My son wanted to be Bowser for Halloween, so I began by buying the green fabric for the shell and I cut 1 long rectangle the length of his back and 2 oval shapes for the sides of the shell. I sewed the sides to the rectangle and it made a nice shell shape. Then … Read more
I’m one of the leaders for the middle and high school-aged ministry at the church I attend, and we are constantly having competitions for costumes and fun things to get kids interested in church. A competition for Halloween arose, and my obsession with video games since childhood led to this inspiration of a Homemade Super … Read more
Since I was a little girl I’ve loved video games, one of my favorites was definitely Super Metroid! After learning that this awesome Armored character was a female character I had to recreate her, now at age 26!! Making this Homemade Samus Aran from Metroid Costume I have to admit was definitely a challenge. For … Read more
So, after being frustrated by not being able to find a green or red hat anywhere in our college town, I decided to make my own. The structure of the hat is made with yellow poster board, and then covered in construction paper. Lastly I added the letter emblem to the hats (this hat making … Read more
Every year we make homemade costumes and the task this year was to make a Yoshi costume. The costume cost about $35, we watched sales for everything, which helped. Supplies: A used bicycle helmet from a garage sale Felt in green, red, white Small remnant of sheer white fabric Green, red, white, black paint, which … Read more
We are both named Amanda and we are roommates in college. We wanted to have a theme for a costume. Since we are in college we did this Homemade Mario and Luigi Couple Costume with NO Money! Our Green and Red shirts were bought from Forever 21 at store in our local mall. Checkered hats … Read more
This is a Homemade Mario Kart Group Costume with our favorite characters, Princess Peach, Luigi, Mario and Waluigi. The karts are painted and crafted from kids’ go-karts. Props such as lighting bolts are a must to stop your opponent.
My boys are obsessed with Mario and Luigi but there were not ready made costumes so we had to make our own Fire Mario and Fire Luigi Halloween Costumes. This particular year they wanted to be Fire Mario and Fire Luigi from New Super Mario Bros.
My grandparents made our Halloween costumes when I was a kid and decided to keep the tradition going, as long as the boys will let me. They boys wanted to be Mario and Luigi, but I didn’t like the store bought costumes. I only sew about once a year, so I recruited a friend to … Read more
Me and my friend didn’t want to have to go in overalls all night so we went to Silviana in the mall and got the shirts which are just red and green long sleeves. The skirts we got on sale at Wetseal but Charlotterusse carries some and so does Silviana. We got the white gloves … Read more
Mario! The image that pops into our head is of the mustached Italian. Okay I may not be Italian, a man, have a real mustache, and an awesome fro. But I think I pulled off this Mario Bros. costume pretty well. This costume was a last minute thing and probably could have turned out better. … Read more
Loved making this Homemade Halloween Super Mario Costume! Spend about 30 bucks total on this. I’m on a budget. I’m sure you may even spend less than that! Fun to make and my son wore it until there were holes in it!