Grab your joystick and get ready to eat your way through yellow dots this Halloween. This collection of homemade Pacman costumes will have you running for your craft scissors. And also possibly to the arcade.
Nothing screams 80s nostalgia costumes quite like these video game inspired DIY costumes. Take a look at the best tutorials here for a Pacman homemade costume. Another idea is to dress as the Ms. Pacman for a subtle DIY costume difference. Feel like playing the bad guy? Choose a ghost costume to chase away the protagonist.
Also, check out the clever parents who turned strollers into arcade games. It’s a great way to get a non-walker into the DIY costume fun.
In addition, get your squad together for an epic group costume.
So, set your costume mouth to open for a fun trip down memory lane. Get inspired to make an awesome homemade costume from the Pacman costumes here.
My friends and I decided to dress in a Homemade Ms. Pacman and Ghosts Group Costume. I was Ms. Pac man & my 3 friends were ghosts. As long as you have 1-4 friends, you will have enough “ghosts”. ALL I used was 2 regular sized poster board for each costume. So, 2 yellow and … Read more
It has always been my boyfriend, Chad’s dream to dress up as Pac-Man for Halloween. So last Halloween I made his dream come true! Being a couple we wanted to have a couple costume and being a gamer couple we wanted to have a video game couple costume. So Pac Man and Ms.Pac Man Costumes … Read more
My friends and I had no clue what we wanted to be for Halloween, until one day the Pacman group costume idea popped into our minds. We made our costumes out of felt, and we made them dress length so we wore black tights and black shoes. The felt colors that we used were red, … Read more
We were invited to an 80’s themed Halloween party and wanted to come up with something different. My boyfriend (the ghost) came up with the idea of a Homemade Ms. Pac Man and Blinky the Ghost Couple Costume. I wasn’t exactly sure how to execute it. We went to a craft supply store and found … Read more
This Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Pacman Costume idea was one of my favorites and didn’t actually take too long to make. It was an assembly of a lot of cardboard and duct tape really. Although, really not busy nightclub friendly! On a good note, we never paid cover anywhere because who is really going to … Read more
It was four days before the big day and Tim and I were still struggling to fit half a hula-hoop into an elbow joint of PVC that was oozing with bathroom caulk and epoxy. How were we going to make four identical Ms. Pac-man ghosts to win the group costume contest? Our vision was to … Read more
I used to love to play Pac-Man on my Atari when I was a kid in the 1980s, so that was my Homemade Pac Man Halloween Costume this year. After looking at pictures and instructions on various web sites, including this one, I decided to use cardboard and duct tape to make my Pac-Man’s body. … Read more
We went to Lowes and got 2 4’x8′ foam core insulation boards. Also asked for a donation of a refrigerator box for the spine. Got some yellow spray paint ( I think we went through 4 cans) and red felt. I had a scrap of black fabric at the house for the eyes. Cut your … Read more
For these homemade Pacman and Blinky costumes, I found those thin sheets of foam that come in large rolls and used that to fashion the bodies. I purchased tights, shirts and booties from discount store. Had the gloves from previous costume.
I decided that I wanted to be the very famous Ms. Pacman for Halloween! I put lots of hard work, thought, and time into this homemade Ms. Pacman sexy Halloween costume idea. I knew from the get go how I wanted the design I just needed to find the base dress to work from. I … Read more
The company I work for has a fundraiser every year with a ‘Centipede’ contest where teams of 8 or more make creative costumes and parade them in a 5k walk. Our team was inspired by the Pac-man on Google and found the coolest homemade costumes site, which gave us the ideas for how to create … Read more
A family friend recently turned the big 30 and with it came a 80’s themed party. With me being me, I couldn’t help but go all out! I decided I wanted a costume that was easy for everyone to recognize and something that was going to be unique. This Pacman Costume was actually really simple … Read more