I wanted a unique costume this year.. and i had collected a sportload of boxes from my move to my new apartment.
I love building costumes, I love sushi, so why not build a sushi restaurant costume?
The level of detail in this costume can be dependent on whether you live near a japanese market. I just so happen to work down the street from one of the largest in LA, so this worked out for me. Smaller details make this particular costume, so the more details you can pick up, the better this will turn out.
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I love building costumes, I love sushi, so why not build a sushi restaurant costume?
The level of detail in this costume can be dependent on whether you live near a japanese market. I just so happen to work down the street from one of the largest in LA, so this worked out for me. Smaller details make this particular costume, so the more details you can pick up, the better this will turn out.
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING YOU DO. EVER.
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This is a little sparse as i bought the tools as I found I needed them, so i don't have all the documentation.
Here's what I bought:
Large wooden dowels 2x $4.00
Acrylic/Plexiglas 1 9$10
brown paint 1x $4.00
Aluminum slats 2x $5
Aluminum Channel 2x $7
Misc dishes 5x $2 each (reuseable)
manekineko (white cat statue with paw up) $3
bolts $4 total
Ikea bag 1x $.57
lights 2x $15
batteries $9
cardboard boxes $FR.EE
assorted foam $FR.EE
Drill, drill bit, saws, files, pop rivet and gun, hot glue, clamps, etc are things I had already.
I spent quite a bit of money on this project, but I was short on time and didn't want to salvage these from various places.
Your neighbor's trash is a wealth of usable crap - good if you're short on money but not on time.
well, not for a sushi restaurant - unless your neighbors are Japanese and throwing crap out.
Here's what I bought:
Large wooden dowels 2x $4.00
Acrylic/Plexiglas 1 9$10
brown paint 1x $4.00
Aluminum slats 2x $5
Aluminum Channel 2x $7
Misc dishes 5x $2 each (reuseable)
manekineko (white cat statue with paw up) $3
bolts $4 total
Ikea bag 1x $.57
lights 2x $15
batteries $9
cardboard boxes $FR.EE
assorted foam $FR.EE
Drill, drill bit, saws, files, pop rivet and gun, hot glue, clamps, etc are things I had already.
I spent quite a bit of money on this project, but I was short on time and didn't want to salvage these from various places.
Your neighbor's trash is a wealth of usable crap - good if you're short on money but not on time.
well, not for a sushi restaurant - unless your neighbors are Japanese and throwing crap out.
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Total cost for goods (had the summoning cat and lights) about $80 - Not Bad!
definitely could have gone with some kind of shoulder harness and maybe a back piece to the whole costume (to make it look like you were a completely self contained restaurant....like the back piece could have been the back wall of the sushi shop) then disguised the harness as an apron.
And a third on the shoulder harness suggestion. You need a stable counter so you could actually prepare and hand out sushi!
I should try to make a shoulder harness and update this. I still have the costume, one year later! I was thinking of donating it to a kindergarten school for play time.. I think I'd have to remove the sake bottle first tho, lol
Nice