costume you'll need the following supplies

  • 1 White Gildan T-Shirt
  • Red Tie Dye
  • White Tulip Fabric Paint
  • Headband
  • Green, White, & Yellow Felt
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Foam Paintbrush
  • Disposable Aluminum Baking Tin
Supplies: Green Felt in different Hues, Yellow Felt, A Tie Dye Bottle, A Headband, Two Foam Paintbrushes, White and Black Tulip Fabric Paint, Gloves, And A White T-Shirt

Gather your supplies (basic white t-shirt and Tie-Dye), place your shirt in a Disposable Aluminum Baking Tin or on a covered surface, and put gloves on to prevent staining; this can get a little messy!

Step One: Tie Dye Strawberry T-Shirt

Tie Dying T-Shirt Red in Aluminum Baking Tin

Begin by soaking your shirt with red tie-Dye (I used the Tulip One-Step dye. The dye comes in powder form that you add water to). Then, rinse your shirt and set it aside to let it dry for 4-6 hours while we work on the headpiece.

Tie Dye Red Shirt in Aluminum Baking Tin

Step Two: Make a Strawberry Headpiece

To make the headpiece, cut out large, medium, and two small leaves from the green felt. Hot glue your medium leaf to the large one while making sure to offset them, and then glue the two small leaves on top. Add glue to the centers of the leaves and pinch. This technique will add shape to the leaves.

Two Large and Small Dark and Light Green Leaves Cut Out of Felt

Now, we’re going to cut out the flower. Take your yellow or white felt then, fold the piece down the middle and cut out two-heart pieces. Grab one of the petals, add glue to the center, and pinch.

Do this to the other petal and glue one on top of the other.

Holding Two Yellow Flower Petals in Hand After Gluing

To finish the headpiece, glue the flower to the leaf piece and attach it to the headband.

A Finished Strawberry Yellow Flower Headpiece with Green Leaves Attached to Headband

Step Three: Add Details to Strawberry T-Shirt

It’s finally time to add the details that make the shirt look like a strawberry. I used a sponge brush to paint the white seeds. First, I dabbed the paint and then dragged the stroke to a pointed end.

Finished Strawberry Halloween Tie Dye Fruit Shirt

Painting White Dots with Pointed Ends on A Red T-Shirt Using Paintbrush

When you're done painting the seeds, you've finished a very cute strawberry costume!

Pineapple Halloween Tie Dye Fruit Costume

Let's make a pineapple Halloween costume with this simple step-by-step tutorial!

Halloween Diy Tie Dye Fruit Costume

Moving onto the Pineapple costume. To create this pineapple costume you'll need the following supplies

  • 1 White Gildan T-Shirt
  • Yellow Tie Dye
  • White Tulip Fabric Paint
  • Headband
  • Green Felt
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Foam Paintbrush
  • Paper Tube
  • Disposable Aluminum Baking Tin

Step One: Tie Dye Pineapple T-Shirt

Tie Dying T-Shirt with Yellow Dye

Begin by laying your shirt in an Aluminum Baking Tin or on a covered surface. Put on some gloves and have yellow tie-dye on hand and start pouring your tie-dye on the shirt making sure to cover the white areas. When all areas have been covered with yellow, go ahead and let it dry for 4-6 hours. 

Showing a Paper Roll, Hot Glue Gun, and Three Large, Medium and Small Green Leaves Cut Out of Felt.

Step Two: Make Pineapple Headpiece

While your shirt is drying, let’s work on the headpiece. Cut out three large, medium, and small leaves and one circle that is the same size as the end of the paper tube. Make sure the large leaves are taller than your paper tube and the medium leaves are half the size.

Take another piece of green felt, fold it in half, and cut out a large leaf.

To assemble, start by taking your large leaves and glue around the bottom of the paper roll. Then, glue the medium leaves above the large ones doing your best to hide most of the paper tube. Now, take the small leaves and glue them around the outside.

Gluing Double-Sided Felt Leaf to Center of Headband

Finally, take the double-sided leaf piece and your headband.

Glue the leaf piece to the middle of the headband on the underside and place your assembled headpiece on top. Glue the two-sided leaves to the front and back of the headpiece to keep it in place. Finally, glue the circle piece to the bottom.

