The marketing company needed someone to get the vomit out of the Tony the Tiger mascot costume. They’d hired the wrong guy — a modeling agency actor, but not someone accustomed to moving around in a ...

SAVANNA, Ill. — Every day there's something new happening at one Savanna business. There's always lots of sewing, gluing and shaping foam at Facemakers. The company is responsible for making hundreds ...

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What do you do for a living? I own Birdie Mascots and Costumes, a business that specialises in making mascots and costumes. Mascots and costumes are used for entertainment, advertisement and ...

Will a 7-foot-tall gingerbread man get a business attention in a crowded market? How about a dancing whoopie pie? A hot-pink, larger-than-life flamingo? Mascots are a visible way to attract attention ...

While there will be plenty of couples going as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce this Halloween, standing out from the crowd with a unique government mascot-inspired costume could be the way to appeal to ...

In Japan, The Pokemon Company has an array of different Pokemon costumes for various events. Pikachu ones are common, Eevee, Slowpoke, and even Alolan Sandslash have their own designs. But now, ahead ...

In late May as Chicago was still phasing into a new stage of a world-stopping pandemic and before protests roiled the country, Barry Anderson was putting in a full day at the mascot factory. At the ...