Giant Pacman fancy dress outfit

This is how to make a 5ft wearable Pacman outfit, the one I made in the pictures won me first prize at an eighties party! It can be simply adapted to make the ghosts too, get a few of you to go dressed as Pacman complete with ghosts, (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde), mayhem will ensue....

Step 1 Blagging cardboard from skips makes you look like a tramp but it's worth it.

In life, there are always pills to be eaten and cherries to be collected, and I personally find that EASIER in a giant pacman outfit. You may have other reasons for constructing such a beastie, but whatever the reason, here's how I did it..

I started out by liberating a huge slab of solid cardboard from the local tip, and blagging another one from a neighbour, then blagging a further 6 Mccoys crisp boxes. (make sure that IF you use cardboard with logos on, you keep the outward facing sides logo-free, so no logos can show through the material you cover it with).

The Pac-sides were shaped first, string and pen to get a good circle, measure a third in for the mouth, and... cut. You can see the intricately constructed shoulder harness in the above picture, which was made by hacking a hole in the top of a crisp (chips for you yanks..) box for my head to fit through and taping the whole thing to the side. Technical stuff eh? I can tell you're impressed.

Comments

[ikoda]

haha. I've seen videos on youtube where students dress up as pacman and ghosts and run around the school. I'd like to try that. xD

[tinyspartan]

 dude! that was at my school!!!! omg! i was in band camp! and we dared blake to go tackle the cherry guy! lol it was funny as hell!!!! drum camp 

[cactusmelba]

that's what gave me the idea, the video where they interrupt a lecture and chase each other through the auditorium! unfortunately I couldn't convince anyone to go as a ghost with me even though I offered to make the outfits! There's another video on youtube that shows a pacman chase a ghost through a shopping mall . . . looks great, we need MORE random lunacy like this in life!

[Pie Ninja]

If I recall, it was Remi Gaillard, at least I think that's the one you're talking about, just search for "Remi Gaillard - Pacman" on youtube, it's pretty funny. Also, excellent costume, totally gonna make one at some point.

[quesoman]

this is super amazing. great job

[hifromshreya]

Bloody pacman-y brilliant!

[Doctor What]

Awesome! I love it. I was trying to make a thwomp costume, but it turned out horribly.

[Sunbanks]

:D That's awesome! I love pacman.