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 had to work. So after some thinking I made it work. My son would have to put the gumballs in a tub. Inside the costume I put three pockets, two on the sides where the gumballs were and one where the money fell into.
To do that I put cardboard with a hole the size of the quarter. A nob was put outside the cardboard to twist. I, as a mom,,love to take my kids to a party and have them be the only one in that costume, and my kids love all the people asking them about the costume. He also made $7 from people wanting to see how it worked, and handed out about 300 gumballs.
Related costumes:
Cool Duo Costume: A Gumball Machine and a Quarter 
Sexy Homemade Gumball Machine Costume 
Put the Quarter in the Gumball Machine Couple Costume 
Homemade Gumball Machine Halloween Costume for a Child 
Cool Zoltar the Fortune Telling Machine Costume 
Claw Machine Costume – Clawing my Way to the Top 
The Cutest DIY Baby Gumball Machine Costume 
Fun Homemade Gumball Machine Costume
It works! how cool!
Very clever and detailed. Not many people can say that their costume was a walking, working model of what they were dressed as. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again you are amazing!!!!!!
My son was a gumball machine too, but his did not have real gum. Yours turned out excellent!! We had 4 others to make so we had to draw the line somewhere. You did a great job!!
Where did you get the see-thru bucket?
Hi there I’m wondering what kind of plastic did you use to wrap around the gumball circumference? Is it hard plastic? I’m thinking you used a plastic bag in order to hold in the gumballs around his head. A bit confused as I’m designing a gumball costume for my daughter. Hope you can enlighten me.
Iris
Albany, CA.