My son loves video games, and last year he was dying to be Link from Legend of Zelda. At first, I was stumped, but I soon was able to come up with a great costume that was made from bought items, which were cut strategically. I started out with the top – I found a … Read more
This year we decided on a Homemade Mario Kart Brothers Group Costume. It took a little work but it was worth it! We had, from left to right, Donkey Kong, Wario, Princess Peach, Luigi, Toad, Mario, Waluigi, Yoshi and the cloud. In order to make the karts we bought plastic bins and than cut out … Read more
I made this homemade Mario Kart costume over the course of 2 months… I hand made all the cars from cardboard and painted them all with symbols or characters that represented each different driver.. For instance Yoshi had eggs on the car, Mario had pipes, Goombas etc… Princess Peach (not pictured) had stars and glitter … Read more
I made this Mario Halloween costume for my son using blue cotton fabric, yellow and white felt, an old red cap, an old red sweatshirt and some white cotton marching band gloves that were my daughter’s. I spent less than $5. I didn’t use a pattern to make the overalls, which made it a bit … Read more
My boys love Mario and Luigi video games and really wanted to be them for the annual Halloween costume contest at school. There was nothing in the marketplace at the time so I had to pull everything together and make my own Mario and Luigi Halloween Costumes. The masks were pieced together using felt; the … Read more
Link is the hero from the Legend of Zelda which my son is obsessed with. I made the fairy on his shoulder from a Styrofoam ball, the shield is the Hyrule Shield made from fun foam and cardboard. The tunic I made and bought long underwear for underneath. I made the Gauntlets for his arms … Read more
Who doesn’t love Mario? This is my husband and I and our son. This homemade Mario, Peach and Toad family costume was pretty easy to make. Mario – I bought navy blue pajama pants for the overalls. I bought two and cut up the other one to make the bib of the overalls but you … Read more
MAMA MIA!!Growing up I had always enjoyed playing Super Mario Brothers (and still do enjoy playing it). This Halloween I just couldn’t resist the idea of trying to transform a common male costume into a unique female costume. I asked a few of my friends if they would like to join in on the “Mario … Read more
What we have here is Dry Bones from the Mario games. Last year right after Halloween, my son decided he wanted to be Dry Bones and he stuck with it all year long. I have always made all of his costumes, so this year was not going to be any exception. Plus I don’t think … Read more
One of the cheapest home made costumes ever! Overall’s…already had ( $20.00) Red Sweater….already had ($15.00) Brown Boots…already had ( 25.00) White mittens ($1.00) Red winter hat ($3.00) Face make up ($2.00) Yellow, Red, and White foam paper ($1.00 each) Pins($1.00) I cut the foam paper to make the buttons and the white circle and … Read more
My friend and I created this Homemade Mario Brothers Costume. We grew out our mustaches for 2 months and stenciled out logos for our hats. We made fireballs out of multi-colored paper, color coordinated to match with the corresponding character. We bought overalls from salvation army and got the appropriate long sleeved shirts and shoes … Read more
This is a Homemade Skull Kid in Majora’s Mask from Zelda Costume. It is a character in my favorite video game, Zelda. The costume is all made by myself, my mom and my dad. We only purchased a few items such as felt and most items were re purposed or recycled from around our house. … Read more