Carbon Costume Posts by Mandy
Dee from Yakka Dee
Dee is the main character of Yakka Dee, an educational animated series that encourages pre-schoolers to talk and learn new words. Dee is an energetic chatterbox who zooms in on one simple word at a time and uses funny cartoons and real children to bring things to life. Iron the patch in the middle of the shirt. For the shorts, you can paint the pockets yellow or sew some on.
Bruno Mars in APT
Bruno Mars is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and dancer. He is also part of the duo Silk Sonic. His latest song “APT” features South-Korean based singer-songwriter Rosé. The music video features the duo as a garage band with matching black leather jackets on a pink set. It is the fastest music video by an Asian act to reach 1 billion views on Youtube, and the second-fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify. It’s not the first time Bruno Mars has linked up with a popular female artist for a hit song either – check out his look in “Die with a Smile” alongside Lady Gaga.
Rosé in APT
Rosé (Roseanne Chae-young Park) is a South Korean based singer and songwriter. She is a member of the Blackpink, the highest charting female K-pop group. Her catchy hit song “APT” features American singer-songwriter/musician Bruno Mars. The music video feature the duo as a garage band with matching black leather jackets on a pink set. It is the fastest music video by an Asian act to reach 1 billion views on Youtube, and the second-fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify.
Bark the Polar Bear
Bark the Polar Bear is a character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. In Sonic the Fighters, he is a light yellow polar bear who competes in a fighting tournament for the Chaos Emeralds and the destruction of the Death Egg II. Although his fighting skills are formidable, Bark has a gentle and quiet nature. He is said to be the best snowboarder on North Island. You can make bear ears out of light yellow felt and affix them to the red beanie.
Mr. Sakamoto
Taro Sakamoto is the main character in the Netflix anime, Sakamoto Days. Once known as a renowned hitman, he gave up his seedy lifestyle to settle down and start a family. He opened a family-run convenience store in the suburbs of Tokyo. In spite of his larger size and inactivity, he remains immensely powerful. Now his old enemies seek revenge by attempting to target his wife and daughter. With the help of his employees, Sakamoto must protect his family against the criminal underworld. He is voiced by Matthew Mercer, best known for creating Critical Role.
The Dark Urge from Baldur’s Gate 3
The Dark Urge is a playable character option in the critically acclaimed video game, Baldur’s Gate 3. The Dark Urge is unable to remember their past, yet they are tormented by violent thoughts. Whether you resist those thoughts or give in ultimately shapes your path in the game. The default race is a white Dragonborn and the default class is Sorcerer, but players can design this character however they like.
Kang No-uel from Squid Game
Kang No-uel is a character in Squid Game. She appears in the second season. Like Kang Sae-byeok, she is a North Korean defector. No-uel works as a character performer at a theme park and lives out of her car. Her only hope in life is to reunite with her daughter across the border. She sympathizes with Park Gyeong-seok, who is an artist at the theme park and has a sick daughter. In a shocking twist, No-uel becomes pink soldier 11 in the games. She’s ruthless when it comes to punishing the players – to the point where her rebellious attitude earns her some enemies among the other soldiers.
Kang Dae-Ho from Squid Game
Kang Dae-Ho is a character in Squid Game. He first appears joining Gi-hun’s team in the six-legged pentathlon, where he displays his talent for Gonggi. A former marine, he befriends Park Jung-bae. However, Dae-Ho panics during the player rebellion. Make this costume more accurate with a 388 patch and an “O” patch to affix on the tracksuit jacket. Tie the top layer of the wig back into a small ponytail for a half up half down look. Use the tattoo pen to draw his military tattoo on your upper arm.
Kurtis Conner
Kurtis Conner is a Canadian YouTuber and comedian. He mostly posts commentary videos with skits in between. He has 5.35 million subscribers on YouTube. Currently he is on an international tour doing stand up/improv comedy. His fans are known as the citizens of Kurtistown, of which Kurtis himself is the mayor. Please be nice to him; it is the law.
Pokemon Team Star Grunt
The Team Star grunts appear in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. While the main antagonists in the Starfall Street storyline, the player learns that Team Star was founded by Cassiopeia to stand up to bullies. They have base camps all around Paldea. Other rebellious students join the team, forming the grunts who guard the base camps. Use a star stencil and white fabric paint on the ties. As its members say, Hasta la vistar!
