DIY Sushi Halloween Costume Idea Using Footed Pajamas

DIY SUSHI COSTUME

Save money! Make a costume out of footies and you get to use the footies all year long.

Do-it-yourself costumes are
always better than one from the mall.

THIS IS A NO-SEW COSTUME.

How to make a Sushi Costume out of a pair of adult footies:

Start with one pair of Adult Footed Pajamas

  • Make a Silly Oriental Hat from Black Felt -and Orange or Yellow Posterboard.
  • The hat in the photo was made by just cutting a large circle of Posterboard, cutting a notch in it, and stapling it with a Felt Tassel coming out of the top.
  • Make a Sushi Roll from Green Felt - and Cardboard with Packing Peanuts.(Felt is available in a 6 foot wide version for about $5 a yard from fabric stores) 
  • Cut a cardboard circle for top and bottom - cut out a hole for your head - and a larger one for your legs. 
  • Staple white fabric to the top one - glue packing peanuts to the top. Loosely staple a very large piece of 
  • Green Felt to both pieces of cardboard.

  • Make some Giant Chopsticks, Cucumber and Avocado from Cardboard and Posterboard. 
  • Then tape & staple them coming out of the neck hole.
  • Show up at the party with someone dressed as Wasabi and/or Soy Sauce.

How to Make a DIY Adult Tekka Nigiri Sushi Costume

This is an easy DIY NO SEW homemade Halloween costume. Instructions on making an Adult Tekka Nigiri Sushi Costume using red footie pjs:

  • Start with one pair of Red Adult Footie Pajamas
  • Make piece of Nori (Seaweed) from a piece of Dark Green Felt 
  • (Felt is available in a 6 foot wide version for about $5 a yard from fabric stores)
  • Make a Sushi Rice Block 
  • Put Packing Peanuts in a clear plastic bag (or laboriously glue packing peanuts to something the size of 3 
  • large cereal boxes). 
  • Wrap the Nori around the Rice Block - secure with Safety Pins.
  • Make a Silly Oriental Hat from Black Felt -and Orange or Yellow Posterboard.
  • The hat in the photo was made by just cutting a large circle of Posterboard, cutting a notch in it, and stapling it with a Felt Tassel coming out of the top.
  • Make a Ninja Sword (Sushi Knife) from a piece of posterboard (see A, B & C).

Safety Tip:

  • Remember the safety tips from our DIY Page: ALWAYS be able to leap out of any costume immediately - in this case by clipping the pins that hold the Nori around your body so close to the edge that you could rip them out easily... (Always ask yourself: what if a bee gets in my costume?!?)