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 6 yr old son is obsessed with Bowser jr and this Halloween he chose a Homemade Bowser Jr. Costume. After days and days of searching the internet trying to find a Bowser jr costume to buy and finding none for sale I finally came to terms that it had to be made. I’m not … Read more
I really wanted to be Mario for Halloween. But I wanted to be my favorite version: Raccoon Mario from Mario Bros. 3. I had a lot of fun making this Mario Bros Halloween costume. The overalls, shirt, and boots were bought at thrift stores. The hat and tail were both custom made and sewn by … Read more
This is our Princess Peach, Mario and Lugi Costumes for Halloween. We had to dye the overalls to make them the same shade. We dyed the shirts and hats plus made the M and L. The gloves and mustache were purchase at a Halloween store to add finishing touches. Princess Peach costume was found at … Read more
My son wanted to be Bowser for Halloween, so I began by buying the green fabric for the shell and I cut 1 long rectangle the length of his back and 2 oval shapes for the sides of the shell. I sewed the sides to the rectangle and it made a nice shell shape. Then … Read more
I’m one of the leaders for the middle and high school-aged ministry at the church I attend, and we are constantly having competitions for costumes and fun things to get kids interested in church. A competition for Halloween arose, and my obsession with video games since childhood led to this inspiration of a Homemade Super … Read more
Since I was a little girl I’ve loved video games, one of my favorites was definitely Super Metroid! After learning that this awesome Armored character was a female character I had to recreate her, now at age 26!! Making this Homemade Samus Aran from Metroid Costume I have to admit was definitely a challenge. For … Read more
So, after being frustrated by not being able to find a green or red hat anywhere in our college town, I decided to make my own. The structure of the hat is made with yellow poster board, and then covered in construction paper. Lastly I added the letter emblem to the hats (this hat making … Read more
Every year we make homemade costumes and the task this year was to make a Yoshi costume. The costume cost about $35, we watched sales for everything, which helped. Supplies: A used bicycle helmet from a garage sale Felt in green, red, white Small remnant of sheer white fabric Green, red, white, black paint, which … Read more
We are both named Amanda and we are roommates in college. We wanted to have a theme for a costume. Since we are in college we did this Homemade Mario and Luigi Couple Costume with NO Money! Our Green and Red shirts were bought from Forever 21 at store in our local mall. Checkered hats … Read more
This is a Homemade Mario Kart Group Costume with our favorite characters, Princess Peach, Luigi, Mario and Waluigi. The karts are painted and crafted from kids’ go-karts. Props such as lighting bolts are a must to stop your opponent.
My boys are obsessed with Mario and Luigi but there were not ready made costumes so we had to make our own Fire Mario and Fire Luigi Halloween Costumes. This particular year they wanted to be Fire Mario and Fire Luigi from New Super Mario Bros.