This was a fun project that my son and I worked on together. We saw the angry bird costumes for sale and he immediately goes, “Mom, you can make that better!” We used fleece and felt and sewed the Angry Birds Couple Costume together. Using a hula hoop at the bottom of each costume so … Read more
“Get over here!” The first time I heard that then saw the spear get thrown in the game! I was in awe. I was inspired to always make a Scorpion (of Mortal Kombat fame) costume, but of my own design. This Homemade Mortal Kombat Scorpion Costume was pretty easy and came out nice for fairly … Read more
For this Halloween, my girlfriend and I decided to dress up as Sub Zero and Mileena from Mortal Kombat II. I basically knew that I wanted the costume to look like Sub Zero in the 2nd game, and she was up for doing Mileena. [Sub Zero Costume:] – Cheap Balaclava from Amazon – Cheap airsoft … Read more
This Homemade Mrs. Pacman Costume is very easy to make! Hardly spent any money at all. What you need : 1) yellow fabric 2) black and white felt: for mouth eyes and white dots 3) bendable wire 4) string 5) plastic fruit 6) accessories! I cut two large circles of yellow fabric, sewed them together. … Read more
My two sons wanted to have a costume theme together but couldn’t agree on anything. They love video games of course and I suggested a Mario and Luigi costume, but we didn’t like the ideas we had seen. We came up with Bobble Head Mario and Luigi. Using the kitchen table for a month was … Read more
Last year for Halloween my boyfriend wanted to go as his own character for the computer game World of Warcraft. However he decided this on the 27th of October not leaving me a lot of time to put a Homemade World of Warcraft Costume together. We found cheap fabrics, fake fur and really cheap trims … Read more
One of my children’s favorite video games is Mario Brothers, so that’s what they wanted to be for Halloween. The Homemade Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi Family Costume is pretty much the same, the only difference is the colors: Mario: red turtle neck and red baseball cap with the letter “M” Luigi: green turtleneck and green … 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
I made this costume from cardboard (donated from Trader Joe’s), blue duct tape (Joann’s), blue spandex (oann’s), hot glue (my basement) , a hockey glove (Craigslist), dowel rod (Basement) and gumption. I also wired in some circuits so my blaster could charge and fire (or at least light up). It cost about $40 total. So … Read more
This year my sons wanted to do a Mario themed Halloween – and of course my 4 year old had to Bowser Jr. I was able to buy the Mario costume for my 6 year old and the Princess Peach for me (my husband was a poor sport and wouldn’t be anything) but the Bowser … Read more
My son was Jak (should have been Percy Jackson, but he changed his mind two days before) for Halloween last year. This Homemade Jak Costume from Jak and Daxter was a very, very simple costume to make. The shorts are from a pajama pattern and made from an ivory knit. The v-neck vest was made … Read more
This Homemade Female Halo Costume is a female version of Halo that my hubby made. It was made from pepakura software that you can download and there are many many files of what costume you want to make. The software will print out what you need, then you just cut out and glue them into … Read more