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.
My Homemade Claw Vending Machine Costume was designed to be one of those prize machines found in every arcade. I was trying to find materials that weren’t to heavy as I was going to enter a costume parade. I purchased a garment box from a local moving and storage store. Purchased clear plexi-glass from Home … Read more
Here’s another good Halloween costume, a Homemade Claw Machine Halloween Costume which is fun and easy to make. All the items you will need are some big cardboard boxes, some duck tape, a load of teddy bears, some fake money notes and rubber bands. Also some lightweight see-through plastic and some silver foil cardboard for … Read more
This is a DIY crane game Halloween costume based on the arcade game. We used a cardboard box which was spray painted yellow. We decorated it with print outs from the computer. Inside there is a piece of foam insulation that you can buy sheets of from Home Depot. Battery operated LED Christmas lights are … Read more
We decided on making the Homemade Claw Machine Halloween Costume after seeing it on your website for my 8 yr old son, Michael! We took a few different directions than the original claw machine found on your website. We started out with two large cardboard boxes, spray painted one black, one red. After the paint … Read more
For this Claw Arcade game costume, I put myself inside the game as one of the “stuffed animals.” I built the arcade box with foam core, using clear plastic film to reproduce the glass (the front one didn’t close completely so I could talk/breathe comfortably without claustrophobia setting in). At the bottom of the inside … Read more
Ever since I was little I have always loved the Claw Machine game so this year I decided that I want a Homemade DIY Claw Machine Halloween Costume. I started by purchasing 4 sheets of 24”x18” plexiglass and three 8’x 3/4” x 3/4” sections of angled aluminum. I framed up the 4 sheets of plexiglass … Read more
This Claw Machine Costume is my son dressed as a “Mr. Claw” arcade machine, which he loves to play at our local movie theater. We started with a large cardboard box and covered it with duct tape and then spray painted it green. We cut out the windows with a box cutter and added battery … Read more
After seeing some pictures of kids who crawled inside of claw machines, my son chose a homemade kid in a claw machine Halloween costume idea. I started by bringing several boxes home from work. We taped two large boxes together and a third small box for the “candy” money. I then cut out the claw … Read more
For this homemade claw machine Halloween costume idea I took a box and cut out the front and two sides. I then cut an opening in the back to be able to get in and out of the box easily. I put a piece of cardboard in the middle of the box and to the … Read more
First we started this Homemade Claw Drop Halloween Costume with 2 boxes, cut holes for his arms and a hole in the top of the big box for his head, then a hole in the bottom of the top box for his head. Then I cut out a window for his face. I used gift … Read more