I saw this gumball machine costume here and had no idea how to do it. My sister in law helped me using a skirt pattern for both parts of the costume. I recommend using the thinnest vinyl. The gumballs are balloons.

This is a picture of our son as the Homemade Bubble Gum Machine Halloween Costume. He loves them, and I thought what better costume than to make something that he loves. We thought he looked “pretty sweet”. I make his costume every year, but we got such a wonderful response with this one he wanted … Read more

My daughter, Madelyn, REALLY wanted to be a gumball machine this year after seeing some of the ideas on this website. Last year, she was a robot, which won her 1st prize at her school’s Halloween party. Her 2 year old brother inherited her costume this year. We’ve started a tradition in our family of … Read more

My son had two loves this year. One was guarters and the other was gum. Anytime he saw a gumball machine he asked for a quarter. So that is when I came up with him being a Homemade Gumball Machine Costume for Halloween. I’m not the type that just makes a gumball machine costume, it … Read more

My daughter’s Homemade Gumball Machine Costume consists of a felt dress with a pool noodle at the bottom. The head is made of two disposable punch bowls held together by craft brads. A top that is a red bowl. Inside are colored pom-poms. She also handed out real gumballs for added effect.

My daughter, Megan, decided that she wanted to be something amazing this year for Halloween. She came up with the homemade Gumball Machine Halloween costume idea all on her own. I searched for ideas on the web (including this site) and I did find some Gumball Machine costumes. However, they weren’t quite what I was … Read more

My daughter had talked about being a gumball machine for several months… so my husband, she and I all went together and created this homemade gumball machine costume for Halloween. We used cardboard for the bottom and fit it around her waist. My husband attached the back with a plastic screw and cap so we … Read more

My daughter wanted to be something different than everyone else knows. So we came up with a Bubblegum Machine Costume. We started with a hula hoop and sewed red felt around it and up to make a skirt. The top is just a clear trash bag with arm and leg holes cut out and balloons … Read more

I made this Bubble Gum Machine Halloween costume for my 2 year old neighbor. It required red paint, a box, balloons, Styrofoam, aluminum foil, and a swimming cap. I started by cutting the bottom out of the box, two holes for the arms, and a hole in the top for his head. Cut strips of … Read more

Materials you will need for this Homemade Gumball Machine Costume: Hoola hoop, red fabric, thick vinyl ( found in the fabric dept at Wal-mart), red long sleeve shirt, water hose, 250 playground pit balls, two silver gift bags, construction paper, hot glue, fishing line, and ribbon. You start by cutting fabric to fit child, it … Read more

I wanted to make something that my daughter who is only 2 wouldn’t have to be inside, but would look so realistic. First I made the headband. I stuffed red felt and hot glued it to a felt covered headband. I then used more felt to make the top part of the Homemade Gumball Machine … Read more