Tag Archives: halloween

Instructable user ecsaul23 crated this awesome playable Pac-Man costume.

SteampunkGoggles.com was nice enough to send us two pairs of their awesome Steampunk-inspired eyewear. We'll be reviewing the store's Metal Goggles with Blue Lenses and the Ship's Mechanic Brass Goggles with Buttons and Filigree.

Each of these Zombie Lawn Gnomes by Design Toscano costs about $56. They are cast in resin and hand painted by artisans in protective bubbles.

This is, like, the extraterrestrial version of a video game. Except the video part is a manipulated human brain and the game is world domination. Which, now that I think of it, doesn't sound like a video game at all. HEY! YOU SAID THIS WOULD BE FUN! I THOUGHT.... (various suction noises) Hell-o, I am Zorr, please provide me your hand and/or colon.

Jawa's aren't the most trustworthy creatures in the universe. I can't say I'd be surprised if a Jawa poisoned our candy with a tranquilizer, knocking us out just long enough to scuttle off with the $3 and the expired Red Lobster coupon we had stashed in our wallet.

This Halloween, if you want to dress your kid up as R2D2, this costume from GeekMom seems to be surprisingly easy to make.

Last year, John Savio, Apple fanboy and avid Halloween fan, created an iPhone 3GS costume that impressed the geek community. It was both a thing of beauty and yet somehow aesthetically ‘off.’ He incorporated a display that made the costume look like a functioning device, but the form factor was all wrong. The corners were too squared… the width too ...

This week in cheap Stormtrooper costume ideas, we examine Jason’s Stormtrooper trash bin helmet, an idea he was forced to employ after a student of� his promised to lend him a costume for a school event, yet failed to deliver. In a blind panic, Jason grabbed the closest object within arm’s reach and improvised. Here is what you’ll need according ...

Simple, yet effective. With a few artistic talents and some old junk you likely have laying around the house anyway, you can create your own Nintendo Mii costume. This guy used some spare cardboard to fashion a tennis racket and little red rubber buffers as peg hands. The solid red t-shirt seals the deal. I imagine the mask is simple ...

Hey, we never said it was a “functioning” jetpack. Function is overrated anyway. The creative process? Now that’s where the real entertainment lays. Using a few crafting supplies and the contents of your recycling bin, you can craft your own wearable jetpack. A much cheaper alternative to buying a real pack just to complete your Rocketeer costume. Instructables user ModMischief ...