I Dream of Jeannie Halloween Costume Ideas

The "I Dream of Jeannie" television series from the 60s is a great source of inspiration for Halloween costumes. A homemade pink genie costume is a challenging and fun costume for women. There are additional genie costumes from "I Dream of Jeannie" that you could make. You could also make the "I Dream of Jeannie" costume into a group costume by adding costumes for other characters such as Major Nelson and Major Healey.

The best way to make an "I Dream of Jeannie" costume is to use a costume pattern. Some genie costume patterns, such as McCall's 9559, can be altered to look like an "I Dream of Jeannie" Arabian genie costume. The costume, made from bright pink and pale pink material, consists of a short jacket and halter top, a small pillbox hat with an attached veil and sheer harem pants. To make the "I Dream of Jeannie" costume look more authentic, make sure that the yoke of the harem pants covers the navel. You can imitate the trim on the costume using white French gimp or scroll braid trim. If your hair isn't blonde, wear a wig that mimics Jeannie's hairstyle. Ideally, there should be a braid at the base of the hat and the ponytail should come out through the top of the hat. However, if you can't pull this off, you can alter the hairstyle so the ponytail emerges from a more convenient spot. Add pink Arabian harem slippers to make the pink "I Dream of Jeannie" costume complete. You could also make a variation on the I"I Dream of Jeannie" costume by looking at other genie costumes from the series. Jeannie's evil sister, for example, had dark hair and wore a blue genie costume with a long two-toned sheer skirt and gold tassels and trim. In the movie, "I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later," Jeannie also wore a white harem costume with gold trim.

You can make an easy "I Dream of Jeannie" costume by by shopping around for belly dance costumes. Search for pink belly dance harem pants, halter tops, hats, veils and shoes. To save money, check for belly dance costume pieces on a site like eBay or Overstock.

To make Major Nelson's or Major Healey's costumes from "I Dream of Jeannie," you'll need a blue single-breasted suit that resembles a United States Air Force uniform from the 60s. The suit jacket should have a closure with four military-style silver-colored buttons, a western-style pocket with a flap and button at chest level and a plainer pocket with a flap and button just above hand level. On the shoulder, there should be a simple, straight epaulette with a button near the collar and a small gold ornament near on the shoulder. There should also be a slender ribbon at the end of each of the jacket sleeves. Service ribbons belong on the left breast of the jacket, just above the top pocket. You can also add a name tag above the right jacket pocket, "US" pins one the lapels and an air force cap. Wear a simple white button-down shirt and slender black 60s tie.

For more cool and exotic Halloween costume ideas, read Homemade Egyptian Halloween Costumes and Accessories and Ideas for Halloween Dance Costumes and Accessories.