Here is the homemade pencil costume that I made for my daughter. It was made with tape. I took a base as a tube and I covered it with saran wrap to protect it from sticking to the tape. Then, I put tape, and more tape. When it was rather stiff, I removed the base by cutting the tape.
It is very economic and the result is very surprising. My daughter was photographed in the street because it was original.
cute idea ! how did you get all the different coloured tape ?