DIY Inspector Gadget and Penny Costumes

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Today, 80+ blog buddies and I are coming together to bring you 80+ DIY Halloween costumes, including our DIY Inspector Gadget and Penny Costumes! I’m teaming up with Jamie Dorobek and her handmade Halloween costume site, Really Awesome Costumes to bring y’all tons of easy ideas to craft up DIY Halloween costumes for everyone including your pets, family costumes, and even a trunk or treat idea!

Along with my Gadget and Penny Costumes, I’m sharing 88+ more really awesome handmade costume ideas from talented bloggers everywhere!

• Trenchcoat (Gadget’s is light gray just like this one, but we borrowed a black one from my dad)
• Gray Fedora
• White Collared Shirt
• Blue Tie
• Brown Gloves
• Yellow Gloves
• Polyester Fiberfill
• Needle and Thread
• Headband
• Thick wire or wire coat hanger
• Hula Hoop (we got ours at the Dollar Store)
• Jumbo Magnifying Glass
• Toy Police Badge (the Dollar Store is great for this)
• Round Black Bead
• Blonde Wig
• Orange Rubber Watch
• Air Dry Clay
• Acrylic Craft Paints (Blue and Yellow)
• Super Glue
• Red T-Shirt
• White Knit Fabric (an old t-shirt works great)
• Green Pants

To make the headpiece, we started by creating the hands. We used wire coat hangers in the fingers of the gloves to shape the fingers, and stuffed the gloves with polyester fiberfill.

To give the glove a cartoon look, I made a running stitch through the bottom cuff of the glove, pulled it tight, and then finished it off. Next, I wrapped another piece of thread around the glove a couple of inches above the glove hem and tied it tight.

At first we had a hard time coming up with a solution for how to create the arms, but when I saw hula hoops at the Dollar Store, I had a feeling they would work perfectly – and they did! We cut the hula hoop into pieces, and attached them to the headband with wire.

We used the cardboard tube from the bottom portion of the hanger to connect the hands to the hula hoop. It was a perfect fit.

We cut the top of the hat up, so it flips up and back. Gabe puts the hat on first and then squeezes the headband on through the top of the hat.

We added a little Inspector Gadget photo and info to the Dollar Store police badge.

Finally, we made Inspector Gadget’s hand phone by sticking a piece of wire with a black bead glued to the end into the thumb of one glove.

For Penny’s costume, I already had a pair of green capris. I bought a red t-shirt and sewed on a strip of white fabric across the middle (actually my mom was visiting a the time and did that for me – thanks, Mom!).

The main DIY part of Penny’s costume was her sweet communicator watch (basically the world’s first Apple Watch). I bought a cheap-o watch with a sweet orange band online and created a new face to glue on top.

I sculpted a face and buttons quickly out of air dry clay. Then, I painted the face, and added a picture of Brain to the watch face with decoupage.

Then I just superglued the new face right onto the watch.

Come in, Brain!

To finish off Penny’s look, I got a blonde wig with bangs, and pinned it up to look like pigtails. All done and all ready to take on Dr. Claw and M.A.D.

And now it’s time for tons more DIY Halloween costume inspiration! Join in on the BLOG HOP! Click on the links below each collage to get the detailed instructions about how to make the costume pictured, just like mine above. Don’t forget to follow the Handamde Halloween Costumes Pinterest Board for even more DIY costume greatness!

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Be sure to click over to get the costume instructions, pin the costume, and let them know you love it! Also, follow the Handmade Halloween Costume board on Pinterest! Follow Jamie Dorobek {C.R.A.F.T.}’s board “Handmade Halloween Costumes” on Pinterest.