From start to finish I spent 4 hours making this original Mario Brother’s Toad costume. It is made of things I found at Goodwill. It consists of a white long sleeve t-shirt, white pants, a blue t-shirt, a gold vest, a red place mat, a round box and scrap white t-shirt from another project. The … Read more
This is my attempt at making a Raiden from Mortal Kombat costume. The sash was made from material I bought from Abakhan. I measured from my knees over my shoulders and down to my knees at the back then bought that length of material about a meter wide. I cut it into two strips then … Read more
This is my version of the Scorpion From Mortal Kombat Costume. The materials I used are as follows: -rice bag -card board -yellow and black duct tape -a yellow rope -a skull from dollar store -a t-shirt (black) -black pants -Velcro and with a little imagination I managed to complete it! Here’s a video: http://youtu.be/bLeqwF5D-nE
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
These Anrgy Birds costumes took hours and hours to make, but so worth it! It all started when my son, age 5, became obsessed with the Angry Birds game on my smartphone. He insisted I make him the pig costume “just to play in and he could knock it over by throwing random toys at it. Well, it was … Read more
I figured I would dress up as her once, just for kicks because I have the face and the legs. 1) Wig 2) Hair buns (scouring pads with the hair wrapped around them — this was the worst — took an hour to do correctly to get them to stay up). Bun covers made of … Read more
We’re all characters from Super Mario! All were handmade(except for Peach)! This was an incredible time consuming, sometimes hard project, but definitely worth it! In order, to make the Super Mario Bros Halloween costume we have: Toadstool- Ethan Donkey Kong- Steve Daisy- Alicia Mario- Damien Peach- Kelly Wario- Mike Yoshi-Melissa Luigi-Nick Each costume was made … Read more
I’ve always loved American McGee’s: Alice. The character design was amazingly done, and the story was well written. I wanted to go as the White Rabbit, originally, but later decided to be the Mad Hatter. It took a week and half to complete my Homemade Mad Hatter Costume. I had started out by creating the … Read more
My son wanted to be Luigi for Halloween. I purchased the overalls and hat (both new) on EBay – total of $25 including shipping (not bad). A green shirt for $4 and white gloves for $1 at WalMart, and bought fake black fur to make the mustache and black hair and a piece of yellow … Read more
I made this Homemade Master Chief Costume using a technique that I found online that had me printing off pieces of cardstock, cutting them out, folding them according to the lines. I glued the pieces together by matching numbers. After that I used fiberglass, and fiberglass resin to make it durable and sturdy. Then I … Read more
My kids (8 year old daughter and 4 year old son) came up with the idea of Homemade Mario and Luigi Halloween Costumes in the summer! After trying to persuade them to think of something else as we got closer to the date, they finally won! After looking online and finding Mario and Luigi costumes … Read more