Get behind the glass costume of your favorite arcade game this Halloween. Take a look at how this fun collection of Claw Machine costumes. Discover construction tutorials and then use them to create the coolest interactive homemade costume!
Reach for the prize in these awesome DIY costumes. You will see here how people have personalized their Claw Machine costumes. There is one homemade costume called Beckie’s Claw. Another costume called “The Crane Game”. Still another called “Paws and Claws” for the most adorable dog DIY costume. Put your own stamp on the classic game for the most memorable Halloween costume.
In addition, these homemade costumes are excellent ideas for wheelchair costumes. You can see some great examples below.
So, don’t let that elusive toy slip out of your homemade costume grasp! Grab a cardboard box and start planning your best DIY costume for Halloween.
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
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
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
My son wanted to have a costume that was unique so we decided to make his costume. He wanted to be a video game so we picked the Claw Machine and we got started. This was a lot of fun to make, we used a large box for the costume covered with vinyl and poster … Read more
My son, Jackson, decided he wanted to be The Claw Machine for Halloween. I was a bit intimidated in the beginning. I started thinking through how to build the costume in my mind, trying to predict any difficult areas; and there appeared to be a lot of possible difficulties. We went together to buy the … Read more
Captain Claw pirate crane machine costume Wearer: Benz, 8 years old Ahoy, me hearties! I’m Captain Claw! My SUPER CREATIVE mom turned a cardboard box into a working arcade game! She taped 3 of the top flaps down and taped the top flap up after cornering the edges. This would be the front sign. All 4 … Read more
Start with one med. storage box and one large storage box, duct taped together. Spray painted the top and bottom. Cut out three sides of the top box and glue on clear vinyl to the openings. Wire two kitchen tongs together for the ‘claw’.Attach handles to the inside of the large box, for carrying. Decorate … Read more
We made this Homemade Claw Machine Costume out of a cardboard box! Felt covers inside and out! I used double sided sticky gel to secure the felt to the cardboard! Purple battery operated flashing led lights on the outside and white in the inside! The background and the claw is wrapped in tin foil! The … Read more
I searched the internet for a claw machine costume idea but I really wanted to create a costume nobody else had. After an exhaustive search I randomly came across a picture of a little boy who had climbed up into a claw machine and so my costume idea was born. I went to Lowe’s and … Read more
I saw a claw machine as I entered Big Lots one day… then decided then that it would be my costume. It was made out of 2 cardboard packing boxes from Lowes. I painted them red and cut out the window area and duct taped clear vinyl to the inside. I zip tied small PVC … Read more
Parents hate them, kids love them. I’m talking about the Toy House Claw Machines that you find at a ton of restaurants these days. My Claw machine is the best though; EVERYONE loves it. I started off with one big box. I cut 3 of the sides out and, on the back of the one … Read more
For Halloween this year, I wanted to be something funny, so I started looking at ideas online and saw a Claw machine. I found a box, and we measured out three sides for the windows. After cutting them out we used plastic paper to cover them, you can find it at Joann fabrics and then … Read more