Chomping Pacman costume

[Video Link] Make: Projects has complete instructions to make a chomping pacman costume.

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All those Halloween ghosts had better watch their backs.
quantumneurosis

That is probably the most terrifying costume ever. If I were a child being followed by that thing down the streets on Halloween, I would very likely be traumatized for life.
EvilSpirit

It is fabulous, but you’d better be going to a pretty spacious party. And I’d want side-view cameras.
- Matthew Varas
  
  Side visibility is one of the major problems with both Pacman and the matching Ghost. I seriously considered adding color-matched sheer fabric to the sides so we could see, but it would have looked really bad.
  - EvilSpirit
    
    Yeah, I couldn’t think of a low-tech solution that I was confident would blend in.
Bill Walsh

Looks more like a pac-bird
Telegram Sam

Suspending a dollar sign in the mouth and wearing this to an OWS protest would be a real crowd pleaser.
- bombastinator
  
  I’d do a purple little old lady in a walker holding a social security check or something instead of a dollar sign. The protest is not about capitalism or the pursuit of wealth, it’s about doing so at the expense and misery of others.
  
  the average broke would simply reply “yeah, so what’s your point?’
Matthew Varas

Wow, I didn’t expect to see this show up here, especially this fast. I hope everyone enjoys it, and if anyone decides to build one and/or make it even better please share it with me. I would love to see people find ways to make this project bigger/better. I’m also happy to answer any questions.

-Matthew
(Builder)
- bombastinator
  
  step one I think is to make sure the circle is perfect. Put a nail into one end of a strip of wood, drill a hole in the other end, and use it as giant compass.
  
  I’ve also got some ideas for hiding the joint, but they require either appropriately colored rubber sheet, or thin steel sheet and a plate roller, neither of which are easy to get.
http://twitter.com/aluminium85 Alex S

But how do you drink?!