I got the idea for making the Zoltar costume from the movie Big, then it just happened from there. I made my costume out of a refrigerator box that I got from Lowe’s, and the rest of the items in the fortune telling machine are just some things that I found laying around the house. … Read more
I made my 9 year old son a claw machine costume for Halloween last year. The costume was called “The Claw”, a crane machine with stuffed animals in it. I started off with a big rectangle box, I painted it black, but you could choose any color. I glued in some stretchable straps inside to … Read more
We needed a costume for a party and wanted to do something creative, rather than just buying a costume. We thought about making a “Claw” or “Crane Game”. We basically just cut out the front and arm holes, then spray painted the box. Painted some details on the front and added some cheap, old stuffed … Read more
This is one of those costumes that started small and quickly escalated into something larger than life. My daughter wanted to be a Claw machine for Halloween. After looking at various picture on internet I decided that it would be too heavy for her to carry around on her shoulders all day, so I decided … Read more
Last year I wanted to be something unique. I was tired of the same old princess or fairy costume that fabric was so cheap it ribbed as you were trick or treating. So with a little thought me and sister created the costume. All we needed was a card board box my size, black spray … Read more
I bought the skirt at a thrift store for about 2$ and used a body suit bra thing I already had for the top. I used silver ribbon for the top and bottom of the skirt to make it look like metal and cute of course. I used felt fabric to make the gumball slot … Read more
I wanted to be a gumball machine and didn’t like the options for anything homemade. I didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money so obviously wasn’t going to buy something from a Halloween store. 1. I went ahead and bought a bra from Forever 21 because its cheap. I spend about eight dollars on that. … Read more
My daughter always has outrageous costume ideas, and starts planning usually a year in advance. Well, this year she had decided to be one of those arcade claw machines and of course, her wish is my command! She has chosen some interesting characters, but I had a feeling we were in for some hard work … Read more
I’m a big fan of ROYGBIV so I knew I wanted to make my son’s costume colorful, so that’s when I choose to make him an awesome gumball machine costume. Now he’s only 2 so I knew there would be certain limitations and things I couldn’t be too creative with, like having his head in … Read more
Dalaine Nolan as a Vending Machine. This Vending Machine costume is definitely one of a kind. Our family had a lot of fun making the costume but we also had a lot of trouble with the costume. The box was a refrigerator box. It was cut down to the height of Dalaine. Brian, Dalaine, and … Read more
I had this idea in my head for years, but didn’t have the ambition to put it together until this year. I had a plan in my head and just envisioned a bag of balloons, a red skirt and hat and viola-a bubble gum machine. I got the skirt at a second hand store and pinned it … Read more
My 7 year old son loves to play the Claw game! He wins a prize every time. He even prefers his allowance to be in quarters so that he can play. So when asked what do you wanna be for Halloween this year, he said inside the Claw Machine! So we decided to make it … Read more