These Super Mario Child Costumes were super easy & it was so nice to find a theme that my boys AND my girl could agree on. To start with I found a pepto-pink vintage dress at the thrift store & cut it down crudely to fit my daughter – I am really not a seamstress … Read more
My 9 year old son really wanted to be Halo for Halloween this year. We looked all over the internet for a costume and found either really cheesy fabric costumes that didn’t resemble real armor….or super expensive costumes that other people had made. So we thought we might as well give it a shot and … Read more
My eight year old son wanted to go as the Master Chief character from Halo for Halloween this year. He actually wanted it last year but after I started on the helmet I realized it would take much longer than I originally thought! I purchased one of the Halo action figures to have something to … Read more
This Homemade Mortal Kombat Sub Zero Costume was made with blue fabric, shin guards, a paintball mask and cardboard. Throw in some white out contacts and shoes that light up blue and you are all set!
It was four days before the big day and Tim and I were still struggling to fit half a hula-hoop into an elbow joint of PVC that was oozing with bathroom caulk and epoxy. How were we going to make four identical Ms. Pac-man ghosts to win the group costume contest? Our vision was to … Read more
My Son and his best friend and their girls wanted to Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Princess Daisy. I hand dyed white overalls (in a garbage can)in hot water using blue dye, had to do this twice to get them darker. I painted wooden buttons yellow and Velcrod them to the buckles of the overalls … Read more
What you need for this Coolest Female Master Chief Halo 3 Costume: Cardboard Masking Tape Newspaper PVA Glue Green Spray Paint Black paint Plastic cider bottle Structure: Use cardboard and masking tape to create the frame. Start by cutting out basic shapes and then build them up and bend them to shape. You can layer … Read more
My son wanted a Homemade Dry Bones Costume from the Mario Games this year. Since they don’t sell one in the store, I had to get crafty! We started with a black sweat shirt and sweat pants and hot glued bones from the dollar store to make the body. The shell we made out of … Read more
My 8 year old loves to play Club Penguin on the computer so she wanted a Club Penguin DIY Kids Costume, her favorite one which is blue and white. We made the pumpkin into an igloo to put her candy into when go out trick or treating.
My boyfriend and his son were Mario and Luigi for Halloween. I bought the Luigi clothes from Wall-mart. I bought the Mario clothes from a childrens thrift store. I bought the hats from Wall-mart. They already owned the shoes, and the gloves were free from Albertson’s photo department. The hats were also from Wall-Mart. Luigi’s … Read more
My youngest daughter loves Mario brothers and wanted to go as Princess Peach so to stick with the theme I decided to try my hand at making a costume instead of buying one so I decided to try to make a “man in cage” costume with a Nintendo theme. Here we have Bowser carrying Mario … Read more
I made this homemade Sonic the Hedgehog costume for my son, whose favorite video character was Sonic the Hedgehog. I used a purchased costume pattern with a front zipper, and just used royal blue and beige knit fabric for the body and arms. For the tummy I sketched a big oval on the beige fabric, … Read more