Over the summer I had some time on my hands and started thinking about my favorite holiday, Halloween! Just like many of the themes and ideas on Family Guy, I wanted to do something that really reminded people of the 80’s! Just then one of my favorite movies popped into my head “BIG”! I would … Read more
My kissing booth costume came about after a few nasty rumors went around about my husband and myself (all untrue!). I was thinking to myself, “Those people can all kiss my ass!” Then I remembered seeing a kissing booth costume right here on your website and a light bulb went off – I had my … Read more
Looking in my crystal ball, I can see your future. Using some tyvek boards my husband had in the garage, I found some wallpaper that looked like wood to cover it with. It was easy to cut and then I just duct taped and used plastic ties to hold it together. I bought some plastic … 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
We chose to make a Snack Machine Costume for my son’s costume. We used a box that fit his size and a smaller box for the vending window. The outside box was painted with green and sliver paint and duck tape was used for the corner edges. The front half of the costume was a … Read more
I saw a claw machine as I entered Big Lots one day… then decided then that it would be my costume. It was made out of 2 cardboard packing boxes from Lowes. I painted them red and cut out the window area and duct taped clear vinyl to the inside. I zip tied small PVC … 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 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 Homemade Kissing Booth Costume for Halloween last year. Everyone loved the idea! The costume was very easy to make, I hot glued the satin material onto a box, make sure the box is not too wide or it is hard to move your arms. I also made sure the box was not … Read more
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.
The Tuesday before Halloween, my 9 year old son came home from school in tears, saying that his classmates had teased him that his Ninja costume idea for Halloween was “lame”. Not a fan of store-bought costumes, I was happy to ditch the Ninja, re-think and create a whole new idea for the big day … Read more
How to make this Homemade Kissing Booth Woman’s Costume: 1. Start with Large box that will fit around your bottom cut off flaps on top and bottom 2. Find a spray paint to color box I used light pink and used a glitter spray over it 3. Use black paint and brush to paint words, … Read more