Totally Worth the Work Mario Kart Costume!

Totally Worth the Work Mario Kart Costume!

My Mario costume is too simple I need something nice! I should totally make a Kart! That is what I said thinking it was going to be simple and easy! But not at all, it is a lot of work and it took me three days. But it was totally worth! The kart was awesome … Read more

Little Bowser Costume with a Big Attitude

Little Bowser Costume with a Big Attitude

To say that my 4-year-old son, Henry, is obsessed with the Bowser villain from the Mario Bros. video games would be an understatement.   So, it was no surprise when he told me several months ago that he wanted to be Bowser for Halloween (hey, at least he gave me ample notice!).  At first I … Read more

Mario Kart and Horses in Costume

Mario Kart and Horses in Costume

We wanted to dress our horses up for Halloween and had a couple individual costume ideas floating around, but one day I was browsing facebook and a friend had taken a “What should you be for halloween?” quiz, out of boredom I took it too and my result was “Mario Kart” with a photo of … Read more

Coolest Super Mario Family Theme Costumes

Coolest Super Mario Family Theme Costumes

My daughter loves doing family theme costumes for Halloween. She even got her brother involved in this one. Mostly all of the costumes were homemade, including the Mario overalls and hats. Colored shirts to match the hats were worn as well as big yellow buttons and Mario mustaches (can be cut from paper or felt). … Read more

Cool Mario Bros. Toad Racing Kart Costume

Cool Mario Bros. Toad Racing Kart Costume

My son is never a conventional figure.  He always chooses something different.  For Halloween 2013, my son wanted to be Toad – one of the character’s from Mario Bros.  Since that costume only consisted of a hat, vest and shirt, we decided to make it a little more exciting.  :-) We made the mario Toad … Read more

Super Fun DIY Mario Brothers Costume for Couples

Super Fun DIY Mario Brothers Costume for Couples

We were invited to a friend’s 30th birthday party – a super heroes dress up.  After trawling sites for a cool couples idea, we settled on Mario and Luigi Super Mario Bros. couple costume.  My husband has the right fluff for the tache and the costumes were easy to make.  It all started with a … Read more

Homemade Donkey Kong Costume

Homemade Donkey Kong Costume

Material I used for this Donkey Kong Costume: Short hair brown fabric purchased EVA rubber different colors cyanoacrylate glue plastic egg cups for the eyes velcro foam A chest cushion other felt fabric a can of black paint black pen EVA rubber is glued with cyanoacrylate and the fabric is sewn by hand. I didn’t … Read more

Mario and Luigi Girly Style Costumes

Mario was really easy. To find stuff for the plain red was an easy color to get hold of . The Luigi green .. well that’s another story. I went to soooooo many different stores looking for a green shirt couldn’t find one that was plain anywhere, I mean anywhere! Finally I found one at … Read more

Cool Homemade Super Mario Family Costume

Cool Homemade Super Mario Family Costume

Every Halloween since we’ve been married, my husband and I have dressed up together. From things as simple as white T-shirts that said “Sick” and “Tired” before we had kids, to Mary Poppins, Bert and the dancing penguins.  This year’s “Super Mario extraordinaire” involved both of us and our 3 children (4 yr old boy/girl … Read more

Coolest Mario Kart Family Halloween Costume

Coolest Mario Kart Family Halloween Costume

My family loves Halloween and our ultimate goal is to be the standout family. This year we decided to be the Mario Kart family and have carts for the two boys.  For the women’s outfits I sewed jumpsuits that were out of blue material and sewed on 2 yellow buttons made out of felt and … Read more

Coolest Moogle, Dry Bones and Link Group Halloween Costume

Coolest Moogle, Dry Bones and Link Group Halloween Costume

This costume was inspired by the moogle from the final fantasy xiii video game.  My daughter loved saying “kupo” just like the character.  So when she asked to be a moogle, I started searching the internet.  I found plenty of moogles that were infants wearing one piece suits, but she wanted to wear a dress … Read more

Best Baby Link Costume for a Toddler

Best Baby Link Costume for a Toddler

First I made the props. Which was very difficult to make for a 1 year old. Most of the prop s i make are toddler unfriendly. So I made the shield out of EVA foam, same with the base of the sword. The blade and conductor wand was made from foam board. I made sure … Read more