My son wanted to have a costume that was unique so we decided to make his costume. He wanted to be a video game so we picked the Claw Machine and we got started. This was a lot of fun to make, we used a large box for the costume covered with vinyl and poster … Read more
My son, Jackson, decided he wanted to be The Claw Machine for Halloween. I was a bit intimidated in the beginning. I started thinking through how to build the costume in my mind, trying to predict any difficult areas; and there appeared to be a lot of possible difficulties. We went together to buy the … Read more
Captain Claw pirate crane machine costume Wearer: Benz, 8 years old Ahoy, me hearties! I’m Captain Claw! My SUPER CREATIVE mom turned a cardboard box into a working arcade game! She taped 3 of the top flaps down and taped the top flap up after cornering the edges. This would be the front sign. All 4 … Read more
We considered buying costumes but they were expensive and surprisingly hard to find. So my husband had the great idea that was to make my son’s costume this year the REDBOX. At first I thought that it would not be good enough and would not have enough detail to it. But I can’t tell you how … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday so I usually have my costume idea at least a month in advance. Last year however with work, and life etc.. I found myself two days before Halloween without a work costume for the contest. I decided to go through my closet and garage for some ideas and items I … Read more
Start with one med. storage box and one large storage box, duct taped together. Spray painted the top and bottom. Cut out three sides of the top box and glue on clear vinyl to the openings. Wire two kitchen tongs together for the ‘claw’.Attach handles to the inside of the large box, for carrying. Decorate … Read more
I decided that I was so tired of all these costumes nowadays that have no originality that I deceived to make my boys last year. My husband had the idea for my younger son to be the KFC Man which was super easy since we had an all-white suite that was used just months prior … Read more
My dad and I are a team when it comes to Halloween. Since I was a young girl, I would tell him what I wanted to be and he would paint, cut, hot glue, and/or build whatever I needed to create the most authentic costume possible. For this female Zoltar costume from the movie BIG … Read more
For Halloween this year, I wanted to be something funny, so I started looking at ideas online and saw a Claw machine. I found a box, and we measured out three sides for the windows. After cutting them out we used plastic paper to cover them, you can find it at Joann fabrics and then … 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
After seeing some pictures of kids who crawled inside of claw machines, my son chose a homemade kid in a claw machine Halloween costume idea. I started by bringing several boxes home from work. We taped two large boxes together and a third small box for the “candy” money. I then cut out the claw … Read more
My friends and I were stressing over what to be for Halloween, being Sophomores in high school basically means competing against pretty girls dressed up as “school girls” or “bunny rabbits”. While discussing what we wanted to be, we saw some vending machines, and at that moment, our decision was made. We made our Vending … Read more