I love creating costumes based on characters from my childhood, so this year I decided to go for Sonic the Hedgehog – he was the first video game I’d ever played, on Sega Genesis. It took a lot of glue, barbecue skewers in my hair, and thrift store rummaging to complete, but it was so … Read more
I started working on this Homemade Scorpion Costume in June, ordering various pieces from Ebay and Amazon. The armor is shin guards modified with spikes, skulls, and spray paint. I took studded gloves from a Halloween store, removed the studs, added spikes on the knuckles and spray painted the mortal kombat symbol. I’m wearing a … Read more
Before you start on this Mr. & Mrs. Pac Man DIY Couple Costume, be prepared to spend a little bit of time cutting the body! We used shipping tape to tape flattened boxes together, then cut out the circular shape of the outer bodies first. Then we connected the sides with box pieces to complete … Read more
Our son always plays this one baseball game on the Nintendo Wii; Mario Super Sluggers. He especially loves Bowser Jr. At first, he wanted his dad to make a bandanna that has a big mouth with teeth. As it got closer to Halloween, he wanted to be Bowser Jr. for the upcoming holiday. My husband … Read more
My friends and I are always looking for a funny Halloween costume. We want to stick out and be something original! I think we did it last year with our Homemade Mario Kart Character Costumes. We started off thinking of our favorite characters in the game and then decided how we would approach making them! … Read more
I love to make costumes for all 6 of my kids, my 4 year old loves a pillow & bag I made for him out of a Mario print, and playing Mario games. I try to make them with things I have on hand or can acquire – cost of new materials for this Homemade … Read more
This is a Homemade Skull Kid in Majora’s Mask from Zelda Costume. It is a character in my favorite video game, Zelda. The costume is all made by myself, my mom and my dad. We only purchased a few items such as felt and most items were re purposed or recycled from around our house. … Read more
Who doesn’t love Mario? This is my husband and I and our son. This homemade Mario, Peach and Toad family costume was pretty easy to make. Mario – I bought navy blue pajama pants for the overalls. I bought two and cut up the other one to make the bib of the overalls but you … Read more
Since I was a little girl I’ve loved video games, one of my favorites was definitely Super Metroid! After learning that this awesome Armored character was a female character I had to recreate her, now at age 26!! Making this Homemade Samus Aran from Metroid Costume I have to admit was definitely a challenge. For … Read more
This is a Homemade Princess Zelda Costume from the ‘Twilight Princess’ era. The dress was purchased but the armor, and the crown were handmade. I found some templates and used some foam offcuts and layered them to make the shoulder guards and other chained up entities, and the crown is a combination of craft foam, … Read more
I used to LOVE the computer game “Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego” so I thought I’d be her for Halloween. I won first prize in a costume contest. I got the coat at a retail store. It’s a winter coat but it was a cold October night so it came in handy and … Read more
This year has been what I call the “Year of the Hedgehog” for my 5 year old. His birthday theme- Sonic, his bedclothes- Sonic, video games- Sonic. So it came as no surprise when his choice for Halloween was, yup- Sonic. To do this costume would be tricky seeing as no one sold Sonic in … Read more