Grab your joystick and get ready to eat your way through yellow dots this Halloween. This collection of homemade Pacman costumes will have you running for your craft scissors. And also possibly to the arcade.
Nothing screams 80s nostalgia costumes quite like these video game inspired DIY costumes. Take a look at the best tutorials here for a Pacman homemade costume. Another idea is to dress as the Ms. Pacman for a subtle DIY costume difference. Feel like playing the bad guy? Choose a ghost costume to chase away the protagonist.
Also, check out the clever parents who turned strollers into arcade games. It’s a great way to get a non-walker into the DIY costume fun.
In addition, get your squad together for an epic group costume.
So, set your costume mouth to open for a fun trip down memory lane. Get inspired to make an awesome homemade costume from the Pacman costumes here.
I was going to an 80’s themed Halloween party and had to come up with a last minute costume idea. I played my share of video games at the arcades back then and one of my favorites was Pac Man. But making a Pac Man costume would be awkward (to move around in) and, frankly, it’s been done. So, … Read more
I used cardboard for the entire costume. Took a piece of string to get a proper sized circle, then cut out the pie. Then I used a roller to form a long strip which I adhered to the discs with tape. I had a cardboard roll from something which worked well. Large piece of PVC or something … Read more
This past year I took on the task of creating Halloween costumes for my boyfriend and I. He let me take control which meant creativity and crafting galore! I began running with the idea of Mr. and Mrs. PacMan after finding a big read bow in my room, perfect for Mrs. PacMan. To create the costumes, which … Read more
In mid September I was in the van with the kids and brought up the fact that we need to do another family costume. In 2009 we did the Incredibles and 2010 we did Tetris. Several ideas came about, but we finally agreed on a Pacman family Halloween costume. We discussed ideas and began searching Google … Read more
I wanted something creative and easy for a Halloween costume. But also something NO ONE ELSE would have. I loved Pacman as a kid and thought to myself, “How awesome would it be to have a bunch of ghosts follow Pacman/ ms. Pacman around?” So then it began, our easy Ms. Pacman and Ghost Couple … Read more
My son wanted to be a light blue Pac Man ghost for Halloween. I took a large piece of cardboard and cut it to shape (I looked at images online to figure out the shape). Then I painted it blue and added the eyes. I made straps out of heavy clear duct tape. Take two … Read more
It was mid-October of last year when I had finally decided not to dress up for the upcoming Halloween. I had no plans, so why bother? Then I received an invitation to a Halloween party complete with a costume contest. I’m not usually one to let competition go to waste, so I had to come … Read more
First thing I did was hit the store for some raw materials to make this Ms. Pacman costume: two hula hoops, doll rods, yellow fabric, and black paint. I cut the doll rods to fit the width of my shoulders and hips. Then, I hot glued the doll rods to to the hula hoops in … Read more
After visiting a pop culture convention where some people dressed up as their favourite character, I decided to make a PAC man costume for the following year. I made him out of foam (the same material pilates/yoga mats use), paint and cable ties to attach the foam parts together (I only had black at the … Read more
Before you start on this Mr. & Mrs. Pac Man DIY Couple Costume, be prepared to spend a little bit of time cutting the body! We used shipping tape to tape flattened boxes together, then cut out the circular shape of the outer bodies first. Then we connected the sides with box pieces to complete … Read more
Well, I love the 80’s. Last year I was a Rubik’s Cube. I had to think of something to top last years costume. I wanted to think of something that everyone knows. So I decided on Ms. Pacman Halloween costume. I started off with a hula hoop. I traced it onto foamcore (2 pieces for … Read more
My brother and I made this Pac Man Group Costume from cardboard boxes and spray paint. First we drew a grid of pixels on the cardboard and then traced the actual dimensions pixel by pixel of the ghosts and Pac Man onto the cardboard. We then cut out 2 pieces per costume and spray painted … Read more