{"id":8069,"date":"2010-11-03T16:51:05","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T23:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=8069"},"modified":"2011-02-25T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T17:11:58","slug":"25-best-geeky-handmade-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2010\/11\/25-best-geeky-handmade-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Best Geeky Handmade Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dressing as your favorite geeky character is so much fun! Most of the costumes I loved when I stumbled across a Handmade Costume contest online were geeky, so I had to break the geektastic geekery into a few posts. Yes, Halloween is over, but I’m writing a series this week highlighting some of the great handmade costumes I’ve found on various websites.<\/p>\n

This first costume was the most impressive costume I saw, and it was made with some dollar store stuff!<\/p>\n

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Predator Kid Costume<\/big>: (from here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ward from At The Eastern Door<\/a>, creator of this costume said: My son wanted to be the “Hunter” from the “Predator” series of movies. This is our rendition. 30 sheets of EVA foam, a quart of contact cement, spray paint, some items from the dollar store, and voila….The Predator<\/a>\"\"
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\nThere’s no info on how it was made, and I really can’t begin to guess how it was done (I specialize in simple craft projects, not incredibly complex and amazing ones!)<\/p>\n

This next costume is one of the few that made me laugh out loud in delight:<\/p>\n

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King Leonidas from 300<\/big>:<\/p>\n

Dollar Store Crafts reader Cristi H.<\/a> posted this Spartan warrior on the DSC Facebook Fan page<\/a>! So cute and hilarious!! I LOVE the tummy showing — such a great homage to the famous abs of the movie 300<\/a>. I might have to do a dedicated post on this one, because Cristi has “making of” photos on Facebook.<\/p>\n

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Another shot of King Leonidas. Cristi said: I purchased the “chest plate” from the dollar store, then reconstructed it into a new chest piece, and shin guards. the cape i made out of two types of fabric, pin i made from clay, helmet i made from a diaper box, fabric and string (and lots of hairspray lol).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bender from Futurama Costume<\/big>: (from here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The simple and handmade look of this costume is perfect for Bender<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

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\nLeeloo from The Fifth Element<\/big><\/p>\n

Craftster user geniebueller<\/strong><\/a> dressed as Leeloo from the movie The Fifth Element<\/a>\"\". She made her own suspenders out of liquid silicone (using this tutorial from Jia Jem<\/strong><\/a>) and bought the spandex pants readymade, but hand-sewed black elastic stripes onto them by hand:<\/p>\n

It took about six hours to sew the two vertical stripes on the front because the elastic and spandex stretched at different rates, so the pants had to be held taut the entire time.\u00a0 I didn’t sew the back stripes due to time (and sanity) contraints, and the four horizontal stripes were actually just sewed as loops, pulled onto the legs and tacked into place rather than entirely sewed on. I just sewed 2 inch black elastic as the waist band instead of purchasing a belt. The wig is a cosplay wig that was midback length and trimmed to the shoulders.\u00a0 I couldn’t do the twisties in the hair because it made the tracks visible. My dad made me an amazing Multipass and a stencil for the elements tattoo. The shirt was just a purchased shirt which I cropped.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Carol from Where the Wild Things Are (details at {Love Stitched}<\/strong><\/a>)<\/big>
\nThis amazing costume was entirely handmade. The head was papier-mached — the process is so interesting. Check out the Where the Wild Things Are Costume<\/a> at {Love Stitched}<\/p>\n

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Aang, the Avatar (the last Airbender) Costume:<\/strong> by metria on Craftster<\/a><\/p>\n

The whole family dressed as airbenders<\/a>, but by far the cutest is baby Zoey as Aang! More about the costumes here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Couples Costume: Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer: <\/big><\/p>\n

Craftster user mellifluousfondue<\/strong><\/a> made her own Dr. Horrible<\/a>\"\" and Captain Hammer costumes (just a sidenote, kudos to her for using this as a couples costume!!). She sewed the Dr. Horrible smock (without a pattern!) and appliqued the Captain Hammer shirt. The gloves are from the hardware store and Dr. Horrible’s welding goggles<\/a>\"\" are from Amazon.<\/p>\n

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Classic Wolverine (Girl) Costume: <\/big><\/p>\n

