Halloween Costumes Deconstructed

Like I stated earlier, I made most of the halloween costumes this year.  And I did it thanks to some great tutorials, ideas from others and a lot of looking at these pictures.  So, I thought I would share the knowledge I gained from this endeavor with all of you.

The Mario costume was pretty easy.  I bought the overalls, red shirt and hat on ebay.  The gloves I bought online at Amazon.  The mustache I got at Party City.  The buttons are yellow felt.  I cut out 2 circles and cut a slit in one of them and glued them together around the edges and the buttoned them onto the overalls. Pretty easy, right?

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This costume came to be because i found this awesome tutorial.  I am so glad she had this tutorial for me to follow.  Again, another simple costume.  It required simple sewing, felt and clothes I already had.


I cheated on this costume. I found it on ebay and got it for $10.  How wonderful is that.  I also for the blue earrings on ebay (they were a perfect match).  And I got the long gloves on ebay too.  Can you tell ebay is my go to place for halloween.  For the crown, I bought a sheet of gold glittery (thick foam) paper at Joanns.  I found a crown template online and traced and cut it out.  (I cut two pieces of gold and glued them together, so the gold showed up on inside and outside of the crown).  Then I glued gems on the front.  I hole punched to holes in the back and tied the crown together with ribbon. I also punched to holes along the bottom of the crown and thread a thin plastic headband through both holes. (I hope that makes sense :-)

Princess Daisy was the most difficult of the costumes.  I bought a simple yellow dress on ebay and then added a hem of shiny orange fabric to the bottom.  I made and attached the bustles (totally made that up).  Made the scalloped neckline and sleeves out of white felt. and added the gem pendant with felt and a gem and glued it on to the front.  I bought the gloves and white flower earring on ebay.  And made the crown just like Princess Peach.

This costume was a bit tricky too.  I bought a sombrero on ebay and stuffed it with bubble wrap. I tape it in place with packing tape.  then I covered the whole thing with white felt and glue gunned it to the sombrero inside opening for the head.  (it wasn't particularly pretty inside the head opening).  Then I glue gunned red circles around the white felt.  I also made up the vest.  I traced a vest I already had and pieced it together to make a vest and sewed a gold trim to the best.  Then I wore and white shirt and pants and brown shoes.

Luigi's costume was basically the same as Mario's.  I got all the pieces just like Mario...most of it on ebay.  

And there you have it.... our costumes and how they came to be.