My two sons wanted to have a costume theme together but couldn’t agree on anything. They love video games of course and I suggested a Mario and Luigi costume, but we didn’t like the ideas we had seen. We came up with Bobble Head Mario and Luigi. Using the kitchen table for a month was … Read more
Mario, Princess Toadstool, Toad, Toadette, Wario, and King Boo battle it out on the streets of Honolulu. Not an original concept, but we like to think the execution was a success. For the most part, the characters were easy to recreate. Creativity played a role in making the spherical shape of King Boo, Toad, and … Read more
These Mario, Luigi and Princess Daisy Costumes are “put together”. I added things to purchased items. For example: I bought the caps and just added (painted) the M for Mario and the L for Luigi. Also, the dress was something I already had, so I decided to “make” it into princess Daisy. I removed all … Read more
We wanted to make these homemade Mario and Princess Peach costumes look as realistic as possible, and I think we did a pretty good job. Mario: We found rather cheap overalls on eBay and was able to find a red long sleeve shirt at Goodwill. We also found workboots at Goodwill that were already old, … Read more
I wanted to be a partner costume with my little sister but she was very stubborn so I had to find something she loved to be. I considered many different pairs but then after watching her play video games it was decided! Lily, my sister would be Luigi and I, Emily, would be Mario. It … Read more
Our son always plays this one baseball game on the Nintendo Wii; Mario Super Sluggers. He especially loves Bowser Jr. At first, he wanted his dad to make a bandanna that has a big mouth with teeth. As it got closer to Halloween, he wanted to be Bowser Jr. for the upcoming holiday. My husband … Read more
This is our Homemade Mario Bros., Princess Peach and Toad Group Costume. For my dress, I used an old prom dress. Dyed a piece of ribbon and gloves to match. I sewed the tinsel to my dress giving it the flowing look, then hot glued the ribbon over it. Found the crown in the toy … Read more
I sewed 14 costumes this year for my grandchildren. No matter how we tried, we couldn’t talk Kallan out of being Link from the Wii game, Zelda. His brother, Riley, wanted a costume so he could “fight, fight, fight!” I had to look on the internet to see what Link even looked like. I knew … Read more
My youngest daughter loves Mario brothers and wanted to go as Princess Peach so to stick with the theme I decided to try my hand at making a costume instead of buying one so I decided to try to make a “man in cage” costume with a Nintendo theme. Here we have Bowser carrying Mario … Read more
This is a Homemade Princess Zelda Costume from the ‘Twilight Princess’ era. The dress was purchased but the armor, and the crown were handmade. I found some templates and used some foam offcuts and layered them to make the shoulder guards and other chained up entities, and the crown is a combination of craft foam, … Read more
Our 5-year old daughter loves Super Mario, so we decided to go as a group. I made the Toad hats by sewing 2 round pieces of fleece together, then cutting a hole in the bottom for the head. I used a piece of craft mesh (it’s kind of like a screen door but stiffer) stuffed … Read more
My son wanted a Homemade Dry Bones Costume from the Mario Games this year. Since they don’t sell one in the store, I had to get crafty! We started with a black sweat shirt and sweat pants and hot glued bones from the dollar store to make the body. The shell we made out of … Read more