Craftster user cxcaitlyn<\/a> made a costume inspired by Wolverine’s classic yellow, black, and blue look, and she made it on a college kid’s budget! My favorite thing about her costume are the awesome claws (who wouldn’t want to sport those?) which she made from a Wolverine Claws tutorial<\/a> by BadgerLALA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Most of the costume was made using t shirts and cardboard — boot covers were made with blue t-shirts, and the belt buckle and claws were made with pizza cardboard. She appliqued a tank top with black t-shirt stripes.<\/p>\n

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Captain Picard Baby Costume:<\/big><\/p>\n

Craftster user VeggieJess<\/strong><\/a> made her 8 week son a Captain Picard (from Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/a> just in case anyone’s asking) costume. Looks like she sewed the whole costume from scratch. If you wanted to go the easier route, you could paint maroon on a black longsleeve t-shirt (mask it off with masking tape first), and then applique a Starfleet insignia on, or heck, use sparkly self-stick craft foam.<\/p>\n

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Optimus Prime Transformers Costume<\/big> (from here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The creator of the costume said this: Optimus Prime costume with real working lights on the top of the chest. Made from cardboard boxes and foam board. Designed like the original first generation Optimus Prime.<\/em><\/p>\n

Again, a complex and amazing-looking costume I couldn’t really begin to guess about. But you could use cardboard, duct tape, and self-stick craft foam. Have at it!<\/p>\n

p.s. Here’s an amazing transforming Transformer costume that a dad made for his son (he made it in 2 days) – watch this video even if you usually don’t! (via a post in the comments, and this blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Kevin Flynn TRON Costume: <\/big>(from here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

If I was going to make a TRON<\/a> costume, I would get a white (or grey) sweatsuit, a whole lotta blue glowsticks and an old bike helmet. Since the new Tron movie is coming out soon, I bet this will be a popular costume for Halloween 2011.<\/p>\n

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Sesame Street Martian “Yip Yip” Costumes:<\/big><\/p>\n

Craftster user jessvict<\/strong><\/a> made these Sesame Street alien costumes. I found a tutorial on how to make Yip Yip costumes<\/a> by sliny<\/strong> at Instructables.<\/p>\n

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Baby Gir (Invader Zim) Costume<\/big> by ragadyann400<\/strong> on Craftster<\/a>:
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\nBody and hood are made out of fleece. Eyes are made out of halfed Styrofoam balls, covered in white jersey with a felt pupil glued on. Tongue is made out of felt and black wire – started to fall apart halfway through the night. Ears and nose are made out of felt.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains: Krang and Shredder Costumes<\/big> by Crafster user merrymaker<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

It started as a lazy plan to paint Krang (the disembodied brain and owner of the awesome Technodrome) on the guy’s stomach.\u00a0 He wasn’t so excited about trying to go out without a shirt, so I turned to my own crafty brain and mostly things I had laying around the house (and a lot of duct tape!). <\/em><\/p>\n

Shredder is mostly tagboard, duct tape and a lot of staples. With a thrifted grey polo and black t-shirt scraps for belt (which was a tiny fannypack for my ID and camera), oh and some awesome sparkly purple for the cape.<\/em><\/p>\n

Krang is amazing! Check this out:<\/p>\n

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Krang is a fabric and batting creation with a cardboard “house” that is covered in a yellow dog food bag, and a tiny joystick!<\/em><\/p>\n

More pictures here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Clark Kent\/Superman Costume:<\/big> (from here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

This parent was clever, and combined two school projects into one: So that I wouldn’t have to do 2 costumes back-to-back, we transformed my son’s school career day costume (attorney) into Clark Kent\/Superman for Halloween!
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iPhone Kid Costume:<\/big> (from here<\/a>)
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\nMy 4 year old son Z. wanted to be an iPhone for Halloween this year. The base is a large piece of leather with elastic straps for his shoulders. The icons and apps were printed on fabric, measured, and applied to the leather. The silver trim and Apple logo were made from faux leather attached with fabric glue. The photo was taken at the Apple Store! Hope you like it as much as we do!<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nGroup Costume: Clue Board Game Costumes<\/big> by cherry_blossom55<\/strong> at Craftster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Said the creator: The costumes were made by altering clothes from the thrift store:<\/em><\/p>\n