For school this year my son needed a costume that wasn’t bulky or had a lot of accessories, so I knew that wouldn’t be his original costume that he would be wearing Trick Or treating. He mentioned Mario in his rambling of other possibilities and I thought Mario would be perfect, simple and very few … Read more
I decided to go as Sonic The Hedgehog this year, but knew I’d run into problems. The only way to get the costume was to to make it, couldn’t find it anywhere. Every year I have made my costume, so I was up for the challenge. First thing I bought was a blue morphsuit (full … Read more
My boyfriend and I LOVE Mortal Kombat so it was easy to decide what to be for Halloween, Sub Zero and Kitana Costumes. Sub Zero was easy despite the fact that I had to sew it by hand (my sewing machine was broken). I bought 4 yards of blue stretchy fabric and 3 yards of … Read more
On the weeks preceding Halloween week 2012 our group put together six different Mario kart character costumes complete with matching adult size big wheels and flags. Bowser, Yoshi, Luigi, Donkey Kong, King Boo and Diddy Kong. We originally had a Mario, Peach and Toad but….well, you know the drill. We all purchased “Huffy Green Machine” … Read more
This Yoshi costume was requested by my daughter and her friends. It is an iconic video game character and most children and young adults can easily identify him from the Mario Brothers games.I had no idea, however, the enormity of the task of creating an adult sized costume of this beloved character. The first challenge … Read more
As a great fan, I figured it is never too early to have my daughter jump on the Guns N’Roses train, so this year we went as the infamous duo of Axl and Slash! This is me and my seven month old, Molly. As you can see in one photo, Molly is passed out in … Read more
Sonic – Blue Mohawk wig, ears sewn onto wig made from royal blue and tan felt, royal blue shirt with a tan felt piece sewed on for the belly, royal blue sweatpants (not shown here) with tail sewn on, made from blue felt, white gloves, and black paint for the nose. Amy Rose – Red … Read more
This Mario and Luigi girl’s couple costume is from Halloween 2004. My roommate and I had acquired an old Nintendo and our favorite game to play (usually at 3am when we got home from a night out) was the original Super Mario Bros. We thought it would be an awesome Halloween costume. We got the overalls … Read more
I made this Silent Hill nurse costume a couple years ago entirely by hand! Every aspect, aside from perhaps the shoes and tights, was made by yours truly. And even the shoes and tights were, as you can clearly see, heavily modified by a decent spattering of real — Er, I mean … Fake … … Read more
One of my best friends and I decided that we needed to do something really cool for Halloween last year, so we poured over several different ideas for group costumes, and finally decided on Mortal Kombat, Scorpion VS. Subzero Costumes. We went to the fabric store and picked up some blue, yellow and black Halloween … Read more
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The computer game “Oregon Trail” [circa ’85] always ended with me getting dysentery in grade school (in the game, not on the playground.) This Oregon Trail costume was an easy costume to put together, the key parts are: 1. Custom Oregon Trail sign (which is a foam picture frame found at craft stores painted in … 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