Hey all . . . as you know Halloween has come and gone! We wanted to share the costume that we made this year. This year . . . we went with a giant Pacman!
(Sorry in advance, the photos were taken on a phone, so it is a bit darker than the camera we usually use)
First we started with foam boards, and taped it together to get a large circle . . . We had a yard stick, so we just made the circles a yard tall/ wide . . . the easiest way that we found to do it was to make a cross and made a makeshift compass by getting a string and holding it down in the middle and getting a pen to connect the cross.
We used an exacto-knife to cut the circles because it cuts a lot cleaner than using a scissor . . . and using an exacto-knife gives your more control of your cuts . . . just remember slow & steady!! after u cut 1, you can trace the 2nd and just cut, no need to make a brand new circle . . .
For the mouth, you can cut it to be as big as you want, what we did was measured 4inches from the center and drew a line, and made the triangle mouth opening from that line.
Then after that was all cut and done, we got yellow fabric (you can always use paint, but we choose fabric because painting requires you to make sure it is evenly painted so that the colors are consistent.)
Before putting on the yellow fabric we did cut the circles were we wanted the arms to stick out, we just took something circular and traced it then used out trusty exact-knife. Its better to go small, then work from there . . . What happened with ours was that when put on, it was better to cut an oval than a huge circle. Since our arm circle was small to begin with, we just fixed it from there. It can be cut for the person's comfort.
We also used spray glue to put on the fabric because it was easy to stick on the foam boards and for the edges (cut and stretch over the circle edge). It'll be wise to have something that is a straight edge to help get rid of the bubbles that the fabric makes when lying over the board.
We did 2 layers because our cloth was a tad bit thin (it was 30% off!) but we had more than enough for 2 layers for both sides of the body and to cover the backside.
We had extra foam lying around, so we used it to make the structure or the connecting pieces of both sides of the body. We taped it from the inside. Also, we randomly found a foam board that could go over the head (after cutting a hole) to be extra support at the shoulder level.
In hindsight, it would be smart to get VELCRO! And use that to connect the 2 pieces. So using the extra fabric, spray it on the connecting pieces and then velcro it on.
This is just how it looks when it is standing upright to make sure that everything is stable and won't fall apart. Or to see what needs fixing.
Trying it on to see if everything fits comfortably, This way we can still fix the sizing issues
This is what ours looked like after we covered the structural pieces with the back yellow fabric. Everything was sprayed glue on. But like we said before, in hindsight, velcro is the way to go! The spray glue is cool for getting the fabric on, but for structure velco is the best option . . .
At this point, if you wanted to use a black fabric to cover the bottom part of the mouth so that it can be legit, you can, but since this was for work contest, we left the mouth open so that the arms can be taken out of the arm holes to type.
This is the final fitting with the yellow shirt and black bottom to complete the look. Don't forget to glue on your eyes!
In this battle of Pacman VS. Robot, Pacman won . . . a $50 giftcard to Michaels for many more crafting projects to come!!
We don't sell the costume on our Etsy Store, but feel free to visit our
Etsy Store anyways! We have lots of great things for the upcoming holidays.
