This Homemade Mrs. Pacman Costume is very easy to make! Hardly spent any money at all. What you need : 1) yellow fabric 2) black and white felt: for mouth eyes and white dots 3) bendable wire 4) string 5) plastic fruit 6) accessories! I cut two large circles of yellow fabric, sewed them together. … Read more
My two sons wanted to have a costume theme together but couldn’t agree on anything. They love video games of course and I suggested a Mario and Luigi costume, but we didn’t like the ideas we had seen. We came up with Bobble Head Mario and Luigi. Using the kitchen table for a month was … Read more
Last year for Halloween my boyfriend wanted to go as his own character for the computer game World of Warcraft. However he decided this on the 27th of October not leaving me a lot of time to put a Homemade World of Warcraft Costume together. We found cheap fabrics, fake fur and really cheap trims … Read more
One of my children’s favorite video games is Mario Brothers, so that’s what they wanted to be for Halloween. The Homemade Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi Family Costume is pretty much the same, the only difference is the colors: Mario: red turtle neck and red baseball cap with the letter “M” Luigi: green turtleneck and green … Read more
Link is the hero from the Legend of Zelda which my son is obsessed with. I made the fairy on his shoulder from a Styrofoam ball, the shield is the Hyrule Shield made from fun foam and cardboard. The tunic I made and bought long underwear for underneath. I made the Gauntlets for his arms … Read more
I made this costume from cardboard (donated from Trader Joe’s), blue duct tape (Joann’s), blue spandex (oann’s), hot glue (my basement) , a hockey glove (Craigslist), dowel rod (Basement) and gumption. I also wired in some circuits so my blaster could charge and fire (or at least light up). It cost about $40 total. So … Read more
This year my sons wanted to do a Mario themed Halloween – and of course my 4 year old had to Bowser Jr. I was able to buy the Mario costume for my 6 year old and the Princess Peach for me (my husband was a poor sport and wouldn’t be anything) but the Bowser … Read more
My son was Jak (should have been Percy Jackson, but he changed his mind two days before) for Halloween last year. This Homemade Jak Costume from Jak and Daxter was a very, very simple costume to make. The shorts are from a pajama pattern and made from an ivory knit. The v-neck vest was made … Read more
This Homemade Female Halo Costume is a female version of Halo that my hubby made. It was made from pepakura software that you can download and there are many many files of what costume you want to make. The software will print out what you need, then you just cut out and glue them into … Read more
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