I chose to create a Gizmo costume this past Halloween mainly because I enjoy 80’s movies (I was Elliott/E.T. last year), and also because I enjoy making large mascot style heads that get in the way at any party I take it out to (prior to E.T, I was Animal from the Muppets). I gave … Read more

My partner and I both have a love for 80’s movies. We really wanted to be something together for Halloween that was unique, which neither of us had seen done before. As we gathered a ‘costume list’ throughout the year, we finally settled on a Homemade Gremlins Gizmo and Stripe Couple Costume in September. We … Read more

I decided to make my son a Gizmo costume because it was one of his new favorite movies. I purchased faux fur from Joanns in brown and white. First I made the pants out of the white fur. Next, I made the chest out of the brown fur and added a white middle to it. … Read more

It is now a few years after Katrina and things are getting back to normal out here. Halloween was approaching and our friends were having a Halloween costume party for couples, for which everyone had to dress up. Being a young college student, eager to save money but still wanting a fashionable costume, I thought, … Read more

I’ve always loved the film ‘Gremlins’, and I love making homemade Halloween costumes. So this year I decided to make a costume I couldn’t find online (well I couldn’t find one that looked cool enough). All I used to make Gizmo was: – Foam I already had from a previous costume I had made, it … Read more