Happy Halloween! snow_whisper made this super cute skirt, and it’s a great costume, a combination of TARDIS-love and Doctor Who lore (I’m thinking of “The Idiot’s Lantern”). The rickrack is trimmed with embroidery of the words “Pull to Open”, “Police Box” and of course “Vworp”, leading to the TARDIS itself! She also made a felt fez for a friend who is dressing up as Eleven. I wish I had thought of this. Love it!
Because I’m in no way unbiased I’m going to show you my little group first:
This is, of course, Husb0t and baby unit being cute. Unfortunately there’s nothing handmade about these costumes :-( I’m just not that hardcore…
But check out this adorable andorian we found:
Today is the big day (Halloween) so I am sure you have all got your costumes sorted for tonight.
If not, then don’t panic. Help is here in the form of NoFiller from Instructables. She has made a quick and easy tutorial on how to make a practical and warm costume for a superhero, so no need to freeze to death in all that lycra.
She even includes a colour chart for different superheroes which is quite fun to play guess the super hero with.
Happy Halloween Geeks!
I saw some great work at London Comic Con today, and if I took your photo you can find it in my Picasa album here.
If I took your picture and you’re not featured here, don’t despair! check back later in the week to see if I mention you on Monday ;-).
This post is dedicated to the cardboard warriors! Those brave souls who slave over an old ikea box with nothing more than an inkjet printer, a glue gun, some paint, and a rocking sense of humour to create the costume of their dreams:
Yea, that’s what I’m talking about! Think outside the box cosplayers, embrace the cardboard… or embrace the cardboard and step inside the box… meet Rubiks girl:
I just wanted to cuddle this cube-shaped-lady… to dress like something that’s not-at-all the shape of a person takes some work… well done!… here’s another cuboid wonder:
I asked him how easy it was to store a costume like that… he said he’d actually had to chop it in half to fit it in his car and then re-assemble it at the venue that morning… that takes dedication (and perhaps some duct tape).
Want all the pointy edges of a cube, but the maneuverability of a more anthropomorphic character… I got just the thing… try this:
Yup, a God among cardboard men, right?
“but I haven’t bought any furniture recently, the only cardboard box I’ve got is this one from my new kettle… ” – I’ve got the costume for you!
(there were, like, a billion creepers, but this was my favourite minecraft costume :-) )
When you’re ready to move on from cardboard boxes, you can foray into the mysterious world of papier mache and construct something beautiful like this:
He’s an Ice Lord, from 1970′s Pertwee Dr Who … I completely didn’t know that either… but the husbot educated me :-) he got very excited about this costume!..
But these are my favourite cardboard virtuosos from today. Throwing aside all considerations of practicality and the shape of a human being, this pac man duo are awesome on so many levels:
When I asked to take this photo the ‘ghost’ looked at me and asked “red or blue?!”… I was so confused… I just shouted back (we were in a crowd of people, not conducive to great photo-taking) “err, red!” … but of course… the ghost was double sided!
excellent costuming people, well done!
Don’t forget to keep checking back for more of my favourite costumes from the Con!
Were YOU at the Con too? you can use the Submit a Geekcraft link to show us your costume!
Hey boys and girls, Just a heads up that I’ll be at London Comic Con MCM Expo TOMORROW (That’s 29th October 2011!) representing geekcrafts.com
You won’t be able to miss me, I’ll be the girl in the Supergirl Costume, with a 3 month old boy in a Star Trek (TOS) science/medical uniform. I’ll also be with my husband who will be in a ‘Next Generation’ uniform (I know, I know! Husb0t should be TOS and baby should be ‘the next generation’ really.. nevermind)
Come and say hi, especially if you’re in an awesome handcrafted costume, and you could be featured on the blog! Can’t wait to meet you!!
My friend Meredith alerted me to this super cute Princess Leia baby costume on Craftster, which kibblesandknits made for her daughter’s first Halloween! LOVE it. She says it cost her $3 and took her less than 3 hours to pull off – there’s still time…
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