Coolest Gumball Machine Costume
I saw this gumball machine costume here and had no idea how to do it. My sister in law helped me using a skirt pattern for both parts of the costume. I recommend using the thinnest vinyl. The gumballs are balloons.
I saw this gumball machine costume here and had no idea how to do it. My sister in law helped me using a skirt pattern for both parts of the costume. I recommend using the thinnest vinyl. The gumballs are balloons.
The Tuesday before Halloween, my 9 year old son came home from school in tears, saying that his classmates had teased him that his Ninja costume idea for Halloween was “lame”. Not a fan of store-bought costumes, I was happy to ditch the Ninja, re-think and create a whole new idea for the big day … Read more
How to make this Homemade Kissing Booth Woman’s Costume: 1. Start with Large box that will fit around your bottom cut off flaps on top and bottom 2. Find a spray paint to color box I used light pink and used a glitter spray over it 3. Use black paint and brush to paint words, … Read more
My 12 year old son said he wanted to a Homemade Vending Machine Costume for Halloween. So we put our heads together and turned him into one. We used a cardboard box, spraypaint, spray glue, stickers, wire and candy to create this wonderful costume!
This is a picture of our son as the Homemade Bubble Gum Machine Halloween Costume. He loves them, and I thought what better costume than to make something that he loves. We thought he looked “pretty sweet”. I make his costume every year, but we got such a wonderful response with this one he wanted … Read more
We made this Zoltar Halloween costume using a box from a microwave. We painted it to roughly match the colors of the Zoltar video game machine from pictures we found online. I’m not sure if this game even exists anymore, but everyone recognized it immediately. I used a box cutter to cut out the window … Read more
I made this Bubble Gum Machine Halloween costume for my 2 year old neighbor. It required red paint, a box, balloons, Styrofoam, aluminum foil, and a swimming cap. I started by cutting the bottom out of the box, two holes for the arms, and a hole in the top for his head. Cut strips of … Read more
Every year around mid August my mind is swirling with Halloween costume ideas for my kids. I just can’t bring myself to buy a polyester costume when I have enough crafty sassiness to create something memorable for my kids. So, with sheets of foam core in hand, spray paint, glue guns and a few other … 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
Zoltar Speaks and Gypsy Halloween Costume Ideas: ZOLTAR COSTUME- BOX: Using duck tape, I taped together 3 boxes that I got from a clothing store at the mall (I just asked the manager and he was happy to give them to me). I spray painted the box with gold spray paint, taped a red piece … 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
Our son was a television for Halloween last year and I was curious to see what ideas he’d come up with this year. Turns out he wanted a Homemade Vending Machine Costume. The entire structure was created using a big box from Pier 1 Imports, spray paint, and a lot of duct tape! I think … Read more