My children are 5 and 3 years old, and I love making coordinating costumes for them to wear for Halloween. I can’t remember exactly how the idea came to me, but I thought it would be cute to dress them up as a gumball machine and a quarter this year. These costumes were a good … Read more
I wanted to create a unique and interactive costume this year so I decided on a fortune teller costume. I wanted people to be able to receive a paper fortune so I built a booth out of three medium sized moving boxes from Lowe’s. I created a small table by folding one of the lid … Read more
We came across one of these classic fortune telling machines while on a family vacation. Our oldest daughter thought it would be a hoot to dress as one for Halloween. Whoa boy, was she right. With 5 kids to costume, we knew we needed to keep costs down as much as we could so wherever … Read more
My son Antoine (8) had won the Sartorette Elementary’s harvest festival costume contest in San Jose for the last 3 years in a row. This year was a challenge coming up with an original costume for the contest. While driving by a Red Box I told my wife what about we built the box, we can … Read more
This Claw Machine costume is so simple. Get a big Cardboard box, and slice seam with exacto so box is fully open and lying flat. Next, remove ‘tv screen’ size panels from 2 sides and front. Tape clear cello wrap cut to size on inside of openings. On back panel behind head I put aluminum … Read more
Every year my son likes to pick a unique object to be for Halloween. Last year he was a mailbox. In prior years he has been items such as a stoplight, recycling bin and traffic cone. This year he wanted to be a vending machine. A lot of times when we go trick or treating … Read more
I saw a Zoltar machine on Cannery Row in Monterey, CA last year, and it gave me the idea of trying to build a wearable Zoltar costume that would also be usable at the house party I wanted to attend. Many of the costumes I saw were either stationary or needed a smooth surface to … Read more
I made this costume for a 2011 Halloween party and everyone loved it! It took about six hours to make and cost less than $100. The claw machine costume is made out of a large cardboard box as the frame and then wood trim purchased from a home store. Construction paper, poster board and bulletin … Read more
After watching the movie, Big, with Tom Hanks, I decided to make my husband the “Ask Zoltar” fortune machine for our 2011 Halloween Party. This costume got a lot of great feedback and it wasn’t too time consuming to put together. Most of it was done in the course of one day. The machine itself … Read more
I love to make my own costumes, I think its much funner than those boring store-bought costumes. And now that I’ve made a few creative costumes on my own for my work’s halloween costume contest, its pretty much expected of me to do something even better than the year before. This year another creative friend … Read more
I make a homemade costume every year for Halloween. This year, I decided I wanted to try to make a really epic costume that no one else would be wearing. I love building stuff, and I also love electronics, and things that light up. I wanted to create a unique costume that incorporated everything in … Read more
Each year my work has a halloween costume contest, the last couple years the same colleague had won. I really was determined to make something that would be unique to win. I recently moved, had boxes around my house – so i decided.. why not be a Redbox Kiosk? My boyfriend & I use redbox … Read more