It’s been really fun writing up awesome Halloween costumes this month! Here are my three favorites I’ve posted about…
Ruth Suehle‘s amazing Red Queen costume for Dragon*Con,
thestamppit‘s super-creepy Coraline “Other Mother” costume for Dragon*Con,
and Bonnie Burton‘s fantastic Jabba the Hutt costume patrolling the halls at LucasFilm!
I hate the smell of pumpkin so I was thrilled to see such a long thread on Craftster (and a couple other places) of jack o’ lanterns that I don’t have to look at in person. Here are the geekiest:
1. Muppets Dr. Bunsen and Beaker by knottie on Craftster
2. Carl Sagan by Kirk Mona on Twins City Naturalist
3. CSI Crime Scene by ConcreteJungler on Craftster
4. Dr. Who Dalek by sloth003 on Craftster
5. Lord of the Rings Gollum by bethiej78 on Craftster
6. The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy by knottie on Craftster
7. Knit 1 Purl 2 by domUNIQUE on Craftster
8. Star Trek Spock by patty_o_furniture on Craftster
9. Twilight Team Jacob by patty_o_furniture on Craftster
10. Wall-E and Eve by knottie on Craftster
11. Where the Wild Things Are by miss catbread on Craftster
12. Flesh Eating Zombie by teriyakimoto on Craftster
13. Star Wars R2D2 by Derringdos on Flickr
Star Wars blogger and book author extraordinaire Bonnie Burton recently had a chance to try out the new inflatable Jabba the Hutt costume when it arrived in the Star Wars Shop! She wrote about her field trip around the LucasFilm campus and the closest Starbucks, and even tried out some dance moves inside the giant suit (there’s a video to prove it!).
costume photos by Matt Martin
Bonnie says:
The cool thing about this costume is that it literally keeps you cool while you wear it thanks to an internal, battery-operated fan inside that inflates it so you actually look like the Hutt himself. The head of Jabba isn’t attached to the body of the costume, which makes it a fun thing to wear just on its own.
You can find the costume here, read about her adventures here, and see tons more photos here. Don’t miss Bonnie’s fantastic Star Wars Kids Crafts archive, either — she offers tons of project tutorials to try, including this super cute Yoda doll. After seeing her demo at Maker Faire, my nephew and I made one together — one of my favorite craft projects ever!
I mentioned last month that I was hoping to make a Yoda costume for my daughter Pearl, and yay, I finished it! I wrote it up as a tutorial for CRAFT: as part of their big Halloween round-up.
This is a super easy project to do if you sew — I finished it within a week. My favorite parts to make were the hat (I used Heather Mann‘s tutorial and actually made a little set of three in different sizes),
and the snake.
Please let me know if you make a Yoda costume too, I’d love to see it!
Crafster user brunette_bombshell made this Princess Leia slave costume to wear to Indy Con and cleverly used polymer clay for all of the metal parts.
Every once in awhile I scan cakewrecks in an effort to feel better about my cake decorating abilities, and come up short because they have chosen to post something like this Star Wars Baby Shower Cake made by Woulett Bakery. Honestly? I don’t have words other than: pure, deep fried, golden, awesome. The perfect geeky shower cake for the Dark-Side loving expectant parent in your life.