When asking my 3 and 6 year old what they wanted to be for Halloween this year they decided on Angry Birds. We go every year as a family theme and this seemed to work great. My 6 year old wanted to be the Yellow one because when you press on him during the game … Read more
Since I completed the submitted Scorpion (the one with the spear) costume some time ago I wanted to make another homemade Mortal Kombat costume from my favorite game MK, SubZero. Of course it’s not a specific game costume; I just took the idea of SubZero and created my own version. Not only did I make … Read more
I’ve been working on this Homemade Working Pacman Costume for over a month and a half at this point. Both costumes stand five feet tall. Three years ago I made a giant Pacman costume, but did it kind of by the seat of my pants. The final product was pretty decent, but lacked fit and … Read more
This Ms Pacman Costume consists of cardboard, yellow material, black see through material, and a lot of fun creating it. It only took 6 hours to make and it was fun. Hope you like it.
I really wanted to be Mario for Halloween. But I wanted to be my favorite version: Raccoon Mario from Mario Bros. 3. I had a lot of fun making this Mario Bros Halloween costume. The overalls, shirt, and boots were bought at thrift stores. The hat and tail were both custom made and sewn by … Read more
My friends were throwing a Halloween party and 2 of them were going as Mario and Luigi from Super Mario Brothers. I thought it would be fun to tell them I was going as a zombie to throw them off, then show up as Bowser, their mortal enemy! It was priceless when I barged through … Read more
My boys love Mario and Luigi video games and really wanted to be them for the annual Halloween costume contest at school. There was nothing in the marketplace at the time so I had to pull everything together and make my own Mario and Luigi Halloween Costumes. The masks were pieced together using felt; the … Read more
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, so when my kids wanted an Angry Birds costumes, I was up for the challenge. My first challenge with the costume was to come up with a costume that was cheap, easy, and anyone can do! Then I needed to find a ball shape that could fit over … Read more
We decided to do an easy group costume with Mario, Luigi, Wario and Waluigi. We found men’s tshirts, gym short and white leggings in the colors we needed. The we found matching tan hats and dyed them ourselves. We took color duck tape to create fake suspenders (Waluigi’s is backwards). We cut float paper for … Read more
I grew up playing Street Fighter and I really liked the character Chun Li. I thought she resembled me in some ways; I’m Chinese, petite, was pretty involved in martial arts, and like to kick ass =P Luckily, a lot of the accessories were things I already had lying around. I had a blue Chinese … Read more
My son is nuts about Club Penguin and Gary the Gadget Guy in particular. All summer long the neighborhood was plastered with wanted signs offering rewards for the capture of Herbert P. Bear. So of course, there was no question as to who he wanted to be for Halloween. At first, I wasn’t going to … Read more
Each year the boys will “mandate” what costumes they want. So, the goes credit to them. I am only the one that brings their ideas and imagination to life. They told me that birds have feathers, so their costumes must have feathers. So, feathers it is! They wanted the red and yellow bird and they … Read more