Every year I try to outdo myself on Halloween costumes. I was ALF, Roger Rabbit, and Sloth from The Goonies previous years, so I wanted to make my own Do it Yourself Beaker Halloween Costume this year. Everyone loved the Muppets, and Beaker looked like the easiest. Making the head was the most work out … Read more
For the past five years we have gone to some really great Halloween parties and it takes us months to figure out homemade costume ideas. In 2005 we decided to be Beaker and Professor Honeydew Melon from the Muppets. The professor was easy, just a white lab coat, tie and some light green face paint … Read more
For Bunsen Honeydew: First I got a big ball from Walmart and paper mached it. Then I cut the mouth big enough so my daughter would be able to see out of it. I used clay to paper mache the big nose and ears and glued them on and painted it all green. I grabbed … Read more
I am a huge Muppet show fan so had to come up with some homemade costume ideas for this Halloween. I used felt and Styrofoam. The hair is a feather boa and I bought the outfit at a discount store. Beakers head sat on top of mine and my eyes were around his chest area. … Read more
I was quite intrigued by the idea of being a hand puppet! This larger than life costume was made with one piece of bedding foam, a few Styrofoam balls, some kind of fake snow stuff for the hair, a few cans of paint, some spray glue, and plenty of TLC. This Homemade Beaker from the … Read more
My friends and I wanted to do a wicked group costume this year- the Muppets! We were the hit of the party all night, everyone wanted to have their picture taken with me! The whole Homemade Beaker Costume was made for under $10, using supplies from local thrift and Dollar stores. The head is just … Read more
I made this homemade Beaker costume using a thick sheet of foam, a sheet of felt, foam eyes and nose, and a feathery string thing I picked up at a craft store. Oh, I also had a piece of bristol board on the inside to hold the shape, and an old hat with the brim … Read more
So after doing Animal in previous years I wanted to move on to my other favorite Muppet, Beaker. He’s real simple, just a cylinder, sorta. But here’s how i make it complicated: -I want the eyes to light up -I want the mouth to operate as I meep And thus I began the construction of … Read more
Beaker is my favorite Muppet and really he gets all the laughs so who wouldn’t want to be him? I got the idea to make this Homemade Beaker Halloween Costume from your website but added my own twists to it. I bought a twin sized egg crate foam bed pad from Target and everything else … Read more