Gluing Green Circle Felt Piece to Underside of Pineapple Top Piece

With the headpiece done, we can start painting our dried shirt.

Step Three: Add Paint to Pineapple T-Shirt

Grab White Tulip Fabric Paint and a paintbrush.

Paint diagonal lines on one side and then paint intersecting lines on the other.

Painting White Diagonal Stripes on Yellow Tie Dyed T-Shirt

When you're done painting, you've finished an adorable pineapple costume!

Watermelon Halloween Tie Dye Fruit Costume

Let's make a watermelon Halloween costume with this simple step-by-step tutorial!

Halloween Diy Tie Dye Costume:A Finished Tie Dyed Watermelon T-Shirt with Watermelon Flower Headband

To create this Watermelon costume you'll need the following supplies

  • 1 White Gildan T-Shirt
  • Red Tie Dye
  • Black, White, & Green Tulip Fabric Paint
  • Headband
  • Yellow & Green Felt
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Foam Paintbrush
  • Disposable Aluminum Baking Tin

Step One: Tie Dye T-Shirt

Begin by placing your White T-Shirt into a Disposable Aluminum Baking Tin or covered surface. Take your tie dye (I used a Pink Rose color) and pour it over your T-shirt.

Tie Dying T-shirt Red in Aluminum Baking Tin

Rinse and set your T-Shirt aside to dry for 4-6 hours.

Tie-Dyed Red T-Shirt in Aluminum Baking Tin

While the shirt is drying, we can assemble the headpiece.

Step Two: Assemble Watermelon Headpiece

Take a piece of green felt and cut out two rounded, grooved leaves, and glue them together.

Assembling Watermelon Headpiece Using Two Green Felt Leaf Pieces and a Yellow Felt Flower

To make the flower take a piece of yellow felt, fold it in half, and cut out two heart pieces. Add glue to the center of both petals and pinch to give it shape. Then, glue one on top of the other.

To Finish the watermelon headpiece, glue the flower piece to the leaf and attach it to the headband. You can add green pipe cleaners to present as vines if you'd like.

Halloween Tie Dye Costume:An Assembled Watermelon Headband

Step Three: Paint Watermelon T-Shirt

When your shirt is ready, paint 3/8 of the bottom with green paint, starting with dark green, then gradually ending up with a very light green color toward the top.

Painting A Gradient with Green Tulip Fabric Paint on Red Tie-Dyed Shirt

Finally, it’s time to add the details. Paint on watermelon seeds facing different directions on the T-shirt.

Finished Watermelon Halloween Tie Dye Fruit Costume

With that final detail, your sweet watermelon shirt is ready to be shown off!

These three DIY Halloween costume ideas are perfect for a group Halloween costume!

Don't forget to order or pick up all of the supplies for this tutorial from your local JOANN.

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Comments

  1. Nannette Qualls says

    October 04, 2022 at 10:47 pm

    Very creative and cute costumes!

    Reply
  2. Cookie says

    October 04, 2022 at 11:21 pm

    This is something I will definitely have to try, it looks pretty straight forward and easy.
    Thank you for another cute idea.

    Reply
  3. Brenda West says

    October 04, 2022 at 11:36 pm

    Amazes me with ideas - you are very creative.

    Reply
  4. Michelle says

    October 04, 2022 at 11:48 pm

    Love your all your work!! So talented!!

    Reply
    • Crystal says

      October 06, 2022 at 12:17 am

      What a cute and creative idea.

      Reply
  5. Renee says

    October 05, 2022 at 2:19 am

    Love Sweet Red Poppy patterns!

    Reply
  6. Megan says

    October 05, 2022 at 3:05 am

    Fun costumes!!!!

    Reply
  7. Linda Koeplin says

    October 05, 2022 at 5:11 am

    Love learning from the very detailed steps! Thank you

    Reply
  8. Michelle Simons says

    October 05, 2022 at 5:22 am

    Adorable!

    Reply
  9. Michael DeFren says

    October 05, 2022 at 8:49 am

    great idea simple an effective

    Reply
  10. Erin says

    October 05, 2022 at 10:33 am

    These are so clever! And who doesn't love a good fascinator?!

