I just turned 30 this year and I’ve always loved the Mario games. Mario is muh jam! Yoshi is my absolute favorite. I wanted to dress my dog up as Yoshi so naturally I’d go as Mario (none of this wimpy Princess Peach stuff for me) and my son would don a Luigi costume. The … Read more
This is my tribute to the game series Fallout. New Vegas is my favorite game ever and I have a feeling it will stay that way forever. I started making this costume last November and I had no idea what I was in for. I began with the T-51 Power Helmet. I used Pepakura as … Read more
This year our kids decided they wanted to be Koopa characters from Super Mario Bros. Yay, another family theme was born! We decided on Bowser, Bowser Jr., Iggy, Larry, Wendy and Ludwig von Koopa. Our dog was forced to participate by wearing the costume, aka Roy Koopa, for a few minutes for pics. The dog … Read more
It all started with a plastic bag over my head. (Holes cut to breathe of course) then we wet the plaster strips and began with an X and then top and bottom and then covering the rest of the face and head until all that was left were the eye holes. We then took the … Read more
My son, like 99.9% of all 7 year old boys absolutely loves Minecraft. So naturally this year, he just HAD to be Steve. Since I’m also a little obsessive about making his costume each year, I had to oblige… Now no store bought Steve head would do. I wanted something that could survive a couple … Read more
My Mario costume is too simple I need something nice! I should totally make a Kart! That is what I said thinking it was going to be simple and easy! But not at all, it is a lot of work and it took me three days. But it was totally worth! The kart was awesome … Read more
The trick to making this costume for under $2 was to plan ahead. My son knew he wanted to be a minecraft character for Halloween because this year he has been crazy about the game so it was easy to choose a costume. We knew back in June that we wanted to do a Herobrine … Read more
To say that my 4-year-old son, Henry, is obsessed with the Bowser villain from the Mario Bros. video games would be an understatement. So, it was no surprise when he told me several months ago that he wanted to be Bowser for Halloween (hey, at least he gave me ample notice!). At first I … Read more
I work at a Pediatric Dental office. We have a very intense and fun costume contest each year. This was my first year working and first time to give it a go. I knew I had to come up with something that was awesome, since everyone always goes all out. Plus they have great prizes! I … Read more
We wanted to dress our horses up for Halloween and had a couple individual costume ideas floating around, but one day I was browsing facebook and a friend had taken a “What should you be for halloween?” quiz, out of boredom I took it too and my result was “Mario Kart” with a photo of … Read more
This costume is completely handmade from head to alien toe. I used mostly EVA foam and various techniques of paint, sewing and lots of cutting and gluing. This is a completely freehand. I shape the foam pieces by cutting angles into the foam then gluing the many pieces together like a big puzzle. I always … Read more
This costume is actually playable! It is just made of cardboard and hot glue with a mini battery powered projector, a mirror, and a plug and play Pacman game. We went to a trunk or treat in town for our test drive. Once it got dark enough outside for the screen to be visible, it … Read more