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A sparkly ra-ra dress and white shoes were bought from the Thrift store $12. A blonde curly wig $7. Fake French tip nails, Plastic crown, $1, fan of money, $1 and a sash, $3. Heavy make-up finished the look of the Homemade Toddlers and Tiaras Costume.
This Homemade Pac Man Halloween Costume was easy to make although was a bit time consuming. I gathered all the cardboard I could find and cut out 2 large 3/4 circles. Then I joined the Pacman shaped sides to a long strip of cardboard using string,zipties and duct tape, which made it 3 dimensional. I … Read more
My son wanted to be Diddy Kong this year. I made him a furry suit and added a lot of padding to the butt area. I bought a red shirt and sewed brown furry sleeves to it. I tried to paint giant white eyes on his face like the Nintendo character, but he wouldn’t sit … Read more
These costumes were created for an “80’s icons” theme party that we were invited to. My fiancée suggested PacMan, but since, technically, that was the 70s, we did Ms PacMan. I was the “blue” ghost that she’s about to gobble up. Seeing just the ghost, people didn’t get it, but, once they saw her, it … Read more
We are both named Amanda and we are roommates in college. We wanted to have a theme for a costume. Since we are in college we did this Homemade Mario and Luigi Couple Costume with NO Money! Our Green and Red shirts were bought from Forever 21 at store in our local mall. Checkered hats … Read more
My home made costume that took 3 months to make. The character called “Tank” is from a video game called Left 4 Dead.
My friend and I created this Homemade Mario Brothers Costume. We grew out our mustaches for 2 months and stenciled out logos for our hats. We made fireballs out of multi-colored paper, color coordinated to match with the corresponding character. We bought overalls from salvation army and got the appropriate long sleeved shirts and shoes … Read more
My son is really into Club Penguin so he requested we make a Homemade Disney’s Club Penguin Secret Agent Costume (search it on the web, Club Penguin Secret Agent Pictures). That is why we have the sunglasses above the beak and the severely modified sport jacket. The body is a piece of ½” foam the … Read more
This is a Homemade Mario Kart Group Costume with our favorite characters, Princess Peach, Luigi, Mario and Waluigi. The karts are painted and crafted from kids’ go-karts. Props such as lighting bolts are a must to stop your opponent.
Link is the hero from the Legend of Zelda which my son is obsessed with. I made the fairy on his shoulder from a Styrofoam ball, the shield is the Hyrule Shield made from fun foam and cardboard. The tunic I made and bought long underwear for underneath. I made the Gauntlets for his arms … Read more
We went to Lowes and got 2 4’x8′ foam core insulation boards. Also asked for a donation of a refrigerator box for the spine. Got some yellow spray paint ( I think we went through 4 cans) and red felt. I had a scrap of black fabric at the house for the eyes. Cut your … Read more
I sewed 14 costumes this year for my grandchildren. No matter how we tried, we couldn’t talk Kallan out of being Link from the Wii game, Zelda. His brother, Riley, wanted a costume so he could “fight, fight, fight!” I had to look on the internet to see what Link even looked like. I knew … Read more