    Reply
  11. kelly tupick says

    October 05, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    These a super cute and creative, love the pineapple.

    Reply
  12. Barbara says

    October 05, 2022 at 1:58 pm

    How cute are they?!! You make everything look so EASY!

    Reply
  13. Phyllis Huebbe says

    October 05, 2022 at 3:08 pm

    I love that they're so easy to make!

    Reply
  14. Jaye Smith says

    October 06, 2022 at 10:50 am

    What a wonderful idea for aHalloween. So easy and creative!

    Reply
  15. Jan D says

    October 06, 2022 at 11:18 am

    such a cute idea

    Reply
  16. Cynthia C says

    October 06, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    These are creative and cute. I love the pineapple!

    Reply
  17. Betty Morgan says

    October 06, 2022 at 2:20 pm

    interesting

    Reply
  18. Melissa says

    October 06, 2022 at 2:24 pm

    So cute and simple!

    Reply
  19. Linda Sear says

    October 06, 2022 at 4:48 pm

    I think I could handle making the strawberry shirt, I just don't know if I'm crafty enough to make the flower headband? lol

    Reply
  20. Sara Zielinski says

    October 06, 2022 at 5:44 pm

    These are so cute.

    Reply
  21. Tony Platz says

    October 06, 2022 at 10:28 pm

    These are very cute costumes .

    Reply
  22. jckkllr says

    October 07, 2022 at 3:42 pm

    WOW! easy peasy!

    Reply
  23. RICHARD SKUSE says

    October 07, 2022 at 9:16 pm

    good idea

    Reply
  24. Barb Kaup says

    October 08, 2022 at 12:35 am

    I had a lot of fun making costumes when my kids were small!

    Reply
  25. Nicole says

    October 08, 2022 at 2:35 am

    These are super adorable. I might have tried a project like this before life with two active boys!

    Reply
  26. Nancy says

    October 08, 2022 at 10:49 am

    These are so cute

    Reply
  27. Catherine Bryant says

    October 08, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    I wish I could come up with ideas like this, but it's so great when I see others who have done so. Thank you for sharing your creations with us!

    Reply
  28. Pamela Chambers says

    October 08, 2022 at 5:14 pm

    It always amazes me how creative people are. These are so cute!

    Reply
  29. Theresa Jenkins says

    October 09, 2022 at 2:28 pm

    These are definitely different, and you make it look so eazy!

    Reply
  30. Debra says

    October 09, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    These are so cute I would have loved to have made them back when my kids and grandkids were small enough to wear something that like that

    Reply
  31. Frank Stuart says

    October 10, 2022 at 1:00 am

    Very cute costumes. What a great idea!

    Reply
  32. Janice Cournoyer says

    October 10, 2022 at 1:44 pm

    Very creative. Love this idea!!

    Reply
  33. Maureen Clark says

    October 11, 2022 at 5:24 am

    awesome idea for my grandkids

    Reply
  34. Amy L says

    October 11, 2022 at 12:52 pm

    I love these! Your craft tutorials are so detailed. You make it look easy 🙂

    Reply
  35. Catherine Robichaud says

    October 11, 2022 at 9:31 pm

    These are so cute and look easy to do.

    Reply
    • Brittany says

      October 11, 2022 at 11:29 pm

      Simple but sweet! Just like those "I'm to old for this" teenagers! Lol. Thank you for sharing!!

      Reply
  36. Paola says

    October 12, 2022 at 1:21 am

    I really like them, looks so easy and pretty, thk!

    Reply
  37. paula peterson says

    October 12, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    My kids would love this, I'm so excited to this with them!

    Reply
  38. Jesse says

    October 13, 2022 at 1:40 am

    Nice it makes a cute summer shirt too!

    Reply
  39. Manelyred says

    October 14, 2022 at 1:23 pm

    Cute. Easy tutorial to learn tiedye method with paint. Thanks

    Reply
  40. Judah says

    October 15, 2022 at 8:59 pm

    My favorite was the watermelon!! It was adorable!

    Reply
  41. Melissa says

    October 16, 2022 at 7:48 am

    Cute ideas and love the Strawberry.

    Reply

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