This is a Homemade Robot Costume I made for my son for his Halloween Parade at school. I used boxes for the body and painted them silver. I also used reflectors on the front and back to resemble lights. I printed pictures of various gauges and thermometers and glued to the body. I used dryer … Read more
I went to a taping of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ the TV show. For the show you have to dress up, so I decided to do something unique and created this homemade robot with lights costume. Materials: – silver spray paint – foam boards(body) – silver duct tape – Baskin Robbins ice cream bucket – … Read more
So, we have a COOL ROBOT to make, lets get the materials…. We got/bought : * Box for the head – buy or ask local stores for free! * Box for the body – free * Two boxes for the feet (tissue box size) – free * Dryer vents * Silver spray paint * Grey … Read more
When designing my son’s robot costume “functionality” was key for me. I wanted lights, sounds, and moving parts and that is what I ended up with. Here is the run down of what we did. Our son loves robots and he was the one who would dress up in boxes and go around the house. … Read more
This is how we made this TIE Fighter Wheelchair Costume: Two pieces of 1/8in plywood Black paint White duct-tape 2 Steel electrical plates 1 piece of grey conduit and grey conduit plastic washers Recorded Ethan’s communications device with a TIE fighter scream downloaded from you-tube
I decided to be Avatar because it was such a HOT movie and I knew alot of people saw it. I didn’t want to buy the costume itself because it looks just plain store bought. I wanted to be original. I spent about $25 in putting everything together. I bought blue tights, a blue tank … Read more
I made this Homemade Ghostbusters Halloween Costume about 9 years ago. I’ve always loved Ghostbusters, and wanted a proton pack since the first time I saw it. This took me about 9-12 months to piece together. It has working lights in the pack, gun, and a blinking light on the trap just like the movie. … Read more
I wanted to make a big Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume for a long time but never thought I could do it. I made this for Halloween this year and I think it’s going to be my best costume ever. It was done all in one week and all hand stitched and stuffed. The head … Read more
This is a completely Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume. My boyfriend’s favorite movie growing up was Ghostbusters and he looked high and low to find a good costume and it didnt exist so he decided to make his own. The Best you will find. The head is made out of chicken wire which was … Read more
I first got the idea from this site after I saw a child as the marshmallow man. It was done very cute, but with my ideas of grandeur, I dreamed up something more for this Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Halloween costume For reference I found a picture through Google of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man … Read more
This costume has taken me 8 months to create. Its made out of cardboard, black duct tape, felt and hot glue. The eyes light up and the entire costume breaks down easily for transportation. The creature is based off the 2003 Mechagodzilla design aka Kiryu. I wanted to do something challenging this year and this … Read more
This year I decided to go all out and create a great movie icon costume, calling it Han Solo frozen in Carbonite. It started with a wooden frame held together with screws and nails. I was initially going to make it out of foam, but decided it had to be really sturdy in order to … Read more